SR500 Project
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SONICJK
Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
This will be the basic shape. I ended up taking 2 layers off the bottom and messing with the curves, cutting in some fork dents and it looks like:
I'll get better pictures tomorrow some time.
When I'm 100% on the shape I will make one out of wood and then beat some steel or aluminum around it, haven't decided which yet.
SONICJK
Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
Thanks guys, it turns into more and more work every time I look at it haha.
It WILL be ready by spring thaw though.
About to get back in town after too long away from the bike playing around on the snowboard.
Work should resume this week.
It WILL be ready by spring thaw though.
About to get back in town after too long away from the bike playing around on the snowboard.
Work should resume this week.
JustinLonghorn
No Purple Hearts, No Blue Ribbons
Looks damn proper.
foundation982
Been Around the Block
Love love Love this! I'm going to be cutting into my frame sometime this week when the IL weather gives me a damn break! I'll be needing a seat hoop if you want to hook a brother up 
Also Sonic noticed you live in TN I'm gonna be moving to Nashville this summer!
Also Sonic noticed you live in TN I'm gonna be moving to Nashville this summer!
Texasstar
Can't is a four letter dirty word
awesome!SONIC. said:Decided I'm going to be doing a lot of blasting on this one, so went ahead and did what I should have done along time ago:
Waiting for the silicone to dry inside, then I will do the window tomorrow night and fire her up and see how it goes!
Wheels will be the first to be blasted. I can't wait.
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SONICJK
Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
foundation982 said:Love love Love this! I'm going to be cutting into my frame sometime this week when the IL weather gives me a damn break! I'll be needing a seat hoop if you want to hook a brother
Shoot me a PM on the hoop I got ya.
I'm about 40 minutes south of nashville, so when you get here Ill buy you a beer
SONICJK
Reminds me of...me No, I'm sure of it. I hate him
Well, I figured you guys were probably all going to kill yourselves if I didn't update this thread.
So here you go.
The reason i have been putting this off is because i didn't want to make this damn brake bracket.
Original plan was an adapter bracket.
So I sat around and stared at it for about an hour and spent another 20 min with cardboard mocking up a complicated ass bracket that ultimately made me hate everything.
After scrapping the first attempt I looked at it again and then it hit me. This is why i spent so god damn much money on a tig welder.
I took the original bracket, cut it down and ground it smooth. Then grabbed some 1/2" 6061 and welded the fuckers together. Now we're cooking with gas. This is how things should be done
A bunch of testing, mic-ing, testing, clamping, mic-ing, drilling and tapping later i had this
a little more cutting and welding up the old holes and I had this:
And finally:
All this took a measly 4 hours. Fuck me.
Moral of this story is its a bitch to adapt a dirtbike front end to a crotch rocket rotor, on a vintage wheel, with a supermoto caliper.
But now that that is done things should move right along.
A lot of assembly and electronics mounting next, followed by my first tank build so we shall see how that goes.
So here you go.
The reason i have been putting this off is because i didn't want to make this damn brake bracket.
Original plan was an adapter bracket.
So I sat around and stared at it for about an hour and spent another 20 min with cardboard mocking up a complicated ass bracket that ultimately made me hate everything.
After scrapping the first attempt I looked at it again and then it hit me. This is why i spent so god damn much money on a tig welder.
I took the original bracket, cut it down and ground it smooth. Then grabbed some 1/2" 6061 and welded the fuckers together. Now we're cooking with gas. This is how things should be done
A bunch of testing, mic-ing, testing, clamping, mic-ing, drilling and tapping later i had this
a little more cutting and welding up the old holes and I had this:
And finally:
All this took a measly 4 hours. Fuck me.
Moral of this story is its a bitch to adapt a dirtbike front end to a crotch rocket rotor, on a vintage wheel, with a supermoto caliper.
But now that that is done things should move right along.
A lot of assembly and electronics mounting next, followed by my first tank build so we shall see how that goes.
