Popular Post Mitch.W Posted March 28, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2020 so I've always liked the look of these things and always wanted to own one and have been keeping my eye out for one to chop up for a year or so and this finally popped I up at a reasonable price. its rough cosmetically and has done 130k's but it seems alright mechanically (apart from standard bmw oil leak things) and was the right price most importantly. I've been hoarding parts slowly for this thing since I got it waiting for winter to roll around to start ripping into it, but this forced holiday thing kinda made me just rip into it now since I'm bored, I started off today by tearing the bike apart and pretty happy I found no horrible surprises, plans are to make a new subframe for it, some different tires, simplify everything as much as possible and make it loud and uncomfortable to ride. I didn't actually have any before photos, but picture a r80rt with a naked front end and massive 150mm banana handle bar risers that bring the bars to the middle of the tank and bars with a 5" rise on them too, and cracked plastics all round with a spray can paint job. what it looks like as of today, will pull the motor tomorrow and give it a coat of black, I slapped on the airbox delete on it to see what its like, last part I need at the moment is a 22mm 180degree bend but cannot seem to get one in this lockdown we have going on! need some peanut rocker covers, repaint the tank and detab and powder coat the frame, depending on how rich I'm feeling I kind of want a motogadget electrics setup, they are super nice units but are rather spendy. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch.W Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 I bought my steel for the new rear end before the shutdown thankfully, also managed to borrow a tube bender and started playing around with different looks to see what worked. bent up this long flat hoop to begin with but it want working with the look I want. gave it a little kick up and that back and then made 4 other rear hoops all in different lengths and mounting locations, spent about a day mulling over what to do with it. ended up with this, angle will be a little steeper than in the pic then today i went and bent up yet another one and decided to pull the trigger and whipped up these side bars. I'm really just waiting on company's to open back up now so I can get my brackets, and undercounted battery box etc cut out and make sure everything will fit before finish welding it up. that's about where I'm up to now, got a few more tabs to cut off and clean up, currently waiting on a parts order with new bars, indicators, headlight and tail light. also need to pull the motor to fix some oil leaks and paint it up but it looks difficult so trying to put that off for another day. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transom Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Don’t pull the motor out - Easier to support the motor where it is and remove the bike from around it - these are tanks 100k km is just about run in for a bmw bike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I like this a lot. Totally get the obsessing over the lines. A small change in angle or length can change the entire look of the bike. I've always subscribed to the theory of making big changes. By going big, either way you realise quickly where the limits are...then split the difference between them and its normally bang on. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch.W Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 got a little bit more done today. made some CAD templates. transferred and put onto steel and smashed a hole in and again made some cross braces to bolt the seat up to. and was left with this subframe kit tonight, gonna weld it all up tomorrow and may start making the seat base too. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted April 2, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2020 fizzed it all up today, been stripping out all wires/ all non essential wires/cables off of the bike and routing through tubes where possible to clean up the look gonna have a go at fibreglassing the seat base tomorrow which should be interesting 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kseries.rookie Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 I read somewhere once that it's nearly impossible to make these look cool without modifying the rear end which I agree This is gonna look like one bad ass r80. Enjoying the process so far 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crash Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Looks good. At what stage should a bike be certed for frame mods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsinclairx Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, crash said: Looks good. At what stage should a bike be certed for frame mods? Whenever wof inspectors start picking up on it 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch.W Posted April 11, 2020 Author Share Posted April 11, 2020 17 hours ago, crash said: Looks good. At what stage should a bike be certed for frame mods? yeah technically it should be certified, I think any mods to frame? but I don't think many bike wof men will care, if I need to I will, I see no problem with it passing cert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted April 11, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2020 finished all the fab work side of things so stripped this thing down to a bare frame. gave the motor a quick scrub up, waiting on a new top end and carb rebuild kit to turn up as the pushrod seals are a little leaky so I might as well do it all while its apart and get the carbs sent away for vapour blasting to clean them up then ill spray the whole thing black. tried my hand at fibreglassing and it didn't turn out tooo bad, not super happy with how it turned out but I know what to do next time for better results, sent that away to get covered by one of the chch boys. now is just a waiting game for shops to open back up to sandblast/powedercoat all my stuff so I can re assemble it all and do some skids. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted May 18, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2020 been hanging out waiting for some stuff to arrive. frame and wheels and a few other little bits came back from powder coat. turned out so good couple little bits of pitting but once the motors in you won't see those also got my seat back from lewis what is amazing couldn't recommend him enough. also some moto gadget barend and pin indicators came in got a modern motorcycle speedo and tail light but haven't got photos, currently the carbs are getting vapour blasted and im waiting on a top end gasket and seal kit for the motor to come in so I can rebuild that and paint it and then I can start putting the bike together, and make the last few parts for it, exhaust, battery box etc 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 On 11/04/2020 at 22:13, crash said: Looks good. At what stage should a bike be certed for frame mods? Back to your knitting Nana please! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsinclairx Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 That subframe part looks oem! Nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mitch.W Posted May 20, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 got my tank back from paint today and couldn't resist sitting it on with the subframe and seat to have a glimpse of what its going to be like. got me pining to get it all together 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsinclairx Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Definitely wasn’t expecting yellow! Looks sweet! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch.W Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 On 20/05/2020 at 23:32, xsinclairx said: Definitely wasn’t expecting yellow! Looks sweet! Yeah there were afew options but wanting to spice it up a little, with the rest of the biking being black it’s sort of the centre piece, will be less in your face when it has the bmw badge on and some pin striping too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimjon Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsinclairx Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Yeah man yellow is sweet. Custom bikes are always black or dark colours. The bright colour is great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abarth Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 I remember I was walking to work in London once and a guy drove past over London Bridge with his cafe BMW with a yellow tank, looked awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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