Dr T, already suggested that type of handlebar set up....too " recumbant" for our guitar shredding rat from Illinois.
Harlequin T - FINI (or not)
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Well, in a pic a couple posts back, you see it spanning beyond the width of the garage door...which have to be, what 7' at least?
My guess, close to 10'. Am I close?
I'd say more than 9' for sure...
Haha! I had to go measure it....
It's about 6'11" axle to axle or
approximately 9'1" with the bent fork, tire to tire.
A cool suicide knob is definitely on my radar...
I've seen some cool ones.
I'm leaning towards a nice vintage one.
Guitarl.
Virtual update...
Guitarl.
Guitarl.
Virtual like....
I think we use the same little welder Carl. When I was welding up the UNVEGA for the MBBO5, I had grabbed a roll of .035 wire too. It seemed to roll through the tip just fine. AND..I actually liked working with the .35 wire better than the .30
This, despite all I read about this little welder..."you can't run .035 wire through it" . " It isn't possible"..."Not enough power". I found all of that to be totally untrue..so, I just stopped reading about it..now , I just pull it out of the box when I need to tack something...takes about 5 minutes, " I don't see any need to step up, and I'm certainly not going to waste any time trying to 'mod' it..that all gets too geeky for me man.
I'm so used to it now..."Let the wind blow all it wants...I'm welding away...lol
Bike is looking good buddy.
franco
Brody Knobs!
I ordered a pair of identical heavyweight rear fenders and they came in.
Nice and raggedy but no braces...
So now I'm waiting for braces...
After I get the splice made so the fenders wrap around,
I think I'll paint them to match the virtual mockup.
I also won the bid on a Dodge steering wheel...
2 black and silver chains are on the way too!
Guitarl.
Nice and raggedy but no braces...
So now I'm waiting for braces...
After I get the splice made so the fenders wrap around,
I think I'll paint them to match the virtual mockup.
I also won the bid on a Dodge steering wheel...
2 black and silver chains are on the way too!
Guitarl.
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Funkme
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Looks like your getting all the parts for it. Slowly but surely it looks like its all coming together.
Still looking for an extended spring crown for the fork. But yeah things are going smoother than usual...
Guitarl.
sent from a banana phone...
Merle started on the tank today...
Not quite what I envisioned 
Guitarl.
Guitarl.
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Fuzzy cell phone pic but fender seems to fit well.
Splice is under the seat stay bridge.
Guitarl.
Splice is under the seat stay bridge.
Guitarl.
Holy cow...
I think I have a handle on my steering idea...
I've been perusing eBay for Go-Kart steering parts.
Guitarl.
I've been perusing eBay for Go-Kart steering parts.
Guitarl.
No but I am looking at pitman arm and linkage.... I may play with a cable pulley system. Initial fitments looks like I may be able to line the steering column up in the old front seat post position.
Guitarl.
sent from a banana phone...
Only 1/2 of my chain showed up today. But the good people I ordered it from were awesome and a quick call confirmed the error. So they're shipping me the 2nd chain today. My steering wheel showed up too!
So I had to do a mockup.
I just stuck it on a piece of bar I had, but it's pretty close to the hight it should be. It feels like the pressure switch in the middle will work too... Beep! Beep!
Guitarl.
So I had to do a mockup.
I just stuck it on a piece of bar I had, but it's pretty close to the hight it should be. It feels like the pressure switch in the middle will work too... Beep! Beep!
Guitarl.
