Cosmetic mods done

Holy crap... Nice work Kevin

 

impressive work kevin... i wondered what had happened to your bike for a while there... seemed i didn't see much of it. its always been one of my favorites, not everyone is metal enough to put a pentagram on there tank! hahaha

 

Here's a few shots from today. Sorry for the size, but like my wife says, better bigger than smaller. Seat is propped up wit a strut, I'm currently fabbing the mounts for the shock. The tank is almost there, i need to finish welding the mounts and find 1 of the rubber mounts that has vanished. I'm super pleased at how this is looking so far.

 

Those pictures are HUGE!!!!
That's ok, I can see better now. You did good. It looks like the frame will be plenty strong with the way you have it braced. Maybe put a few gussets between the down tubes and the steering head would be in order? Other than that, it should hold up against a good jolt. The frame sits level so it looks like everything turned out alright. Now to see how it rides!!
That tank looks interesting. Is that bed liner on it? It looks tough (in a good way!)

I managed to get some stuff done today too. I finished the tank I was working on (for a 700 Honda Shadow) and threw some pinstriping on it instead of ordering the stock labels for it. What do ya think?

 

Yeh, that tank looks real nice, great job!

The tank does have the Duplicolor bed liner on it. It's super resiliant and has had gas *ALL OVER IT* and you'd never know. I think I'm going to sheet metal in the whole front end, everything that I added up front and on under the tank. I think it'll be a much cleaner look, and conceal a bit of the old frame peeking from under the tank. '

An after thought about the big pics--- now everyone can see and examine everything all around the shop. Not that I have anything notable, but people are weird like that (myself included).

 

Kevin, its looking bad*ss! You went exactly to route I want to go. That tank sits perfect on the frame! I hope to see her painted soon, what color are you gonna paint the frame? It looks awesome!
I look at this thread everyday and all it does is fuel my fire to build my bike. Great work!

 

What do you use all the old skateboard wheels for?

 

The old skateboards wheels were used for (drumroll please) skateboarding. I go through a set every few months, and instead of having a giant pile of them in the closet, i threw them on a piece of speakerwire hanging from the ceiling. Poor mans art project. I have more skateboard parts laying around than bike parts. Throwing them out seems like a waste, who knows when you might need 50 wheels at once.

 

Kevin.
How does that bedliner stuff work on an engine. I see some of the Harleys with the flat black wrinkle finish on their engines, and I'd like to try something like that on mine. I thing that Duplicolor would look perfect, but I'm not sure about how it can take the heat.
Or has anyone else use it on their engine? Thanks. PD

 

thanx for the close up shots kevin thats exactly what I needed. its lookin great so far cant wait to see it when its finished.

 

I have no idea, it's not on my engine--- thats hi-temp paint. I know under torch it melts right off though.

 

What kind of tubing did you use for the frame pieces you fabbed and welded on? Where'd you get it?

Pretty cool stuff, by the way.

 

1" black steel pipe. Found at any hardware store or scrapyard.

 

haha kevin I just noticed your tire is on backwards. any particular reason?

 

It looks better that way

 

haha nice

 

Grrr.

 

Posting issues.

 

Here's one of the seat mounted up with the shock in there.

 

Lookin good, when are you gonna have it back on the road? You seem to be a pretty fast worker so i'm guessing not too long. I need to take a ride one day to columbus, maybe we can get a group ride together?