Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....
 

------ sweet. Id love to build a chopper.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....
 

Your projects are always unique,well thought out and executed.Nice work so far cant wait to see how this comes out :6

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....
 

Hey thanks for the compliment man. It's always been my goal to come out with stuff that's not only something you can't buy off the shelf, but something other people would wish they could have :)

I sold my neon awhile back, after I took the supercharger system off and sold it all, the car was getting to be a serious peice of crap. it had quite a few things wrong with it, that I was justifying because it was my baby, after it was slow again I realized just how crappy it was, then the clutch cable went out and I could no longer shift without ramming it into gear. Pissed me off so I sold it to a junkyard for $400 :P

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....
 

Got in my tubing last week, was able to get a good start on building the frame.

First off I have to say, to anyone thinking about building one of these tubing benders........DO IT! this thing is awesome! it worked extremely well.

Keep in mind that these peices are just rough cut and set into place with painter's tape :) but you can see the general shape. I should be able to refine this setup a lot in the next week or so.
Until then, here's some pictures to tide you over.

Looks like just a bunch of bent metal :)
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mocked into place
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It's going perfectly so far, I'm really excited because what's in my head is coming out through my hands perfectly.
Stay tuned for the next updates!

thanks
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....new pics 10/7
 

------- AWESOME...


Im curious... do you plan on raking the front end out a few degrees??? Jusdging by how it sits... The fork angles gonna be a bit steeper than it is in the latest pic, putting the wheel out another few degrees will help effectively lower it a tad in the front as well... which will definately make it look stretched out further than it is in reality...

LOOKS GREAT, curious as to how the rear section is going to look as far as angles and such... Bends look money.

VERY NICE WORK MAN

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....new pics 10/7
 

awesome ------- work, i love the HM bender, especially as it doesn't look to crush the pipe at all...i need one of them for the exhaust work i do, ---- buying premade bends


plus...could i hire you to straighten up my garage?? ----, you would prolly fient at the site of it :D

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....new pics 10/7
 

id leave the rake to where it is, if youre squirly on the road, then rake it out. no reason to kill turning radius and handling for look, i guess

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....new pics 10/7
 

very very nice are you goin to do anything with the engine?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....new pics 10/7
 

------- read, he already answered this

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup....new pics 10/7
 

OK, so i should have had a good update to post right now, but about 2:00 today i tried rto cut the end off of my index finger on my ledft hand wirh my angle grinder. fortunately i missed the tendon and the bone so six stitches later and they pulled rhe peices back together. i got pretty fortunate this time, onr of these times i'm going to actually lose one or more of myh fingers.

dammitr, this is making it really hard to type correctly.

On a side norte, because i hurt myself constantrly, my Novicane shot count is up to 46 shots total. that stuff flippin hurts!

hopefully a better update soon.

Sorry no pix of the carnage