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I once shaved off an edge of some Schwalbe Crazy Bob's with a really sharp blade. I held the blade along the inside of the fork for stability and slowly spun the wheel. Turned out reasonably good.

Thanks @MazdaFlyer! An inverted tank was a unique idea. Now you got me thinking outside the box

Today I made a front brake caliper mount. First, attachment to dropout …to fix the caliper mounting plate. With the bike turned upside down, I found the reason for the wheel sitting so crooked in the fork. -I can’t grasp that I overlooked this for so long. The fork’s spacing is wider than...

I would like to make a tank of some kind, possibly with faux air intakes. Any suggestions on design?

Such a relief to hear that I’m not the only one RatRod:ing before work! The neighbors look puzzled when they see me wrenching at 06 am

Quite crusty under the bottom race. Bet it feels great to get it cleaned up. Your leather work is top btw

I love how well the colors goes together: translucent green, midnight-purple fade, chrome, gold metallic. Bold!:cool:

I like how you think. Artist and constructor. PS the two dropouts looks like two fish :D

This is really impressive work!

Lovely light and mount. What lightsource are you using?

Great idea! Now I’ll struggle to restrain myself when passing such a swing 😆

Suspension linkage done from good old Swedish “bondjärn” (nicknamed ‘peasant steel’, formally C9D (SS 1312) steel. Tested it today. As requested by @OddJob, here is a video it in motion Overview video Closeup video Turns out @metalchewy was perfectly right, the springs are too weak...

The headset is finally in place. As I’ve told you about, the steerer is close to standard 1” 24TPI, but it doesn’t fit. First problem was the thread. Second problem that a standard 1” crown race was too loose. A threadless 1” (yes they do exist) solved the thread issue. The top of the fork is...

Beautiful! The bike as well as the workshop

Thanks for your honesty. I you mean more iron/rust/“steam punk style” headlight I assume. I appreciate your advice. I agree with not necessarily going the standard route (obviously haha) I’ll think it over. Thanks for your input.

Great idea. More photo visualisations. You might remember my DIY-take on a H-D sport glide headlight: Softly rounded, harmonizes with an old-school look. Subtle modern vibe, with the LED light. However, I really like the look of the Yamaha 'Hyper Naked' motorbikes, and especially the MT-03...

I would love that! Don’t know how to weld though.. That is sound advice. Calculations are a just a start, but before I put my skin in the game, I will test load it somehow. Any suggestions on how to test it without risking injury are welcome

Some suspension calculations. Trial and error, although theoretical. I finally found a sweetspot considering initial sag and total travel (yellow one) First pic in pic is key to understand the rest.

I would like any and all feedback or input on the thoughts expressed here. The text is somewhat complex, and maybe flawed(?) but it will be worth it! My plan has been to position the springs at the hub, perpendicular to the seat stay, since it’s an easy way. Yet, it gives a linear suspension...

You're right, this project is growing by the day... At first i was thinking sanding down some paint and fitting external gears would be the end of it hahaha