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rockcitycafe

rockcitycafe

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Okay Kiddos! It's been 2 years since I gradumatated from school and left behind all those nice expensive facilities, I was a sculpture major, doing a lot in metal and since then I couldn't afford the tools so I started doing fiberglass, which I found to be pretty good to work with and allowed me to do just about anything I wanted.... BUT!!!! now that I sold the bike to finance building two more, and a few tools to boot, I now have an ENGLISH WHEEL and a MILLER M*@(&F&@*^^G TIG welder!!! So I'm back in the groove, and I'll be doing some aluminum tanks, fenders, maybe some seats, even though I like the glass ones, and probably some oil tanks, etc...... keep an eye out, I'm STOKED!!
 
autoguy said:
congrats ;D

now are you going to make some clubman bars and clip ons ?
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I thought about the clubmans, but honestly, you can get a decent pair for $25, and with materials, I really can't touch that, but clipons I had thought about, probably do the whole thing in stainless so A: I don't have to chrome them, and B: they will NEVER EVER rust :)
 
It's easy enough to find a good set of clip ons (telefix, etc) for under $100.

How about things like tricked out clock mounts and stuff like that.
 
rockcitycafe said:
I thought about the clubmans, but honestly, you can get a decent pair for $25, and with materials, I really can't touch that, but clipons I had thought about, probably do the whole thing in stainless so A: I don't have to chrome them, and B: they will NEVER EVER rust :)
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cool, maybe cheap ish clip ons, aka sub $100 ?
 
had some time to play with some scrap aluminum I had today, it's 16ga, so about 1/16th inch, screwed around with it on the english wheel then polished up half of it, i'm starting to drool thinking about making a whole tank!!! gotta grab some sheet aluminum though, about $3.50 sq' isn't bad at all though... did some tig weld beads on the other side, but you can't see em, all in all, I'm definitely shaking my rust off!


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Represto said:
It's easy enough to find a good set of clip ons (telefix, etc) for under $100.

How about things like tricked out clock mounts and stuff like that.
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clock mounts would be easy!!
 
I wish sombody would build a decent tank with a built in oil tank or an oil tank that might fit under a seat. I want to hide my electrics and my oiltank on my 750F.
 
ffjmoore said:
I wish sombody would build a decent tank with a built in oil tank or an oil tank that might fit under a seat. I want to hide my electrics and my oiltank on my 750F.
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Completely agree, would like to do the same. Please let me know if you can create something.
 
Not that it can't be done, but how would you make a clock mount or clipons out of sheetmetal?
 
mysta2 said:
Not that it can't be done, but how would you make a clock mount or clipons out of sheetmetal?
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I wouldn't do the clipons out of sheetmetal, I'd buy 7/8" stainless and machine the rest... yeah, i have a mill and lathe :)

and clock mounts are flat plate anyway
 
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