Re: Willow...An evolution..
Wingspan said:
Having an experienced hand to teach you is priceless when learning a new skill.
Man isn't that the truth. I'ma lucky dude. The only bad is its a busy time of the year for him and progress is going to be slow.
Fix said:
Troy, I posted the shotglass thing as inspiration, as I bet you could do something like that if you wanted. I wouldn't buy it, as I believe it costs more than my bike's worth
Its really sweet but yeah its major money. I appreciate ya pointing it out. May inspire me to kick some ideas around. We'll see if I have time to kill waiting on working on the tank...
I really appreciate the homage brothers!
Well, I've been finding my self working on 10 different things at once. I'll start one thing and something else will catch my eye and ...I need to keep my ass focused.
I spent most of the day finishing and going over all the welds on the frame. I also spent a ton of time sanding the grinding marks off the welds and tubing. What a pain in the arse. My hands are raw from sanding. But the Frame is just about ready for paint. The only thing left to weld is mount tabs for the tank. I wont do that until I have the t-nuts inbeded in the tank and the tank all but done. That way I can fine tune where the tabs need to go instead of the other way around.
So, everything will get a fresh coat of paint including the wheels and the motor. The paint wasn't too bad when I started but I beat the hell out of them over the winter during fabrication. Also plan to repolish and brush the aluminum bits as well.
Today I also shaved the fins off the points cover. Used the grinder then blocked it back down with 120 grit. Worked my way through a few grits then drilled some speed holes. I'll finish sanding and polishing later. Once I clearcoat the aluminum It will get brass screen jb welded to the inside.
I don't have a jig saw so I made use of a worn out cut off wheel on the angle grinder to do the scallops. Also drilled more speed holes. The mount holes you can see on the motor and the motor mounts:
Together:
Also drilled some holes in the rear hub. It will get some brass screen as well. Its looking kinda plain so I may drill more before its all said and done with: