Porsche Rod

[splitty21]

Heres a few pics of what i have done so far.

i'm going to be using a Porsche 928 16" x 8" rear wheel and a Suzuki SB200 front wheel and everything inbetween is going to be scratch built.


Rear wheel


Bending the main tube


First mock up

Cheers Rob

 

[kingfish254]

Luke's got some competition on the big tire front!!!!
This is gonna be fun.
Good luck

 

[supergoob]

Holy Awesome!! I already like the shape of it.

 

[ChrisMac]

Gotta keep an eye on this one. Love anything with Porsche involved

 

[LukeTheJoker]

I love BIG wheel builds!
Looking forward to more, and seeing how someone else does it!
Welcome to the build off!

Luke.

 

[Tommy Atoms]

Sweet look so far. Im liking all these fat builds!

 

[splitty21]

Thanks for all the positive comments.

WIll be a steady build as have to fit in between work and 2 young kids, should get it done for the deadline though....

Cheers Rob

 

[splitty21]

Managed to get a few jobs done today. Headstock and rear bearing housing macined and rear arm mocked up....

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Wow! :shock: Nice work!

Luke.

 

[splitty21]

Thanks Luke,

Respect to you travelling and building, not just one bike either!

Cheers Rob

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Thanks Rob!
Really loving seeing yours come together, the single sided rear with a fat tire is an interesting engineering task! Love seeing someone else doing it.

Luke.

 

[Machine Age Victim]

Wow, those toys!! Can't wait to see where this bike goes!

 

[King Zebba]

Nice work! 8)

 

[kingfish254]

Nice toys to use on this build!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Hanging out for an update Rob! I love this build, it is an early favourite of mine, cant wait to see more!

Luke.

 

[splitty21]

Hi Luke,

Just been on holiday, but my wife's not so understanding as yours and could'nt take the build with me!

Will try get some done this week and update with some photos...

Cheers Rob

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Cool Rob! Hope you had a good time!

Luke.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Any updates Splitty? Are you going to make the deadline?

Luke.

 

[splitty21]

Hi luke,

Work just gone mental and had no spare time to get it done!

Will do a build thread when I get some time to work on it....

Cheers Rob

 

[LukeTheJoker]

I am sure I wont be the only one watching when the time comes to get it done...
:wink: Looking forward to it!

Luke.