Ah, just save yourself the time and headache. Send me some specs along with some $ and I'll do it for you. I need $ for car parts, motorcycle parts, bike parts, tools, skateboards, and beverages.
Great work. I'm also interested in the "after 3 months of riding" review on the plasti-dip also. Make sure you keep us posted on how it holds up later on!
Finished pics(well as good as they're gonna get!) are up.
CLICKY LINKY! for pics.
Was fun to steal a few hours and do a quickie! Thanks for letting me play.
Customers mild custom from a while back:
If anyone cares, heres the build thread:
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/the-wonderful-what-ev.68519/#post-663249
I'll have a mild custom B6(or whatever they called the girls version) for my wife at some point. Still chipping away at...
http://www.chopperhandbook.com/tubing.htm
Good stuff on tubing. Don't waste a ton of cash on something you don't need.
As for fitting parts, Get them, measure them,fit them to the frame you are building(also goes the same for you for fitment). Don't forget to check you chain line. Lots of people...
Messinger(Messenger? Maybe? Don't recall the spelling and cant find my crash tabs) did in the 50's.
Nope, nobody is making them now. They did do a repop in the 80s or 90s though. Expect to pay $50(lucky if you find a decent one for that!)-$100+ for an original depending on condition. No idea...
Some like them but myself, I hate it. Biggest waste of money. Unless you want to do everything in 1 1/2" tubing and have it slightly oval. Save your cash. You can however, buy some good dies to make it work but then you are looking at about $200 for the dies unless you can or know someone who...
Only picture I have of mine:
Lots of stuff not pictured, but to be completely honest you dont need a jig to build a frame that is straight and will track right. Just a tape,angle locator,square, and some levels.