MFP Pursuit - missed the deadline

[HuffnPuff]

Spent some time today fabbing up a top plate/bracket for the fork. Then when I tried to glue them together with sparks the MIG wire wouldn’t feed. I need to either replace the gun liner for the MIG or give myself a crash course in TIG. Either way, what was meant to be half and hour of welding turned into about 1-1/2hr of faffing about trying to get the welding going.

 

[HuffnPuff]

Got the welder back in action and gave the grinder a workout tidying up my welds and shaping the parts for the forks. Forks are almost there, just need to tweak the brake calliper position and crimp the fork leg a little to clear the rotor.

 

[Brian macumber]

Nice job on the forks looking good

 

[HuffnPuff]

I’ve put some filler around the fork weld and a dent in the frame then sanded some, but been a bit distracted from the build. I’ve been meaning to reassemble this old e-stay mountain bike, so finally got started.

Then today i picked up this Speedwell GTS in need of some lovin. I’m going to park it until the build off is done but couldn’t let it go.

 

[kingfish254]

That fork is flowing well together.

 

[HuffnPuff]

I hope this is the last of the distractions! Back to build off...

 

[HuffnPuff]

No pics, but I got the frame and forks sanded ready for paint. The frame had a dent in the down tube that needed filler and the forks needed some filler where the brake mounts were ground off. If I’m lucky I’ll get a chance for some primer tomorrow.

Also playing with a prop bike for the photo shoot when (if?) the Pursuit Special gets completed.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Cool stuff going on with the fork! Brake mount looks good on the rocker.

 

[HuffnPuff]

Windy enough to blow the dog of his chain here last couple of days so I painted in garage. I normally paint outdoors and was surprised just how much paint didn’t land on the frame(s). After I vacuumed the floor to clean some up before walking it through the house

 

[HuffnPuff]

I dropped (pressed) some headset cups into the frame so I could fit up he forks for the next phase. Messed up somewhere as there wasn’t enough steerer tube to fit the lock/top nut for the headset.

Solution: take to the head tube with a grinder and shorten it by about 4-5mm. Messed up the paint a little, but is a bit rough and ready anyway and probably needs another coat.

 

[OddJob]

...or, it just looks like it's been ridden a bit. Which is what these bikes are ultimately for anyway, right?

Rough and ready; I like it!

 

[HuffnPuff]

Small progress. Hope I’m going to make it.

By now you should be able to see where it is headed

 

[kingfish254]

Cool, I like the original mad max flair.

 

[HuffnPuff]

Cool, I like the original mad max flair.

I did consider trying to put some flares on the mudguards, (the car above has them) but figured they probably look a bit naff and scrapped that idea. Maybe if I had skills like TRM it could have worked.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Just have to be willing to spend 4 to 6 weeks on one thing at a time!

 

[Brian macumber]

Looking forward to see what's under the trash bag

 

[HuffnPuff]

Just have to be willing to spend 4 to 6 weeks on one thing at a time!

I struggle to get past a couple of hours!

 

[HuffnPuff]

Now the paint is (mostly) finished its time to assemble. This is the other ‘prop’ bike not the build off entry, but I wanted to get some parts out of the way so I can get the Pursuit model assembled.

The front hub motor is working on this, but it was a bit hairy riding around without any kind of footrests or no braking.

Off it goes to the back of the garage and into the real build next.

 

[toro1978]

Are you painting the battery correspondingly? Looking at your prop bike I am thrilled what your final build will look like. Also I like the battery up there - in the tank place - since it provides the fuel/juice for the motor.

 

[HuffnPuff]

Slow progress, but it is looking like a bike now. Don’t think I’m going to get enough time to complete ‘the vision’ but should get most of the way there.

Looked back over the thread and it seems I haven’t pointed this out. I widened the rear dropouts and added a disc mount to the frame. I was too keen to paint prior to test assembly, and now have a re-paint section because I needed to heat the chainstay to crimp it a bit for the disc rotor to clear it.