"MotoDromo Special" FINISHED!

[jasper87]

Hey guys, I managed to weld up the rear fork and cut the seatstays off today.

First I cut the dropouts off the fork ends and grinded them down to get a flush mount with the rear dropout. Then to make sure everything is lined up I drilled through the fender mount hole into the forks and bolted them up tight.



After making sure I had enough clearence for the chain I went ahead and welded them to the rear dropouts. No turning back now





Everything was lining up nice so I finish welded the the top of the fork to the seat tube. This thing is really starting to look crazy



Then after a deep breath I cut the seatstays... I guess after the first cut the rest aren't so bad.



Its been a while since I made a gif, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to show how much the look changes without the original seatstays...



I could easily stop here and just throw on some pedals and a chain, but I got lots more crazy ideas stirring in my head, I just got to get them out
Now I can finally finish the front fork trusses....



Thanks for looking!

 

[texasbigjon]

that's some really creative thinking! great work

 

[Moisstink]

Very cool indeed.

 

[dracothered]

I like it...

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looking good! Did you leave enough room below the welds at the drop outs for the axle nuts to fit past easily?

Luke.

 

[Uncle Fide]

Nice work fella, really coming on now.


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[OneHorsePower]

Its been a while since I made a gif, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to show how much the look changes without the original seatstays...

Thanks for looking!

That is just wonderful ! nice work , what a change for the best !

 

[kingfish254]

That video is too cool!

 

[jasper87]

that's some really creative thinking! great work

Thanks BigJon! I don't remember seeing anybody try a rear fork like this so hopefully it works out.

Very cool indeed.

Thanks Mosstink!

I like it...

Thanks Dracothered!

Looking good! Did you leave enough room below the welds at the drop outs for the axle nuts to fit past easily?

Luke.

Thanks Luke! Ya I made sure I have enough room to slide them by, the wheel will be all the way back in the dropout so there shouldn't be any clearance issues... Key word "shouldn't"

Nice work fella, really coming on now.


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Thanks Uncle Fide! I feel like Im on a roll right now... give it another week and ill probably be at a stand still

That is just wonderful ! nice work , what a change for the best !

Thanks 1hp! Technology "Can" be a good thing.... Analogue is betther tho

That video is too cool!

Thanks KingFish! its actually just 8 pictures animated into a gif file using photoshop... I had to be uber careful not to move anything while taking each pic

 

[jasper87]

Bored on a Sunday night so I made a new little gif with the original frame layout at the beginning.


Thanks for looking!

 

[jats]

awesome build love the changes!!!

Troy

 

[Uncle Fide]

Cool!


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[Frankie plekhand]

Dank je wel Frankie! Altijd leuk om en Nederlander te zien op deze site! Groetjes en welkom! Ik verwacht je oma fiets "build" met interesse!
Laaaaters!

Ok deze zag ik niet aankomen.. bedankt en insgelijks!
Frank

Customize!

 

[LowpowerD]

Kewl bike! Keep it up.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

That's really nice!

Looks like somebody needs to clean up the work area.

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

all I want to know is, who has floors that clean?

 

[jasper87]

awesome build love the changes!!!

Troy

Thanks Troy! lots more changes to come!

Cool!


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Ok deze zag ik niet aankomen.. bedankt en insgelijks!
Frank

Customize!

No problem there are a few more Duchies on RRB too, it really is a world wide community!
Mazzel

Kewl bike! Keep it up.

Thanks, working on truss rods already!

That's really nice!

Looks like somebody needs to clean up the work area.

I only clean it with a toothbrush once a week

all I want to know is, who has floors that clean?

My boss well I have to clean it once a week but it gets polished once a year. Part of the shop I work at houses his private collection of sweet cars

 

[Frankie plekhand]

Nice to see there are bike freaks everywhere!
Worldwide community of ratters...
Gotta love it!

Frank

Customize!

 

[jasper87]

Nice to see there are bike freaks everywhere!
Worldwide community of ratters...
Gotta love it!

Frank

Customize!

The world really is a rat race

 

[aratman]

What do you call the part that holds the metal together? I would call them welds but they don't look anything like my welds. Too pretty to be just called welds.