It has not turned out quite the way I had envisioned it as the guy that was to build it for me, well lets just say he couldn’t follow a design… But I won’t mention “Ed’s” name because its not “Ed’s ” fault according to “Ed”! It was started about 8yrs ago as a paint & molding job for a finished (not painted or molded) bike as per my design. After I had my way with the frame and saws all it sat, and waited for “Ed”. I was done with his bike except for the paint (his frame needed major surgery and lots of custom molding) If I knew then…. It collected dust until last spring when I started workin on it as time would allow ( I know nothing about the mechanic’s of a bike but I do know a little about design & engineering. For the most part I have built this myself.
What have I done,… I cut the back end off, installed a nitrogen filled uni- shock from a big dirt bike (?), moved everthing.In total I have probably left about 50lbs on the floor Fabricated the bat box and hid it and a bunch of electrical stuff under the seat. Made air intake extentions with a turn for the filtres as they wouldn’t fit with the uni-shock (is that going to be to much airin the middle and am in the middle of fabricating the gas tank which you can see.
As you can also see the forward controls and supports need help (not my doing) and this is where I need some help! Can anyone suggest a cleaner or better method than this for building the supports, and also point out any problems I may have with the proximity of the gas tank to the top of the engine in regards to heat? I’ll post more pic’s as it moves along.
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