Petrol tank install.

So. I bought a tank, which is from Simson moped. Have to do something, so I can mount it into my bike.

Had to fill that hole in front of the tank, so I made plate into it.

Then hammered some curves into the plate

Fits quite fine

Then welded it

Had to put something under the plate, to keep the tank stable. I cut some pipe to half.

There it sits. I like. Have to drill hole into pipe & do threads into frame at the front of the tank.

Last mockup

Back from the countryside. Now have to really focus on this, if I want to drive Him this summer. Here´s The Last Mockup. I found old Simson moped petrol tank and I am going to fit it into this + push handlebars up and there it is. Like this:

Trying to make a sissybar part2

Yesterday I did better & taller one. Not ready yet, but soon. After I have finished it,

I´ll post "making of" pictures.

Trying to make a sissybar

Now I am at that point, that I can start to make a sissybar. I have never done this before, but have readed instructions from web. It is quite straightforwarded. You heat metal bar and then bend it! Of course there is lot of things, which I should learn, but I am pretty satisfied about this testing prototype. Have to buy more steel bar (in this case 13mm axle steel) and try to make taller one tomorrow.

Trying to straighten it at start. Should have done first bend at stable metal table.

In any case, it went quite well. This is not just tall enough.

At this pic I have already made those bends, which go over wheel.

Prototype ready.

Seat "problem"

I have tried many seats on this and tried to avoid "normal" solo seat. Yesterday I thought that I´ll have to do one of my own. Today I thought that I´ll give solo seat a try. Have to admit. This is best I have tried on this. Tomorrow I´ll start to do mountings for it.

Rear fender mounting

Started to do mountings for rear fender. These are maybe best mountings I have ever done. Simple and easy to do.

First I put some pipe under the fender to get measurements somewhat right 

Calculating measurements

Busy cat

Then I grinded another end to shape of fender mount pipe.

Did 8mm threads to other end

Fits quite fine

Now tack welding has to be done

And there they are. Have to shorten them little bit, fender is somewhat too close, weld them properly and then they are ready. Now I can start to do sissy bar. 

Mock up of Royal Enfield Chopper

Have to clean up my garage, so I put Him out to smell the winds of summer (it is going to rain soon...). Lots of things to do, but I am pretty sure that We will drive this summer together.

New improved chain tensioner

I fixed my old chain tensioner, which I made last winter, a little bit. Made one leg from thicker material + did longer roller from nylon. This way I can swap it around, if it wears too much on The Road.

Spacers for front end

I started to do spacers for front end. It took me about 4 hours to make one...BUT. I had problems with tool post of lathe etc. Anyway. Point here is, that I really need practice with lathe. This was good job for learning of using it and maybe someday I will be faster & better. In any case, I am quite satisfied with the results. One more to go!

Starting point & final piece. Made from 28mm solid axle steel bar. It turned to 17mm (outside) & 12mm (inside) spacer.

The Spacer in It´s full Glory

 

I did this inside neck, so it dwells into it´s place.

There It sits!

Springer rockers modification.

Since I am rebuilding my springer for Royal Enfield Chopper, I decided to do some modification for rockers too. They looked cool, but were not working properly. You can see the modification (and fault with those) more easily from pictures. I also changed the location where front axle come, so I fixed little bit of trail, which was too big. Now they are more like Sugar Bear style. I maybe do them from scratch at some point, but this is just test now.

That high notch sticks to springer bar.

Here you can see the Sugar Bear style also.

Results of The Plan

Gig went well & parties were good. Have to continue my front end.

The Plan

First I cut nylon bar with axle grinder (not best method, I soon noticed...). I burned my hand because of melting nylon. You can see how the bar has been melted in this picture. With cutting tool of lathe or with normal saw, I would have had better results. Bad thing is, that I don´t have any of those, so axle grinder it was...Then I bored bigger hole into nylon bar, because I only have 10mm drill bit and hole needed to be 13mm.

Now it fits.

Then I faced the nylon bar with lathe. Carbide bits make quite good surface even on nylon.

Here is the old one. It does not have any support for springs. This is made with file last summer.

Here is the final piece.

This way it sits at the bottom of the upper spring.

 Why I did not invent this before? I don´t know, but good that I did it now.

This is so great. I have other piece ready as well and front end feels much more stable in every manner now. I am anxious to see how it works when I drive. But I am really far away from that. Hope that I get this bike ready for this summer.

Lots of nylon waste