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Title: Front End Surgery Post by mikestrikes on 07/13/09 at 18:33:45 Top clamp on the operating table... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/orange-appeal/Savage%20Trike/pics039.jpg Whats left of it... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/orange-appeal/Savage%20Trike/pics041.jpg And milled off the flange on the caps... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/orange-appeal/Savage%20Trike/pics040.jpg |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by mikestrikes on 07/15/09 at 18:17:03 Guess you were wonder'n what the heck am I doing ? I got a 2nd lower clamp and put the bushing in it and made a new top clamp, that with the way it sits higher and with the lips milled off I can lower the front to my like'n. Looks better also. Now you are wondering what am I going to do about handle bars right. Thats later.. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/orange-appeal/Savage%20Trike/pics044.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/orange-appeal/Savage%20Trike/pics043.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v610/orange-appeal/Savage%20Trike/pics042.jpg |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by Serowbot on 07/15/09 at 18:49:03 Woof!.... You don't mess around!.... :-? Can't wait to see what's next!... |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by Educatedredneck on 07/15/09 at 23:18:02 Mike -- You "DA MAN" -- Nice work there, keep us posted. |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/16/09 at 01:55:09 Well, Aint that a hekkuvan Idea~! Good looking stuff you got goin on there. |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by LANCER on 07/16/09 at 04:13:44 good stuff ... keep it coming ! ;) |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by LostArtist on 07/16/09 at 10:28:29 I love the color of your new front end, I'd like to do something like that with mine after I pay it off, but I'd like a more brass/gold look, how did you do that? was it expensive? |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by AngloSaxon on 07/16/09 at 10:43:27 00233F380D3E38253F384C0 wrote:
That's just the indoor lighting affecting the photo. And who the heck has a milling machine in their basement? |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by mikestrikes on 07/16/09 at 11:35:02 I dont have a basement, a shop in my back yard yes.. And yeah its the funky lighting in that room, my wife has this funky colored carpet a cat stuff all over the place,,,, I only come in here for the computer... |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by AngloSaxon on 07/16/09 at 11:58:34 Don't mind me. I'm just jealous cos I don't have a milling machine..lol |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by LostArtist on 07/16/09 at 12:12:59 yeah I kinda thought so, anyone know how to colorize metal or if that's possible, like without spray paint |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by AngloSaxon on 07/16/09 at 12:19:21 7D5E4245704345584245310 wrote:
Just google anodizing or metal plating. |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by AngloSaxon on 07/16/09 at 12:24:47 Hey Mike, the light bulb just went on in my head, I now see what you're doing.....radical man! |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by srinath on 07/16/09 at 12:52:07 I am making a custom raked triple set ... or I am getting a machinist to make em ... and the top triple and bottom triples are different in the construction cos they take different directional loads. I dunno much more ... but this looks good, hopefully it will be strong enough ... yea I know the front part of the lower triple is 1.5 inch and the back part is solid as opposed to 1 inch all the way across and all hollow ... BTW you could have just used plain aluminum, 1.25 OD round 1 inch length, drilled 7/8th and used it instead of milling off the top triple. Oh you have to do a small releif for the threads to sit on the under side ... but its efinetly easier than starting off with the top triple. Looks cool though ... Put a set of 1/2 inch holes 3.5 inches apart and run harley risers ... I did that on mine. Cool. Srinath. |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by mikestrikes on 07/16/09 at 13:13:14 686972757A6F731B0 wrote:
Nope. I'm going to take a solid chunk of 4x3x2 block of alum and drill a 1" hole longways in it, cut it in half and drill/tap 4 holes above and 4 holes below to make a one piece bar clamp... then make a set of Z bars. |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by srinath on 07/16/09 at 13:48:26 Aaaah OK ... why just drill holes ... if the process does not involve 3 dimensional machining, we dont need it ...yup. Whatever you do, do not weld to the triples. They wont take the shock loads if you do, turn brittle and break. Cool. Srinath. |
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Title: Re: Front End Surgery Post by mikestrikes on 07/16/09 at 14:37:03 Nope, no welding of the clamps, just two 1/2" bolts from the underside up into the block... When I can I'll get the stuff to rebuild the forks and new head bearings.. |
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