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Yes, I have a problem where I am always starting new projects before finishing others. So, while waiting for some parts and supplies to come in for the cb650 chopper and my xs750 cafe racer I have separate threads for, about a week ago GV1390 brought a buddy over that was looking to get into a chopper. I had this pile of parts that make up an xs650 stashed in a corner and we struck a deal for me to build it into a chopper for him. He loved the cb650 chopper and wanted something similar, so you'll see a lot of the same type of geometry and methods applied here.
He gave me some money, I ordered a ton of parts, and immediately got to work.
I apologize for the quality of a few of the pictures. that ballast for two of the fluorescent ceiling lights in the shop have both blown out.
pile of parts pulled out from the corner
oh yeah, theres a tank here too
had the bike back as a complete roller with the motor in it by thursday and went and grabbed some DOM tube from the local metal shop, and got right to measuring/bending/cutting/welding. By 11pm thursday we had a mocked up hardtail all tacked in place.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11042968_1607277056153089_3022007021748153253_n.jpg?oh=1592242e60bbb141435abae5c97914f9&oe=55B99E16&__gda__=1434569377_0d0d37cafcb98cec3889e529af724795/img]
really a big fan of this fender I found on ebay for $56. I'll be using this again in the future for sure.
[img[https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1510643_1607277096153085_7797890443551808986_n.jpg?oh=0b073378c3086e86a8a4d52f67f629a9&oe=5583C75B&__gda__=1435210093_36e9a86819682faefd051ae23e51d079
I wanted the fender mounts to be inconspicuous, so I hammered these out of some flat stock so they wouldn't be visible from a side view
Then I swapped out the front end for inverted suspension. I got extremely lucky, as the axle diameters were the same so all I have to do to retain the stock wheel is make a set of spacers to center the wheel and hold the speedo drive in place.
So that's where we're at one week in. I'll be back at it today modifying the kick lever for a bicycle pedal, mounting up handlebars, making some headlight mounts, and making some gussets for the hardtail (and cutting the swingarm out)
I may not get time to update this thread until monday or so, if you want to stay up to date you can keep an eye on my facebook shop page as we update that via phone as we go.
facebook.com/AngerStreetKustoms
He gave me some money, I ordered a ton of parts, and immediately got to work.
I apologize for the quality of a few of the pictures. that ballast for two of the fluorescent ceiling lights in the shop have both blown out.
pile of parts pulled out from the corner
oh yeah, theres a tank here too
had the bike back as a complete roller with the motor in it by thursday and went and grabbed some DOM tube from the local metal shop, and got right to measuring/bending/cutting/welding. By 11pm thursday we had a mocked up hardtail all tacked in place.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/11042968_1607277056153089_3022007021748153253_n.jpg?oh=1592242e60bbb141435abae5c97914f9&oe=55B99E16&__gda__=1434569377_0d0d37cafcb98cec3889e529af724795/img]
really a big fan of this fender I found on ebay for $56. I'll be using this again in the future for sure.
[img[https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1510643_1607277096153085_7797890443551808986_n.jpg?oh=0b073378c3086e86a8a4d52f67f629a9&oe=5583C75B&__gda__=1435210093_36e9a86819682faefd051ae23e51d079
I wanted the fender mounts to be inconspicuous, so I hammered these out of some flat stock so they wouldn't be visible from a side view
Then I swapped out the front end for inverted suspension. I got extremely lucky, as the axle diameters were the same so all I have to do to retain the stock wheel is make a set of spacers to center the wheel and hold the speedo drive in place.
So that's where we're at one week in. I'll be back at it today modifying the kick lever for a bicycle pedal, mounting up handlebars, making some headlight mounts, and making some gussets for the hardtail (and cutting the swingarm out)
I may not get time to update this thread until monday or so, if you want to stay up to date you can keep an eye on my facebook shop page as we update that via phone as we go.
facebook.com/AngerStreetKustoms