mikes sportie

good idea

mike wrote:

yeah if i catch the next person that rips me off ill put it to the test

Haha - sweet.

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got a bit more done this week its starting to resemble a bike finaly
still got a heap of stuff to do mite have a couple ov leads on a front wheel will see how that pans out this week

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weel spent most ov the weekend adapting an engin stand to the jig so i can weld up me frame a bit easier
doesnt go right the way round but should make it a lot easier i think
also scored two 21 in rims for the front one bent and one ok just need to swap hubs over and go on the hunt for a tyre is a 90/90 wat i should be looking for any one know??

Yeah that should make it heaps easyer to weld up mate. I'm running a MH90 21 Avon on mine.

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the frame made its way outta the jig this avo verry pleased with the outcome
mite mock it up this weekend and see how it sits
mh 90 21 is that the same as a 90/90

When are they going into production lol hard to tell was it tigged or migged but it looks good

Looks excellent Mike. What's taking you so long man I thought you'd have it finished by now.
Hey how the Hell can you wait so long for the mock up, Shit as soon as mine was out of the jig it was assembled.
Hell I'd better hurry up your going to beat me at this rate.

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yeah doug its tig wellded but like every thing i seem to do just at the verry end i start getting gooder at and by the next one ill be back to square one
as for production i dont f en think so

woody it would be mocked up by now but i had to go do shite with the missus fuk it al
and the front hub i bought dont seem to fit to shit hot gona havt to machine the bearings in ward a bit i think may have a chance on satday to do that hopefully
humm as for beating you ha ha i dont think so

well finaly got a chance today to mock the bike up all went pretty smoothly except for the front wheel that should ov fitted but no it didnt want to so i had to machine the hub and poke the bearings in a bit futher and open up the spigot on the disk then i decided i would give lacing the wheel up a go not the best idea iv had for sure after putting it togeather wrong not just once but a bout three times i finaly got the hang ov it there was a lotta cursing goin on
the only real concern is the lack of front suspension
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freakin great!
i was the only one who voted for the Sporty tank but I see now i was wrong, Cam's tank looks brilliant on there
if you set up the forks nice n low like on mine (mine are 2" lower than stock) then i reckon that would suit it, would keep the bike looking low & of course low is best

thanks brett the tank is just sitting there it still needs a tunnel and cap but i think 2 inches aint gona cut it i think i need around 5 inches or so

Yea those wheels are a prick to build lol,shit have you already painted the frame without putting the rest of the bits on?

Nice work mike, why dont you have a go at making a springer? or a leafer? it looks well within your skill level???

they can be pretty basic too, found this on JJ

yip im sure all wheels cant be that much ov a pain can they

o the frame is just spray caned black to stop it rusting away while i fuck around took all ov 3 minutes to do butt looks the part in the photos
i may have to get you to true up the wheel for me doug wen i take it a part again it almost broke me

yeah i was thinking ov a springer ive seen a few realy short ones and they look pretty slick mite be some thing to think a bout

Great lines Mike, If your going to run that front end Your going to need some more rake in that frame though bud. Prick of a job to do but it sure won't hurt he look of that chop mate. Awesome job Mike just makes you want to ride the shit out of it now don't it.

why would the front end need more rake?

Explain it woody I'm to drunk

more rake would push the wheel out futher giving more fork length??????????

PAN/SHOVEL wrote:

Explain it woody I'm to drunk

I'm too hung over.
When you increase the rake Brett it intern makes the front end longer. Do you understand that mate??? Because my head hurts real bad now and I cant brain any more today.

mike wrote:

more rake would push the wheel out futher giving more fork length??????????

Correct my friend. We have a winner. Which intern translates into more fork travel

well i sorta like the low rake angle

but is any one good with foto shop if some1 gets board they could push the wheel out foe me nd see wat it looks like
it wouldnt be that bad to cut the neck off i got nuffin better to do anyway

At least with the leaf or springer the wheel doesnt have as much travel, and the rear "fork leg" i spose we will call it is stationary, might solve the prob without cutting the frame, plus leaf front ends are cool and not many people have them