Crashed

I decided to take the bike to work today, a good 90mile round trip. All going weel untill some good old homegrown welsh mud got in my path.........................

 

The Bars.............

 

The tank..................

 

The pegs...................... I did the last three miles in second gear with my hands crossed on the bars

 

it was a lovely lowside drop followed swiftly by a ripping highside. I'm a little sore now

 

plumber - you ok buddy? that's a heavy story man..
hope yer alright!

 

From one plumber to another....OUCH!I got hit by a bakery truck when I was stationed in Bermuda in 1980.Scuffed up and sore for quite a while.Happened the day after I painted my bike..Green!Good to see you can still post here.
Joe...the plumber

 

I'm gutted, the last time i crashed a bike was a GS1000 twelve years ago, i thought i was over the whole crashing thing, but apparently not. I can safely say that twelve years have not been kind to my body and it deffinaltley hurts more the older you get.

 

Sorry to hear about your bad luck man. Hope you aren't as banged up as that bike man. Get well soon.

 

aww man all that work.... u getting insurance for it?

 

oh, i like how you put this in the modifications section, but i have to say, that modification doesnt suit my taste.

in all seriousness, get well

 

Wow glad your OK. Hope you heal quickly.

 

Sorry to hear that. Glad you are okay though.

 

Oh Man!! and I was just admiring your tank a few days ago !!
Hope you're well and get your bike back in shape !

 

Hey Plumber, I'm a noob and son't know you for anything, but I am sorry to hear that. I hope you get well soon.

 

Sorry bout the bike dude, Glad oyu are ok too.

 

Sorry to hear about your spill. Bike can be fixed, ones life & limb are not so easy to fix. Glad to hear you have nothing more than aches & bruises.
Get well soon.
Gregg

 

Ok. I've been hummin and harrin about hardtailing for a while. Now would seem to be the perfect oportunity.

I only have one question, steel, 1" x 10 swg mild steel tube or 1" seamless cold drawn tube ????

or have i got it all wrong?????

in short, what steel do i need???

 

Glad you are OK. One crash every 12 years is a pretty good average. I think I'll crash mine before I paint it. :lol:

 

just don't use some of your plumbing pipe, j/k.... sorry to hear about the crash man. Hope you ain't scabbed up too bad.

 

Thats not a bad plan, I could make a mock-up in copper to iron out the probs bafore making it in steel.. hmmmmmmmmm you've got me thinkin

 

Hey plumber. Does a hardtail handle better in the mud?
Just joshin', glad you didn't get hurt bad.
I rode straight into a ditch when I kinda froze up on a slow turn one time, the road was covered in sand, and my brain couldn't work out a no-crash solution.
You never know when it's coming do you?

 

On one of my first rides, I had my wife on the back and wasn't at all used to the weight. Needed to make a right turn from a stop at a T intersection. Trying not to lean too far, I wasn't able to make the turn and drove almost straight across the road and onto the grass on the other side. Fortunately, the drainage ditch there was only little more than a bump so I didn't spill ...

 

Good to hear you're ok. ATGATT!!!

 

Well the crash was an inspiration, so far i've cut the rear end off in prep for hardtailing and made a seat base, bring on the weekend............

 

Right!

 

i knew i would find an excuse to cut up that tractor seat sooner or later

 

wait..... did you get any insurance money from it or anything? cuz any bike that I but my blood, sweat, and tears into, i would have that sucker on full coverage.

 

The bike only cost me £600 to build in the first place and all of that money came from scrap copper, so no fully comp, just 3rd party.

I'm enjoying the prospect of the rebuild and will just have to weigh in nother pile of scrap copper to pay the bills.

 

not bad then

 

i do like to see the up side of things

 

Well, were retting to it now, frame nearly complete, some nice old triumph bits to make up the tin work and a lovely areal tank to be cut in half and widened.

 

Well, i have the frame finished today, seat mount in, cross members in frame and welds polished, its looking good. Tomorow i should have the dif mount located and the wheel back in ready to mount the guard and battery box.

I might even take some more pictures.

 

Doesn't even look like the same bike.

 

Hey Taff, that seat looks like a real haemorrhoid shreader. 8O

 

that is just the pan, i will be giving it some foam and leather

 

were getting there now.............. and its low

 

I've got a bit further today, not had a chance to take pics yet, hopefully i'll get some more done tomorow night and have some good pictures

 

Looking good, Have you thought about doing anything with the forks, like putting a different rake on it.

I really want to hardtail my bike too, maybe next winter.

 

I'm really diggin it man, keep it up!

 

i've taken an inch out of the forks to level it up, however it wil be getting a set of slabs and a gsxr750 front end next winter when i rip it down, for now i just want the dambed thing on the road as soon as possable, its sunny outside

 

i hit a snag today, i mounted the diff and tightened everything up..... all looking great but the wheel wont turn...... closer inspection and a bit of head scratching....... arse, it turns out to be the spindle, as i've used an axle plate the spindle is no longer fitting at the correct length. i need to mill 8mm off the thick end of the spindle to allow it to lock against the axle plate and therefore not lock the wheel together under tension. the worst part of this whole drama is i cut had out the newly welded diff mounts before i worked out it was the spindle.

never mind, i'll not do it again

 

bloody welder has packed up, and machine mart dont carry the part, its giong to be at least a week before i can get back to the bike. So close yet so far

 

How do you keep the gear housing from wanting to rotate "clockwise" as you look at it in your last pic ??

It should exhibit maybe 900 foot pounds of torque in 1 st gear.

 

The dif mounting plate that has been on and off the frame twice now will fix it in position. I've used the end inch of the swinging arm plated around it and braced it onto the frame. when the part for my mig arives and i can get it welded back into the frame i'll take some close up pics that will explain it better

 

by looking at the "how low" pic it looks like you could run a wider tire by leaving the drive shaft housing off. If you could cut it down and make a dust seal for the rear end of it to keep that pesky wales mud out? I don't know I'm just shooting out ideas. Looks like your comming right along though, nice work.

 

The driveshaft housing is a integral part of the swingarm. If you removed it there would be nothing to keep the differential aligned and all of the bikes weight would be on the right side of the swingarm. I would imagine that one good bump would be enough to bend it and cause some serious damage to the bike.

 

???????? there is no swinging arm and the frame is well built using high quality tube

 

AHA ! So you're going to weld the last inch of the driveshaft tube to the plate at the end of the frame.

Nice looking welds by the way. I think you can go up to a 150 size tire now.

 

That's kind of what I thought I saw in the pics. Way to go Plumber cann't wait to see some more pics on that rear frame with a wider tire. sooo cool