MBBO Class 2- ALUMINIUMIZING

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Finally got to work on this again today for a little bit...
Used a piece of 3/4” square aluminum tubing to replace the shock and drop from the original mountain bike stance.
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Used the original shock mounting bolts to fasten it into position between the front triangle and the rear swing arm.
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No more rear suspension now.
Also noticed that the rear swing arm has developed a few light rust spots. Apparently it is not aluminum as I previously had thought, lol
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I do have a plan in mind to deal with the non-aluminum issue that will also satisfy my “roadie-at-heart”.
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Starting working on the fork today. Cut up the bent suspension fork I’ve been featuring in all the previous photos.
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Welded the fork legs onto each end of a piece of 1”tubing.
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Troy, this is really cool! I can't wait to see a comparison of the original vs the custom muscle machine you are creating. :thumbsup:
 
super cool :thumbsup:
 
Able to make some progress today.
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Headset installed and it fits. [emoji106]

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Bottom bracket all greased up and installed.
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Crankset added.
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Popped the seat on it as well.



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Was given this sissy bar. It’s almost 8” wide. Not sure what kind of bike it is from. I need to narrow it down to 5.5” and don’t want to cut it so I’ll put some fancy bends into it I guess.
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Was able to mount the sissy bar without having to bend it at all. A length of 1/4” threaded rod and some aluminum tubing to cover it tied the bar and seat together.
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