Recent content by zdoor

Killing time while I wait for my rear hub motor to arrive. Finished up the front end and my suspension revision. Travel is nice and smooth now. Looks cleaner and more ”factory“ like to me Motor should be here soon and can finish up. Have everything ready and waiting so should go quick once the...

Reworking springers. Have a friend who is a machinist that was able to custom cut some aluminum spacers and we reworked the spacers. I think it looks much better and closer to a “factory custom” type look. Going to powder the raw aluminum to match the rest of the bike. Was thinking of going...

Still waiting on the hub motor. Just about done with the handlebar wiring. Waiting on a headlight switch. The Rad bikes headlight fits well. I like it. Not very bright but got it to be seen more then for night riding. Finished the tail light also. Happy with it.

Starting to look like a bike again…

Ended up giving my son the headlight I originally ordered. It’s nice and bright as ..... But it’s ridiculously small. would've returned it if he didn’t want it… I mean I have big hands. But, seriously? This is the Lezyne Macro 1000. Ended up ordering a Rad Power premium light. It’s closer to...

Still waiting on the GMAC hub motor. They are now back ordered until early November. Hopefully they don’t get pushed back again. In the meantime I’ve been trying to wrap up other items so the bike is mostly ready to go once I get the hub motor. Worked on more wire routing today. Getting...

Got the two main wire bundles routed through the frame. Wasn’t too bad. Had to cut the main wire bundle to get it in the frame. Fortunately years of restoring and repairing pinball machines made this pretty familiar. wiring is pretty basic and the bundles are nicely color coded. So a little...

Got front brakes installed. First time with hydraulic brakes. They came prefilled. Install was easy. Only issue I have is at some point I want to route the brake line through the cable management built into the fork. I think to do that I have to cut the end of the line, route the line, reinstall...

And heres the new Sunlite Deluxe Springer. Powdered it to match and had to get my MacGyver on to get the suspension to accommodate the length of the head tube. heres What I came up with. Also replaced bearings and redid the headset. The bracket is for the Ebike screen

Torque sensor is installed. Will wait to put the chainring and cranks on until I’m closer to finished

Made some progress. Decided to powder the forks to match the bike and of course that led to making another change. Couldn't resist changing the bike color. Ended up picking a Charcoal matte gray I liked a little better than the matte black. Anyway, started assembling some things today. Got the...

I ordered a coupler and hex socket head in polished chrome. Will see how that does once they get here. Wasn’t easy to find. It’s a 10mm thread with 1.25 pitch (fine thread).

The steering tube length at 300mm on the main part of the fork is plenty long enough. But the bracket, threaded rods and springs on the forward fork are designed for a shorter length. There is some adjustment ability in the linkage but it’s not close to enough to accommodate the steer tube...

Got lucky and UPS delivered my forks last night. Im going to disassemble them and paint them in a matte finish to match the finish already on the frame. Going to have a little “MacGyvering” to do. one of the many unique obstacles on this bike is the length of the head tube on the frame. At 9.5”...

Thanks for the heads up! Bought the hub, rotor and spokes locally from my local bike shop and went with their recommendation. I’ll keep an eye on it.