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Title: Bobber finished....? Post by sillydilly on 08/31/11 at 10:49:40 been doing this bike for about 5 or 6 months now, and Im pretty pleased with how it turned out. my neighbor found this bike torn apart and boxed up next to a dumpster at work, they were going to scrap it but he brought it home to part out. I ended up taking it over and rebuilding the entire thing into a bobber. http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/832/partsyz.jpg this is how everything looked when I brought it home http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/2057/befpreee.jpg spent several hours assembling the engine and bike, surprised to see EVERYthing there I have lots of pics of the build, but no one wants to see that!! as she sits: http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5862/bike2z.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9636/bike1pf.jpg feel free to ask any questions :) |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by dasch on 08/31/11 at 11:30:02 That's a bobber all right!! Cheap, simple... Looks good IMHO!!! |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by Frederick on 08/31/11 at 12:14:05 Sick build. Looks like you know your way around (re)building engines. If I may ask, what did you end up spending in total? Good that all the parts came with the bike. |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by Edgar on 08/31/11 at 12:34:05 Sweet! What'd you use for a rear fender? And how'd you mount it? |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by babyhog on 08/31/11 at 12:38:32 Awesome! Looks great. But how's she run and ride??? That's the question! |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by ksthumper on 08/31/11 at 19:26:58 Lovin the struts! How long did you go for the length? |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by bluesavage218 on 08/31/11 at 20:23:28 Awesome! Very nice job! |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by MrBrownTX on 09/01/11 at 18:54:06 I love it! |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/01/11 at 23:36:01 Youve got yourself a trash rod! Dang, seriously? Picked up by a dumpster? Thats just too cool,, |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by sillydilly on 09/06/11 at 10:05:56 thanks everyone!! 695D4A4B5555552F0 wrote:
I figure I have about $2,000 into it by now. I bought the bike off my neighbor in boxes of parts, taking the gamble, for $200. then all the other stuff... - paying to get the chains welded and drilled ($70) - new rings ($150) - 2 gasket sets ($180) - lots of paint (no idea) - powdercoated frame ($100) - seat ($180) - engine cover ($40) - vegas bars ($40) - battery ($50) - engine honing ($15) - engine bolt kit ($50) thats all I can think of, then you have to include hundreds of dollars in oil, filters, beer, shop supplies, cleaners, polishers, etc. but I figure the bike cost me between $1500 and $2000 to build, which is on the high side but I paid a lot for a lot of stuff to get done. 595A5B56544E370 wrote:
runs like a dream! hardly any backfiring, pipe sounds awesome. It rides kinda hard, its excellent around town, but once on the highway it gets a little scary. 544C4B574A524F5A4D3F0 wrote:
I think stock are 10.5" and I went 8.5 3F2026213C3B0A3A0A32202C67550 wrote:
thanks! it was actually boxed up for 8 years because someone took it a part, and they were throwing it out and my neighbor just decided to bring it home rather than dumpster it. |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by Fish on 09/06/11 at 21:25:28 That pretty much qualifies as the best trash picking I've seen. That's awesome. I really dig your bike. Have fun on that thing. |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by built2last66 on 09/08/11 at 04:53:53 The story alone makes this bike badass.. then you have a look at her. Nice job! |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by sillydilly on 09/11/11 at 23:38:05 thanks guys. just did an oil change, and now I notice it burns a considerably lot of oil on startup. lots of smoke, but dissipates after a minute or two of warming up. any ideas?? |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by drums1 on 09/12/11 at 06:58:20 When installing the rings, did you offset the gaps? (gap in rings are not supposed to all line up when installed) Are you sure the rings are the right size? (oversized if rebored) If these things are right, then I'd have to say the rings were not properly broken in, or they are just not broken in yet. I'm leaning towards the rings not being oversized. You mentioned that the engine was honed. Even when rings are properly broken in, there should be no blowby during warmup. |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by sillydilly on 09/12/11 at 14:53:57 4650574F5113220 wrote:
when I installed them I used a 10 o clock, 2 o clock, 6 o clock formation. I broke them in by idling them for a min then letting them cool, idling a bit higher, than cool, more throttle, cool, oil change, etc. I rode it for around 300km before my first real oil change, and after doing so it began to smoke on startup. had a motorcycle mechanic who owns his own shop measure my cylinder, and order proper rings. also reads 150psi |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by verslagen1 on 09/12/11 at 15:21:18 Isn't oil smoke on start up because of the valves? |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by spdrman288 on 09/22/11 at 18:43:53 What is the size of that rear tire? It looks Sick!! |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by Edgar on 09/28/11 at 19:50:07 What did you use for the rear fender? |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/28/11 at 23:00:51 You do know that any part of your body that gets in that belt/pulley pinch point is gone, right? |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by Gyrobob on 09/29/11 at 13:55:26 342B2D2A3730013101392B276C5E0 wrote:
Concur! Not to mention the spattered red mess it will make that side of the bike!!! Or the mess created when something gets stuck in there and locks everything up at 60mph. Looks cool, but that kind of things scares me like starting up an airplane at an airshow with lots of little kids running around. |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by drums1 on 09/29/11 at 16:22:07 Not to mention going to an airshow, and having a 76 yr old pilot nosedive into the grandstand where I'm sitting. :( |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by Gyrobob on 09/30/11 at 06:17:48 5640475F4103320 wrote:
Was he in an airplane? |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by sillydilly on 09/30/11 at 11:51:02 as far as I know its a stock rear tire, just looks big because its exposed. The rear fender was something I bought off a friend for $20, he had it lying around in a pile of bike parts. I modified it heavily using a grinding disk, bench grinder, and cutting wheel to fit it how I like it. the open primary is a lot like any other cycle! don't get close :0 |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by Finney138 on 10/01/11 at 07:41:21 its even more fun with the chain conversion haha your leg shouldnt be anywhere near there when your riding ,plus gears and chains are pretty |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by sillydilly on 10/02/11 at 22:12:22 chains are too common. I like the low maintenance, quiet, smooth ride of a belt. |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by Finney138 on 10/04/11 at 12:30:06 i just did it to play with the ratio ,got er on the low end now takes of like a crappity smacker |
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Title: Re: Bobber finished....? Post by Finney138 on 10/04/11 at 12:31:09 haha i didnt know this site was sensored ,i kinda like crappity smacker tho haha |
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