Thread: New Custom Chopper

Hi Scotty
Just wondering if you finished your 32 ford and or your first chopper

No Aussie there not finished yet been to busy at work to touch them for weeks now.Ineed to strip the bike down and get the forks and motor to work to sandblast so that will be next year now and i also have to get the chrome paint also and there closed till next year now also, so i decided to get this one started.

Got half hour to spare from cleaning up for relos coming tomorrow for christmas, so i made the neck and welded it in postion and took a pic from otherside of bike.

Got a bit more done today, but there was a lot of looking and bending trying to get the right look which is what happens not building off a plan its all triel and error.In the photos i changed the seat area because it didnt look right. Today i spent more tome looking then what i did making. I started to enclose the rear tyre but then realised i coudnt get the wheel off so i had to change it.More later today.

Got quite abit done today,all the body structure done, handle bars, exhaust, front mudguard, drive belt and abit of grinding to the welds

Had another good day got 1 side, rear guard, seat and part of otherside formed and welded in postion.This bike ends up 610mm long 90mm larger than last one.

Started on the otherside of the bike today getting the front mesh welded in and most of the side panels until i ran out of mig wire so i finished off cutting and bending the rest of the panels i need, then its a trip to bunning tomorrow.

Wow, you are moving along with this one.

Yeh going well so far munruben but yesterday at work i took a large scallop off the bottom of my middle finger so its making it a bit more harder to work but i managed to get the rest of the panels welded in and ground down.i will see how finger goes if i get more done.

Looks good so far, Scotty
nothin worse than a damaged finger, no matter how careful you are every little bump is a new adventure in pain.
Is this chopper single sided swingarm AND front forks?
cheers, billy

Yeh i rather no pain but it so easily done, it has one single main frame with no backbone and the body frame built off that with the single front fork.This isnt the next one i was going to build but got the ideas in my head and went with it.It is based on the one i was going to do but ive put a body around it instead.

Impressive looking work all round there, Scotty.

Thank artme. havent touched for a while since i cut my finger,but did some grinding and sanding today on body and hopefully take to work on wednsday and sandblast ready for 2 pack etch to be applied.I have been busy cleaning up garage while i havent been able to do models and now i can swing a cat in there and im only half way through cleaning.