Beat The Clock

Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

Some great points Joe. I may hit the coil mounts with some speed holes or something. I don't think they ever got warm before but that might be because the air was blowing across them. I plan to brush the stainless so it will be easy to pull them off and add the holes if need be. I'll just do a test run and see how they do.

Great idea on the tensioner too. I may end up adding one. I was talking with jason at dimecity and I really like the Monster fab ones that they sell. If I add one I think it will be one of theirs. Anyhow, its so wild that the bike looks so much longer than before. Its still the same length. The chain is the same length and never had any problems with it before. We shot some video and it did dance a little but wasn't bad at all. I've read that adding 5" is the magic number and beyond that a tensioner is needed. Anyhow, thanks for having my back man.

I'm sure Ethan would be more than happy to do one of your helmets. Would be sweet though to have you hand it to him in person ;D i totally understand if you can't make it though. Just toss that sucker in the mail and we'll get er striped
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

will do will do! ill drop her in the mail this weekend bud thanks gain... you have to remember that you had a swing arm before that moved (somewhat) and that would add tension naturally to the chain, the hard tail will not... and yes i am very jelous of this bike ha ha ha ha!
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

Just an idea but maybe a spring tension fan belt idler pulley with a modified roller might fit the bill for that chain guide. I'm sure $3 or 4 at the local junk yard would turn up something.
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

i saw RIP and my heart stopped. phew.

i liked beat the clock (the original build) :( shoulda gone with a second bike man :(
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

man Troy, I saw the RIPat work and said Oh Fuck! out loud, then had to come up with a dumb excuse that my system crashed as I didn't want to admit I was surfing a forum ;D very glad when I opened the link it is just evolution to a new name. Maybe we can come up with something appropriate at the GTG and we can have it striped on her somewhere like a tatoo. Then it can be permenant. I really wish you could get a new bike everytime you want to be creative, I loved the bike when it was the hot blue cafe, i was sad to see it chopped up only to fall in love with the BTC, then sad to see her go...only to love the new creation,... I just wish you had all 3 bikes, cause they where all excellent builds and now only live on in the pages of dtt history. Anyway, I got the Wing all serived up and ready to hit the road to your place in 3 days time, I can't wait, this is the craziest trip I have ever taken. My wife is just a bag of nerves but I will call her every 200 miles or so to let her know I am still alive and i have to take many pictures, I feel a lot may be of your yet to be re-named newly crazy cool bike.

Keep it up. Get R done so we can rip some of your areas awsome mountian roads.

Cheers,

Maritime
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

Staffy: What a great idea. i may look into that some day. For now I think I'll be ok. My swinger didn't work anyhow because the shocks were welded. Anyhow, I love the idea of using something off of a car as long as it works and looks cool.

Sebatron: Sorry about that man. I'm so flattered that you all felt that way about my little scoot. No turning back now but I gotta say I was ready for a change. I don't want to come off sounding selfish but I like the idea that she turned into what she is now instead of having a new owner. Not sure if that makes sense but I guess i'm sort of weird like that. I'm so glad we did it and I've never been more stoked. I'm very proud of the new bike and the way its turning out.

Maritime: Sorry brother I hope you didn't get in trouble, hahaha. Its all good man. I really think you all are going to like this bike is person. I couldn't stand the thought of selling BTC. Better to let her morph then put her on the selling block.
To be honest I'm having a blast building this bike . Hands down my favorite build out of all of them. To top it off Jason and Ethan are great people and it has been a blast spending time with them.
Anyhow, I really appreciate the props man. It really means alot that you and all the others regard the builds the way you do. Really makes it all worth it.

So freaking cool that you are making this trip on a scoot. Going to be one to talk about for a long long time. I'd love to be making the trip with you. I can't wait till you get here. Its going to be so awesome metting all of you. And hell yes I need help giving this bike a name!


A bit of an update. Right now I'm working on less than 2.5 hrs sleep and its after 1am again. Its worth it though because jason and I knocked out the frame tonight. We spent another 8 hrs non stop grinding, cutting and welding. Damn I didn't think there was that much work left. We got it done though. I didn't have my camera but tomorrow I'll grab a few photos. Welds turned out sick and I coudln't be happier.
After chores are done tomorrow it will be frame prep time and off to paint and assembly. If all goes well I hope to be wiring by Sunday. I feel like I'm burning it on both ends but like Jason says, "Sleep is for the weak". I'll keep you all update on progress. I'm off to bed
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

Look at it this way - there isn't much you can do to your bike after this.

Except maybe turn it into a helicopter or something........
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

Big Rich said:
Look at it this way - there isn't much you can do to your bike after this.

Except maybe turn it into a helicopter or something........
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hahaha, so true brother, so true.
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

or consider electric (don't lynch me!)

man i wouldve tried to keep them all :)
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

I think you'd be suprised at the number of those receptive of an electric scoot around here. If I had a spare $1500 or so I'd churn out a helluva cool electro with my spare roller.
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

I knwo waht you mean about selling her, It would have hurt to see her go. I was thinking more on the lines of creating a nice stable of customs all stamped with Troybilt on them ;D Just make sure you get to have one good night s sleep before all of us come crashing in so you don't end up asleep at the first bonfire sing-a-long ;D

Cheers,

Maritime
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

I really appreciate it tweakin. I'm glad you like so far. Hope I don't do something to screw that up ;D

maritime I'm totally with ya on the stable. I'd love to have a garage full, but funds wont allow that to happen. One day my friend, one day.
As far as sleep goes I finally crashed at round 10 this evening then for some reason at about midnight I woke and now can't fall back to sleep. I think I'm too damn tired ::) I'm practicing my Kum by yah though ;D

Well today I drove around town looking for epoxy silver and picked some up at Lowes. Put in another 3 hrs of grinding and sanding. Then I preped the frame only to have epic fail. The epoxy silver sprayed very, very dry and had huge flakes of metalic standing on end. Both cans sprayed this way. After the frame was screwed I emptied the cans on some cardboard and they did the same thing. Sucked big time and I'm never doing epoxy silver again. I heard a few guys complain that they couldn't get it to spray now it happened to me. Never again.
So I spent the afternoon media blasting. So after preping again time to go with a new color. Epoxy only comes in white, bisque, black and silver and without the silver were colors not on my list. I really wanted something to compliment the black bits.

A couple prepaint photos

Hub stay and brake switch mount
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battery box bottom before prep
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Frame after bath
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Motor mounts painted with appliance epoxy
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sneak peak at the frame color. Its somewhat darker than the pics show and darker than the epoxy silver. I think things happen for a reason. So even if it was a pain in the ass to get there I'm super stoked about the color and how it came out.
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Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

Bummer about the epoxy Troy. Any ideas as to why the flakes kept standing up?

Either way, I do like the new color. What is it, like a bright gun-metal? Hard to tell on my phone.

Keep up the great work!!
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

Big Rich said:
Bummer about the epoxy Troy. Any ideas as to why the flakes kept standing up?

Either way, I do like the new color. What is it, like a bright gun-metal? Hard to tell on my phone.

Keep up the great work!!
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Not sure man but it was coming out like texture. I shook the cans for atleast 2 mins and placed them in warm water just like the other times I sprayed it. Must of had a bad batch or something ???
The color is darker than the pics. Its a hammer finish but I think it turned out somewhat smooth but I'm not sure. All I have is a single light in the garage and its not worth a piss. I'll be able to tell more in the daylight. Right now I freaking love it though.

dakine_surf said:
I just drooled a little on my keyboard... color looks great troy!
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Thanks brother I'm glad you like it.
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

I've had a couple of request for details on how I lowered my front end. I'll also post it up here so maybe it might help others as well
It is pretty simple to do. You have to take the lower fork sliders apart. There is an allen head bolt up inside from the bottom that releases them.
Block the bike up and remove the tire. Place a 10 mm allen wrench inside the fork bottom. You can't see it but I think it is a 10 mm. It will be torqued pretty tight but it will come loose. Once the slider is apart there is a small dampner spring on a rod. Make a small spacer (I used a small piece of gas pipe. Maybe 1/2 or 3/4" in dia. I can't remember but what ever it should slide over the tube. This spacer goes under the small dampner spring and will be the length of the amount you want to lower the front.
before you can put it back together remove the long spring by removing the retainer nut located at the top of the tripple tree. You will need to cut that spring by the amount added with the spacer. Be sure to leave the spring a little long for prelaod. once the long spring has been cut it is all ready to go back together. Be carefull not to cut too much. Can't put back but can always cut more.

Here is a pic of mine when it was all apart. The spacers I used are pictured beside the retainer nuts. I ended up using longer spacer than the ones pictured, but anyhow, they go under the small spring located on the tube.
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More to come.......
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

Still need to prep the exhaust for paint and make heat shields. Rethread brass 90*s for the tank and petcock. A little nervous about doing that but at the moment don't have a choice. couldnt find a 10mm fine thread elbows. Hope to hit wiring in the morning. Also going to paint the points cover black. Need to go back over and re-torque nuts and bolts. Last but not least Change fluids
Stuck the tank on and pushed her outside for a couple of shots. I've never been more stoked. It was getting pretty dark so the pics aren't very good. The flash on the camera made the tank much brighter than it really is.

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new brake levers
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Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

I'm loving the framework, especially the rear. Fkn cool when you remember it used to be a dual damper softtail, now an ornate rigid. Crazy awesome.

I'd love to see a troybilt garage.
 
Re: beat the clock RIP 07.14.2010

The stripes on the tank turned out great. I can't remember how the tail light was mounted, but are you going to straighten it up a little? Just curious. And how's the kickstand coming along?

Good work Troy.
 
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