Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010
Thanks fellas. Much appreciated. Today is the day that Beat The Clock officially died. Today I finally accepted the fact that this bike is 100% different than BTC and it would be wrong to call her by that name. Not sure yet what to call her but she deserves its own name.
Hey Joe I love the idea of striping the wheels. I'm kind of pressed for time to get this baby rolling by the get together so striped wheels might be somethng to look into in the future.
Biker_Reject I'd love to say that I did the welds on this bike. Jason is a welding fool. Brothr has some mad skills for sure. You know this project has been a blast and I'm so glad I got him involved. Besides him having awesome fab skills It is so cool to put our heads together and come up with different ways to do something. Its just been a freaking blast.
Thanks again for the props guys. It really means alot!
Well I feel we are over the hump. I should be able to hand Jason the frame tomorrow so he can finish up some of teh welds and to finish some gussets
Front Gusset finished. He is going to run a bead down the lower factory gusset to strengthen it up and tie it in with the raw look of the rest of the welds
Gave Ethan my helmet. By the way he will be at our get together on Thursday and Friday ;D
Purchased a yoke from a local parts store. Then the linkage rod had to have a couple very slight bends. We wanted to use a heavier rod to stand up to the stresses so we machined (used a grinder) to take the ends of the rod down so it could threaded. Worked pretty slick. Anyhow, Jason welded a tab for the return spring on the brake lever. Turned out pretty sweet.
I love where we put the brake switch. It is hidden under the frame back near the tire instead of up around the brake lever. It will be activated from the linkage. Split a washer and welded it to the linkage rod.
Frame gusset finished. I'm pretty stoked about these gussets. WE split some pipe so that it would have a radius on the top then a small triangle was cut to fill in the side. I love how these turned out
Welded a tab for the new exhaust (this was taken after both pipes were finished. We removed them so this bracket could be finished)
Welding up the new exhhaust
The ends of the exhaust are not finished but this gives an idea of what it will look like. Plan is to weld some bungs on the pipes. Split a piece of stainless and make a couple of heat shields
made a mount for the coils. Have to give Kiley partial credit. I was considering spliting some pipe and making a mount around the coils Kiley said why not just slide the coils into that pipe then find a way to mount that to the frame.
I headed to the muffler shop and picked up a piece of stainless.
Split a piece of pipe that fit the frame and cut the stainless to fit the coils
Jason welded them up to the split tube and then welded a bolt so it could double as an engine mount bolt. The mount is all hidden. I freakin love how this things look
Cool little brass Hodaka pet cock was hitting the top of the motor so I had to put a 90* in. For some reason there wasnt one on the other side of the tank and no cross over tube so a new old stock is on order. Anyhow, I really like how this thing looks
Started tear down so the frame could be finished welded. One huge thing I found out is the voltage regulater and rectifier can fit under the tank on top of the backbone so we still need to fab up a couple of mounts. Anyhow this is how I left her tonight and damn am I tired
. I love working with him. I know I'd feel the same way working with you all too. We could turn out some cool shit together. Wish we all lived closer. 