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Got the rear part of the frame done, minus a lil clean up. Last weld, it was for the kick stand. This is a tuff looking lil frame! I'm pleased.:thumbsup:

Thanks, my buddy builds this stuff. That's a 2 1/2" thick piece of black walnut with forked Ponderosa legs. It weighs over 150lbs. It was a gift for installing a bathroom in his mountain home. I got the better end of the deal!!

This ones got my vote. Cool idea.

I tried your string around the frame method and found I was out 1/16" at the drop outs, I called it good. Thanks for the tip Luke! I got the angles to match real well. After welding I checked how much I compressed the frame by mocking up the fender. Now I'm going to cut and re-mount the...

I've never heard of that, I like it! I'll check mine before I weld it up.

That's AWESOME!!!

Thanks for the compliments on prep. My welding is another thing entirely. I just started welding up bikes a little over a month ago, I built a couple of talls. Those things are a blast to ride. Anyway, I'm self taught on the mig so be gentle with me?!?! I got a little more done this evening. I...

Made a little progress on fitting tonight. I got the seat post cut out and a patch made. Got the BB fit. Also got the seat stay tubes ready at the frame.

After consideration I think I'll go back to keeping it as short as possible. With that, the axel will be 5" longer than stock. The top tubes are already 24" long. Most of my 26" bikes have 22"ers so this lil bike has a freakishly long steer to seat dimension. I may try my luck at building bars...

Awesome!

Looking good, great start!

Ok, just for giggles I strapped the long rear on. Gives it a drag look. What do you think?!?!?! :39:

I plan on working with the bike this weekend. Hopefully I will have a roller soon...

I took a route home after a service call that I don't normally take. Lookie what I found, just 14 blocks from my house. The chopper gods are being good to me! I had this other West Coast fork I saved from scrap. It was missing parts and the tubes have a couple bad dents. I'm going to put the...

I woke up this morning after a dream that I had lost my face, my skull was showing... weird! I also woke up with a solution that will work GREAT for the seat stays. I will cut the stay off of the Schwinn rear end. I have enough tube left of the Hawthorn to continue the double stays back... easy...

There would be advantages to that... mostly making fabrication easier. Hmmm. It would mean coping could be done without having to match the tubes attached together.

Love those Murray frames! Great start.

I have a feeling this thing will be awesome! Looking forward to following you on building it!!!

What a cool frame!

Should be able to lay down some wicked skid marks with this one! Cool bike!