Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...NEW RIDING VID
10-29-2007, 09:19 PM
#81
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...More handebar pics 10/28
Originally Posted by 96turboracer
you'd have to show me a picture of what you're talking about. 
i think you get what im saying
10-31-2007, 01:33 AM
#82
1.5 BAR
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 823
Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...More handebar pics 10/28
OK, I gotcha now. Yeah that would work pretty well.
I'm going to simplify it a bit, and weld little triangular pieces on both ends of the tabs, to keep it from flexing.
Also, I tabulated some of the costs of this project so far:
Total spent on the bike so far: $1240.00
Total for new tooling (including bender) $565.00
Wooden table: $40.00 :P
and what I still have to purchase for the bike, with $200 thrown in there for misc stuff I'm not thinking of: $1950.00
That would bring the grand total of this bike to: $3,190.00 Not too bad if it turns out as well as I'm hoping it will.
I'm going to simplify it a bit, and weld little triangular pieces on both ends of the tabs, to keep it from flexing.
Also, I tabulated some of the costs of this project so far:
Total spent on the bike so far: $1240.00
Total for new tooling (including bender) $565.00
Wooden table: $40.00 :P
and what I still have to purchase for the bike, with $200 thrown in there for misc stuff I'm not thinking of: $1950.00
That would bring the grand total of this bike to: $3,190.00 Not too bad if it turns out as well as I'm hoping it will.
11-02-2007, 02:10 PM
#83
1.5 BAR
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 823
Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...More handebar pics 10/28
Not really any new news on the bike just yet but........
IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not going to lie, I was definitely wanting a boy, but still, you can't beat having a child. Ultrasound shows she's perfectly healthy right now, so that's awesome. Now I just have to wait another 4 months till she pops out!
IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not going to lie, I was definitely wanting a boy, but still, you can't beat having a child. Ultrasound shows she's perfectly healthy right now, so that's awesome. Now I just have to wait another 4 months till she pops out!
11-02-2007, 04:45 PM
#84
0.0 BAR
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 0
Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...More handebar pics 10/28
Originally Posted by 96turboracer
Not really any new news on the bike just yet but........
IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not going to lie, I was definitely wanting a boy, but still, you can't beat having a child. Ultrasound shows she's perfectly healthy right now, so that's awesome. Now I just have to wait another 4 months till she pops out!
IT'S A GIRL!!!!!!!!!!
I'm not going to lie, I was definitely wanting a boy, but still, you can't beat having a child. Ultrasound shows she's perfectly healthy right now, so that's awesome. Now I just have to wait another 4 months till she pops out!
11-04-2007, 01:07 AM
#87
1.5 BAR
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 823
Re: Not FI but thought you might like my bike buildup...Having a daughter!!!
Worked a little more on the bike today. To this point the frame had just been tacked together. I welded it up solid today, and in the process I realize my TIG welding skills are sorely lacking in beauty. 
They're nice n' strong, but not as nice as I was hoping they would turn out. I had been debating using filler to mold the welded areas or just leave the bare welds to powdercoat over, I think this just made the decision for me. 
I also built and welded up the seat pedestal, this will have a square plate welded to it, with four holes, and the seat pan will have four holes in it, with nuts welded to the backside, so it will bolt right up.
Not a whole lot of looks progress, but stuff that needed to be done
thanks for looking!
Sky
They're nice n' strong, but not as nice as I was hoping they would turn out. I had been debating using filler to mold the welded areas or just leave the bare welds to powdercoat over, I think this just made the decision for me. I also built and welded up the seat pedestal, this will have a square plate welded to it, with four holes, and the seat pan will have four holes in it, with nuts welded to the backside, so it will bolt right up.
Not a whole lot of looks progress, but stuff that needed to be done
thanks for looking!
Sky
