Mash Banger "Last Act"

[Kuttnhack]

Re: English Cantilever

Just flying by the seat of my pants and dealing with what ever comes up. It's must not have been that important or I would have checked first. The fact that it is a very unique frame from England and imput from you guys is what makes it cool with or without Thick Bricks. I also have to keep reminding myself No Frame Mods for big tires. And how can I push the envelope without crashing the bloody rules. Thanks for everyones kind comments. Oh yeah... GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

 

[Gold Street Customs]

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I know that you will come up with some stuff outside the box , but your off to a great start, I just thought of a name if you need one, UPPERCRUST must say it with a cup of tea, cheerio mate...

 

[blackphantom]

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Did anyone notice the sea of bikes. Nice collection

 

[Kuttnhack]

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Started building the tank today. I took a lot of photos so others can see how this was done. I did all the cutting with a Plasma Cutter but you could easily do the cutting with a metal cut off wheel in an angle grinder. I started off with an old Yamaha dirt bike gas tank from the seventies.

This is the stock tank uncut.

I used some old bell wire and marked it with a black marker to get a true line to follow.

This is the first cut with the Plasma Cutter. I use a 220V Hypertherm.

All you need is 220 and an air supply to run this unit. I have cut 1/8 inch steel with ease. The Motor Guard air dryer is criticle to keep all moisture out of the system. I really like this Hypertherm unit better than Miller and Lincoln models in this price range.

Cut out the filler neck.

Flipped the tank and cut the bottom.

At this point you should have two equal halfs.

The wire line again to mark off the cut line and section the tank halfs.

The section cut on the right half.

At his point I need to cut out any obstructions.

As the tank sits in the frame I make the needed marks and then make small cuts one at a time until the tank fits how I want.

I think it looks pretty good.

Now I did the other half to match.

Pretty good fit. Next is the detail and finish work. Then design the mounting tabs. I found three hubs in my pile-o-bikes. I may want to use one of these hubs. Drum brake for the front and maybe the three speed for the rear. Check out the rear disc setup.

Atom drum brake.

SA three speed with a coaster brake.

And this cool vintage disc and caliper.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

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COOL :shock: I love it :mrgreen: How long did that take you :?:

 

[aurorarandy]

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Wow! thanks for shareing your knowledge

 

[Jake Sensi]

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Great tank idea. I've been waiting to see someone do this. I need more tools. One of my favorite builds. Keep it up. PEACE

 

[Gold Street Customs]

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Love that old disc brake setup, looks like a great plan coming alive 8)

 

[herr_rudolf]

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To have an idea is one thing... You're making a nice realization of yours!
Nice tank.
8)

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

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how a tribute to the IOM TT races? that is a sweet frame.

 

[Hammond Eggz]

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Dang, what a cool idea. Coming along nicely, too! 8)

 

[gaskill]

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i'm a big fan of vintage racing motorcycles, if you pull this off i think its going to make some strong competition.

 

[beatcad]

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whoa! how did i miss this one?
looks great!

 

[Kuttnhack]

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Hi all, Answer to the question, how long did it take to split and section the tank. So far 3 to 4 hours. The detail is where the hours start to rack up. Thanks for all the props. from you guys. It makes a fella feel warm and fuzzy.

 

[Kuttnhack]

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I was thinking about some of the guys just starting into this bicycle building art and thought I would do some simple mods that others could work into their own style and use common bicycle, motorcycle and auto parts. I don't remember seeing many twin fork setups so here's another one of my ideas I'll try to use for this build.

The pictures are mysterious, dark, cluttered and fuzzy in their quality adding to the strange way this Brit Born Frankenstein is coming together. It's really more acceptable that my photo skills suck today.

Tried to get some good shots of the triple crowns on both the forks. The leading one is a DP Harris product and has the fork crown brased. Very cool indeed. The black fork has a chrome cap to dress up the open fork tubes and is from a later model Huffy, Murray, or?

 

[imagearchy]

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i thought that was your sprocket for a second!

 

[herr_rudolf]

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I always wondered how a 2nd fork would look like in the front. Now I know:
GOOD. 8) The bike has a really convincing motorcycle-look to it right now.

I think in RRBBO#4 someone added an extra frontfork in the back...

 

[Skipton]

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WOW! :shock: Great frame!...Great Bike! .....Great shop filled with lots of really COOL! stuff!

 

[Fireproof]

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WOW! :shock:

WOW is right!!!!! Sure is fun watching an artist at work!!!!!!!! 8)

 

[theVULTURE]

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nice Ray! it's looking great! 8)