gazguy

had abit of a tidy up and moved my vauxhall to give me more room to work on the bikes

cut my finger at work and got 3 stitches and a tetanus jab and have the rest of the week off so im gonna strip the forks down ready for painting and modify the lower yokes for the bump stops and headlight mount. this is where i want the headlight to sit.

i cut the spokes and removed the rim and dismantled the brake and kinda polished it up abit. 

Finally found a guy that builds wheels. hes next to the salvation army op shop in sydenham. a 2 minute walk from my work which is handy

put the new forks on which came today. paints rough and chrome is  shot but theyre solid and the stanchions and seals are good. 2 of the bolts which clamp the bars had been snapped.

also stripped the paint from the tank and it looks galvanise under all the paint

Are there any wheel builders in Christchurch?

decided on this. its from an ag100 ive got lying about. going to scrap the rim and put my 21 inch rim on it

this is the cb77 drum i was going to you. its too big and would suit a cafe racer better

swapmeet headlight

the bars im gonna use

Looks like the proportions are spot on man,

Bike looks wicked.

I think the apes suit it, as Chris said, maybe a tad lower but i think your arms need to have an upward angle to them. 

 

What are the wheel specs?

a set of mini apes would be cool. ive got a set of pull backs which i was gonna chop, slug and adjust the rake.

the front wheel is a 21inch suzuki dr front wheel and the rear is a 17 inch triumph. ive got a honda cb77 front drum which im thinking of putting on instead of the dr but the cb77 looks quite big. whichever ive choose im gonna polish the hub when i come to get them rebuilt

The rear end looks outstanding!!

Never used to like apes at all but they kinda suit it . Maybe a couple inches lower

thanks man.

yeah the apes are tall. im gonna put on a set of regular triumph low rise bars

bought these forks to put on the triumph. got them for 35 bucks from trademe. they should be here in a couple of day. theyre from a suzuki b120.

until then ive fitted these which are a similar size.

i put some apes on it too to see what it would look like. not too keen on them for this bike but will use them for another triumph i'll be building in the future

Finally got a pair of axle plates cut out by a workmate of my dads. So i started testing the tubes for fit

progress is slow.

i went up the sounds with the mrs at the weekend and have been working on my halloween costume every night this week.

when i was in picton we went in a 2nd hand shop for a look and i bought a sprung seat for my beach cruiser

cut some spare tube i had lying around to cap the ends of the tubes off

bought some new clamps too. $5 each from bunnings

thought id throw some bits on to see how the pipes and mufflers i bought at the swap meets would look

picked this up yesterday from trademe for another 500 engine im building up

hey man

This is looking awesome

With the axle plates, where they go through the tubes, are the also slotted to go over the tubes?

cheers man.

i havent slotted the axle plates. just the tubes where they slide into

Hardtail is looking great !! Love it !

And that tank is spot on .

I'm watching carefully as I'm Hardtailing my sportster after summer

theres a couple of companies in the states that make weld on hardtail kit for a sportster. led sled and tc bros i think

fit up of the slots in the tubes to the axle plates. cant wait to get them cut out and start welding some shit together

a fixture to make sure the lower rails are centered and evenly spaced. i'll use it to space the top rails aswell.

ive reshaped the axle plates and think they look alot better and more slim.

another little project im working on

Drilling a pilot hole for the axle plate slot. i drilled it out to 10mm and cut the rest out with a cutting wheel

managed to get some tubes bent up. the bottom rail is coped and slotted ready to be tacked together when i get the axle plates cut on friday. im not too happy with how they look so im gonna slim them down and make them look more aesthetically pleasing. i made this one from wood so i could the angles right for the tube.

i bought a new bender today as my old one decided to shit itself.

ive bent both sides for the upper and lower rails and will cut and cope the tubes that connect them together.

the top rail hasnt had any final cutting yet, just bent to see how it looks

this is the oil tank and petrol tank i'll be using. the petrol tank is an old wassel i think

the axle plates are just card templates until i get them cut out of 10mm plate. is there anywhere in chch that will laser cut them or waterjet them out?

bent one of the lower rails too. my pipe bender is a piece shit so if anyone has one for sale cheap let me know