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What an absolute belter of a bike! Brilliant ideas superbly executed. There isn't a single angle from which this build doesn't look awesome.

TANK MOUNTS & TRIM STRIPS SORTED... Just finished-up fitting the brass mounts and cutting/shaping the aluminium trim strips for the fuel tank. Pics tell the story better than words can. Really happy how this tank is turning out. I even managed to source some Gnome Rhone tank decals which should...

Jason, Responded to your earlier post a couple of days ago - but this forum's recurring 'error message' flagged-up preventing me from posting it. Anyhow, the good news is I managed to break out and drive 7 miles to the grocery store to restock supplies. Had to shovel/barrow 3ft drifts from our...

Yeah, that kind of puts things into perspective. Doesn't take much snowy weather to bring the UK to a grinding halt. I once stayed at the Marriott Hotel in Boston's Copley Square one January. Couldn't believe the depth of snow laying in Boston's streets once we surfaced from the underground...

SNOWBOUND...! Zero progress this week since Tuesday when the 'Beast from the East' snowstorm and temps in the minuses engulfed the UK. Here in remote rural Northumberland we've been stuck indoors ever since and there's no chance of getting out till the plows reach us. The local authority's...

Hey Jim, Yeah, that pair of 98cc Villiers engines are pretty nifty. Can't believe I scored them so cheaply, especially when one of them actually did turn out to be an unused new motor. Stashing one engine aside for a forthcoming reverse trike build, on which I plan to utilize the step-thru...

Welcome aboard Ross. Looking forward to following your build thread. As a fellow Brit (UK resident) I can confirm you'll find plenty of encouragement and helpful advice from forum members here on RRB.

ALUMINIUM GAS TANK COMPLETED... Finished-up assembling the aluminium gas tank for this project - my second attempt at aluminium 'welding' after debuting this technique on DECOLINER's fuel tank. I again used Durafix brazing rod to attach the filler neck and Alubuild 300 rod to secure the 2 x...

No. 3's ALUMINIUM NEW-BUILD FRAME SECTION BACK FROM WELDERS .... AND THE ALLOY GAS TANK STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE Got the call from pro welder Paul today advising the aluminium frame section was ready for collection. Paul said the jig I made to hold the frame parts in alignment during assembly made...

MEANWHILE.... Whilst waiting to collect the assembled frame from the welders, I've been lucky enough to score a couple of vintage 98cc Villiers Midget engines from two different UK eBay sellers for bargain prices. These will be stashed in my parts pile for future motorized bicycle builds. First...

NEW FRAME's ALUMINIUM TUBES CUT / FORMED...

That's the answer then. I'll fab motor mount plates which extend under the motor. I really appreciate the suggestions and feedback folks. Thanks.

I'm new to all this - it's my first frame build - so I hear what you guys are saying. When forming these bends during my first and second attempts, I soon found I could 'feel' when I was applying too much pressure to the bender's lever. Looking close up, I could also see the metal begin to...

FIRST ATTEMPT AT FRAME TUBE BENDING.... Well, I finally, managed to bend-up the new frame's downtube after a couple of false starts. It took a few practice bends using my new bender to both familiarize myself with how the tool works best and to learn the limitations of how much stress the 1"...

Jim, Phew! Glad it was a false alarm. I thought it was going to be a case of "back to the drawing board" - or in my case, "back to another flattened cardboard carton". :thumbsup:

Jim, OK, you got my attention. What have you spotted that I've maybe overlooked?

Update....Ten minutes after posting the above message, the delivery guy struggled to my door in foot deep snow hauling my tube bender on a sack trolley. No excuses now. Freezing or not I'll be in the garage giving my bender a workout tomorrow. (No, that's not a euphemism...) lol.

WORK UNDERWAY ON THE NEW FRAME.... Finally - a little later than planned - work has begun to create this build's new frame. Sub zero temps and heavy snow have delayed delivery of the hydraulic tube bender I ordered, but I doubt I'd have gee'd myself up to go do some work in a freezing unheated...

TESTING MY ALUMINIUM INTAKE MANIFOLD's 'WELD' STRENGTH... OK, so yesterday I went ahead and carried out a weld strength test using the unwanted off-cuts left over after I fabricated my new intake manifold. Once again I used Alubuild 300 brazing rods to 'weld' the pair of off-cuts together. As...

Hey Jim, Yeah, in view of what you said, maybe it's sensible for me to run a test just to establish the joint strength on my modified intake manifold. Best way is probably for me to braze together the two discarded intake parts and test that joint to destruction. I'll do that asap and report my...