Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

the last picture of it looks TITS, but IMO I would rotate it about 2-3 inches more forward

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

Last picture is perfect IMO. Slightly rotated forward, not too much.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

you need to trim the sides down before deciding on the placement. its going to make the fender look longer once its trimmed down. looks way to 50's stepside right now.


NEUMAN

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

Just my two cents but the fender hides to much of your nice work. Maybe after you've trimmed the sides I'll see where you're going. And I noticed something strange in one picture. The tag bracket in the middle where weld is the heat made the image of a eye. Maybe I just need some sleep :S

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

the placement onthe last pic looks awesome. with prettymuch all of the sides gone it will be good

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

Less is sometimes more, in this case I would just put a small one on it.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

that is badass. using the ol noggin

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

i love old school style bikes, its turning out great man. cant wait to see this thing when all done.

the fender placement and amount of fender you wanna put on there realy stands out on a bike. i would draw something up on paper just to get an idea of what your looking for before commiting to anything first.
how about the front.. you gonna put a fender on at all?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

Look what I've got!

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Her name is Jocelyn, and she was born at 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning, and she's perfect! She was a big girl at 8lbs 13oz.

For those wondering, epidurals are the greatest thing ever invented. My wife is doing great and we just got to come home from the hospital.

Watching her birth was the craziest thing I've ever seen.

More updates to come on the bike, but just had to show her off :)

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

congrats man mine is 16 mo old i was ok with the ol lady not gettin laid for a couple weeks after watchin the birth i dam near puked a few times but its awesome. is that your first?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

Have to say she's prettier than your bike ;) Mines 8 and I have a white shotgun that 8 1/2. Any Remington will do ;)but make sure you use high quality paint ;D Now you have a name for the bike too. Cool name for a bike I'd say.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

Thanks for the kind words guys, she's incredible!

Here's what I did the day before she was born:

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I'm liking it so far. Again, the sides will be cut down to slim up the fender. Also, I'm going to make some mini round bar struts to keep the top steady.

I also got my new compressor in- The last one was just too physically big to fit into where I needed it to be along with the tank and battery and electricals. I included the can to show the actual size, this thing is tiny! Much better. Will take a bit longer to fill the tank, but I'm not too concerned.

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Thanks guys
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

using my ultra sweet MS Paint skills, here's a rendering of the exhaust I want to build. Any thoughts?

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Thanks
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

LOOKS AWESOME man!!!! I think you might have wanted to space the tire out a tad further (used bigger tubing for movk)... Cant wait to se her done!!! Especially for the trimmed down fender...

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...fender pics 3/11
 

I liked my design, so I went with it :)

Check the pics and let me know whatcha think. I ran out of bends right at the last minute, so the top pipe doesn't have a turnout on it, I'll have to get another bend to finish it, but I'm really pleased with the way they came out. Fitment in some areas isn't as perfect as I wanted it, but really they turned out nice.
I'm going to finish weld them, and add some supports, maybe even a couple tabs on the backside with a spring connecting the two.

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And I took a final picture to show the exhaust placement supposedly next to my my leg, and after I took the pic, I don't think I could've looked any more like a dork. So using my sweet MS Paint skills, I put a pimp cap on.

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Lata
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New exhaust pics 3/21
 

how much shock travel do you have in the front?
how much space do you have under the front of the frame when the rear is raised?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New exhaust pics 3/21
 

good question on the shock travel, I'm not sure, whatever the stock travel is for a 2004 zx6r i guess?

The lowest point on the frame when aired up has just over 4" of clearance. Won't be a problem.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New exhaust pics 3/21
 

I worked on it a little more today, I wasn't happy with the first shifter and linkage setup I made- it looked too crappy. So I made a new lever out of roundbar, the tabs will be shaped soon. The linkage itself turned out pretty good.

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I cut out the rear fender finally, and made some struts for it. Came out pretty well I thought. I might give the struts themselves a little more support. I also cut the section out to clear the chain.

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To answer the question of how much clearance I'll have, I finally got a new tube in the front tire and aired everything up. As I suspected, at the lowest point I had 4" of clearance. The little green circle is where it's finally touching.
If I manage to get this bike this far over, I'm going to scare myself!

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Also, as a side note: I'm a cheap fellow, and I don't want to pay the local harley place for a new petcock for my tank. If anyone has a spare Sportster petcock lying around that they would sell me for cheap, let me know!

Thanks guys
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 3/30
 

I suppose they wanted a couple hundred bucks for just a petcock, huh? :P



Looks real good, especially the exhaust. I've always liked those 650 twins... It's also nice to see people building custom bikes that don't have a retardedly raked-out front end...This makes me want to go back and build the bike for my sohc 750 mill I've got layin around

Great work man, can't wait to see her on the road :y

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 3/30
 

from the angle it looks like the foot peg might hit the ground first. it looks like the only reason it isnt is cause it is off the bench. i could be wrong, but from that angle it looks that way

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 3/30
 

you going to paint this thing or rock it bare metal/primer? i think it looks damn cool the way it, rainbow part colored

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 3/30
 

i like the metal look, paint the bottom parts black and well do something about the yellow shocks, and match the tank to something.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 3/30
 

american choppers super snake bike

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Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 3/30
 

Sorry guys, frame is going to be black, tins will be gold metal flake, with satin black border and logo in the center.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 3/30
 

what logo?


HMT?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 3/30
 

Perry Customs

Not very original, and the company doesn't even exist yet Ha! Hopefully my brother and I can get it up and running within a year or so.

The logo itself should look pretty good though, I'll unveil it when I show the paint.

Speaking of the paint, I think I've changed my mind. The frame will be gloss black. the tins will have a 1" satin black border and the logo will still be satin black. The rest will be dark green with a small bit of flake in it. What do you think?

Worked on it today a little bit.

Got my levers in, keeping with the theme, they're both from a Kawasaki ZX6R-

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As you can see, I made a little tab and welded it to the bars to support the resevoir. Yes, it is low, the brake system will be bled first, then the contols will be installed.

Also, yes, the levers do stick out past the ends of the bars, this was on purpose. I'm replacing the stock levers with shorty style dirbike levers. Should look good.

I also welded a tab to the rear of the gas tank, there will be a stud welded to the backbone that it will bolt to.

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Finally got the holes drilled and the hardware installed for the rear fender struts, they look clean, and it's solid as a rock now.

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Also got my calipers in, I need to order the rotors so I can get the spacing correct.

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I received my offset sprocket from Gary Poh- absolutely fantastic work!

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He also made the new extended clutch rod as well.

I don't think I ever posted it, but awhile back, because I knew the side cover would have to be offset so far, I cut the cover in half so the front would still sit flush. That was a poor idea :lol: there was not enough mounting points in the rear to support it when the clutch was used.

I'll probably get another case cover eventually, but I was intrigued. I hadn't yet welded aluminum, let alone cast aluminum, but I figured I'd give it a shot.
Let me tell you, welding that stuff is fascinating! The way it reacts and the technique you have to use. Absolutely fascinating! I did an OK job, and the clutch works like it's supposed to now, which makes me happy :)

Again I'll probably get another cover, cut it to fit. And I'm also going to try to weld in aluminum strips to cover the gaps. It may not look amazing, but I can't remember when I've been so excited about welding something :)

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Also, I tried to set up the chain, WAY more slack than I was expecting. A tensioner setup is not going to get the job done. I'm going to have to run a jackshaft setup as close to the pivot point as possible. I have most all of the parts needed already, I just need to get the sprockets.

Thanks for looking guys!!!
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 4/12
 

Impressive ----. I want those wheels and fork for my bike. 8)

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 4/12
 

anything new on the bike? cant wait to see the outcome :y

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 4/12
 

Glad to see people are still interested in this.

Unfortunately, not too much is new. I've got the jackshaft adjustable pedestal designed, I'm going to try to build it tomorrow.

Also, I've got the bike completely torn down so I can finish weld it. I find it quite boring, but I need to do it now so I don't have to do it later.

My main problem is that the NBA playoffs start tomorrow, and I'm an NBA junkie, so I'll be watching basketball for a month and half straight :) that might slow my progress some.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 4/12
 

NBA sucks i need updates

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 4/12
 

I'm taking the bike down to a local show today at 1:00- It's a small local shop that is celebrating being open for a year now, They are the main outlet for Big Mike's Choppers, BMC. The show should be pretty good, they'll have a few other bikes on display, a BBQ, and a bikini bike wash with the girls from the local burlesque house :P

I'm going to try to get a few pictures and I'll post them up tonight for you guys....

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New pics 4/12
 

Haven't done a ton lately, tore the bike completely down so I could weld it all up. Welds turned out pretty nice this time. Quite happy with them.

Finished the exhaust finally, put the bike back together and threw it on a trailer to take it down to a local show. It was really weird to see it outside my garage! Had a fun time, took a few pics:

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the wife

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Enough of my bike, here's a few that I liked:

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Check this truck out, I love this thing!

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Thanks for looking!
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...Show pics 5/3/08
 

did you get alot of good feedback from all those people? can't wait to see yours painted.

i love the t handle in that gmc. reminds me of the 69 gto with a hurst shifter i drove for a while

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...Show pics 5/3/08
 

I did it was really nice, a lot of people were blown away by it. As you can see, there weren't too many ground up customs there.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...Show pics 5/3/08
 

Ok, so I got a bunch of stuff from Mike's XS so I could try to get the motor running. My parents came up this weekend and I was really hoping to get it running with my dad here.

We hooked up the coils and points and condensers, rigged up some gas lines. and 6 kicks into it she fired right up! Sounds amazing, no problems at all.

Now she fires on the first kick every time. Here's the video to prove it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXeLUeG2PD0

I'm really excited because I bought the bike as a non-runner so I never knew if it would run or not, and it does!

Hooray for me :)

Thanks
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...It runs!!!! 5/18/08
 

Not bad, so when are you going to paint it?

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...It runs!!!! 5/18/08
 

I'd say probably 2 1/2-3 months from now. I need to get the bike fully together and take it for a ride to make sure everything is ok, then I'll break it down and paint it.

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...It runs!!!! 5/18/08
 

Just a little bit of work today, fabbed up a mount for the rear of the exhaust, so it doesn't vibrate a ton and crack the welds. Not the prettiest thing I've made, but it tucks away pretty well and seems to function nicely.
Also, I think it's obvious but I'll say it anyway, the bolt that's there right now is just for mockup, the actual bolt will be stainless with a nylock nut.

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Also made the battery box, turned out really well! Fairly snug fit for the battery, but not so much that it can't breath or will get stuck. It always astounds me that making a rectangular box can take up so much time!

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I've got my brake lines in the mail right now. As soon as my brother mails me up the spacers he made for my rotors, and I purcahse a set of brake pads, I'll be able to bleed the lines and my front brakes will be done!

I came up about 3 links short on my chain, so I'm trying to track down some more chain here locally. (anyone who has about a foot of 530 o-ring chain they don't need, send it my way!) Once I get that worked out, I can take the bike for a ride! The air system won't be done, the bike won't really be wired, but I'll at least be able to take it for a run around the block. Whoo-hoo!

Ah yes, almost forgot, I made the jackshaft pedestal a little while ago.

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I don't have it in place in this picture, but you can see the nut welded to the backside for the bolt to go through that keeps the jackshaft assembly from sliding forward after the chain is tensioned.

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I was actually pretty happy with my welds on this as well.

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They're not that amazing yet, but little by little I get better.

Thanks for looking
Sky

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New Pics 5/26
 

nice, industrial pillow block bearings ftw!


keep up the good work

Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...New Pics 5/26
 

Great work man Looks rad!!