Thread: Custom chopper

Took it to work today and showed the guys and all of them said leave the handlebars it suit the bike becuase of the big rake on the front. or

Originally Posted by scotty60

Took it to work today and showed the guys and all of them said leave the handlebars it suit the bike becuase of the big rake on the front. or

Best to leave them then.If they all said they were OK they must be.!00% approval is fairly convincing

Will leave for now and keep going with rest,still a bit of time to change.I want to find a skull to use for headlight,will increase sides of rear guard down to rim of rear wheel,then finish grind here and there then will take to work again and sandblast whole body and then coat with a 2 pack epoxy etch primer.Once dry i can then start to apply the filler to the body.

How is the Chopper going Scotty?I am missing it.

love to see how the choppers goin!

How long is it? Looks like 12 inches or so?

keep up the wip

cheers, billy

Thanks Aussie & Billy,
The modelis about 540mm long.I havent touch the bike since i took it to work been busy diong things around house and making a man of the match trophey for my sons soccer team.Hopefully ill get back to the bike on the weekend.

Only got to work on the bike for about 2 hours today,played around with front guard lining up edge guard with the edge of the rim,then i started on the back guard where i had to weld more metal onto the guard to line it up with the edge of the rim.Once welded in i ground and filed it back to line up,then i ground down the welds to finish it off.

Getting closer now,I like the way the back guard is taking shape .Its Tough

I have been watching your progress scotty and I must say it is absolutely incredible the work you have done on this machine. It's really coming to life and looking great. Keep it up and keep those pics rolling in.

Thanks Munruben,

i appreciate the comments made,still a got long way to go but im really enjoying building it. Ive got no plans to go off its all in my head getting different ideas of pictures and putting them together.I will say now this wont be the last one i build.I have already got designs going through my brain.

Hi guys,

Been busy today playing around making handlebars,I've ended up with these ones so what do you think these ones look better or the ape bars in the older pics.I also made up the carburator manifolds and mounted in place.I am having a carby on each side of the motor.

we post pics shortly having problems.

Today got home from work and started to clean up shed a bit,just before it got dark i knocked up the 2 air cleaners.

they're koool

cheers, billy

Today i got stuck into the motor getting the air cleaners soldered on, the drive gear and drive belt and the exhaust bent up and soldered into postion.All up at the moment the bike weighs 2.26kg or 5lb.not much more to do except find skull for headlight ,bit grinding here and there then get body sandblasted and etched.