That's a solid point. I'll have to remember that on final assembly.

 

Hmm, I used some bimba air cylinders to lift a large stainless lid where safety was also a concern. They have a line of 'rod locking' cylinders that have a clamp on the end of the rod. They need line pressure to release before they will let the cylinder move in any direction. It worked beautiful and you could catch the lid anywhere without any concern of the lid falling.

If that won't work for you maybe you could look into pilot operated valves on the cylinders? Bimba has these also. Something that won't let the air escape the cylinder holding you up until pressure has been applied to the pilot port. Then unless the valves get ripped directly off your cylinders you'd be better than with nothing?

just a quick suggestion.

 

Just curious on where you got your wheels and how much were those bad boys?

 

Ebay- not sure where exactly from, I bought them a long time ago. I do remember that they were still pretty affordable. The wheels and tires together only amounted to about $620.00

 

Hey everyone, been riding it a bit lately trying to work out all the little bugs. It's been fun zipping around. Need to get it registered so there's only 80% of the bike that is illegal

Anyway, just a few pictures of the bike outside my house in the grass. Obviously a lot of what you can see is temporary (zip ties, ect....) I think I've just about got the bike all worked out though, then I can tear it all down and get it painted.

Check it:











Thanks again for looking
Sky

 

damn, i forgot all about this. good ----. cant wait to see it painted

 

Looks great, man. Really impressive.

 

man that is lookin good. ive been thinking about building my own ---- for a while now, the speeding tickets are really stacking up i might have to sell the sportbike in favor of a home made chopper soon


are there certain jap bikes that are easier to take the parts from and make to a chopper frame?

 

Thanks for all the positive comments guys, it was a blast to make.

As far as good bikes to start with, obviously I'm partial to the XS650, it's a nice twin, and the frame lends itself to chopping like no other. But a lot of the bikes were the same in this era. The only real differences being some were 4 cylinder (which makes running the exhaust look like crap in my opinion) and some had weird backbones on them, so do your research before you jump out the door and buy one.

 

that thing is ------- pimp