Stupidity at its finest

[Uncle Stretch]

Luke I'm the same way. I tried to build that last motor bike, but
couldn't do it without adding another seat tube and some gussets.
Just isn't my style to do it normal.

 

[Rat Rod]

If I had the tools and skills I'd be chopping, bending, grinding and welding too.

I'd probably be out there working on a custom mini bike frame myself right now...ha ha.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Hopefully since you went to college and are smart, you would
see this is a bad idea to sink a lot of money into something
you will probably never use. Sometimes having the talent gets
you into some projects that get kinda wasteful on the ol pocketbook.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Just happened to look and the back pulley on my TAV had a wobble.
Called them and he said it wasn't suppose to. He sent me another
complete one yesterday and it got here today. I pulled out the other
part and it was smooth as butter. I packed it back and put his label
on and shipped it back. Its the way business should be done. I will
order all my stuff from Go Kart Supply. They are top notch all the way.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Ok got my front brake hooked up. I know your thinking. that
probably took 2 minutes. Heck took 30 minutes to figure out
how and what to use to make it work. This ain't no Schwinn.
Anyway works good and one more thing off the list.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Just happened to look and the back pulley on my TAV had a wobble.
Called them and he said it wasn't suppose to. He sent me another
complete one yesterday and it got here today. I pulled out the other
part and it was smooth as butter. I packed it back and put his label
on and shipped it back. Its the way business should be done. I will
order all my stuff from Go Kart Supply. They are top notch all the way.

Got to love it when a business treats people right!

Luke.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Yeah Luke the best part was he had trust in me. I had two of them
and he had to put his faith in me returning the other one. Made me
feel good. I would have returned it if I had to hand tote it back.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Got my axle threaded and my Monster drop outs made. I tacked
them in still have to wait for the front tire to get here Tuesday. I'm
pretty sure 1/4'' thick steel for the drop outs will not bend.

 

[user 135]

How about the seat. I think you should try your hand at stitching.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Wife has her company that builds expensive purses. Her guy
is going to try to sew me one up tomorrow. I gave him a
picture of what I want so maybe he can do it. May wind up
with a strap and some pockets.lol

 

[kingfish254]

Like this?

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Yeah I was thinking something simple. Ya never know how
its going to turn out. Not really high on the priority list right
now anyway. Still have lots of other things to finish before
I worry about a place to sit.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Pulled the back wheel apart and painted it. Getting a little
more done. This thing is costing more money than a crack habit.

 

[deorman]

Looks like a pit bike for a mud and tractor track.

 

[deorman]

 

[Uncle Stretch]

I would probably have to get way more motor to play there. lol

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Since I'm running a jackshaft ,I needed a way to tighten the
chain from the jackshaft to the wheel. I talked it over with Kram/Mark
and he said the adjusters were easy to build. This is what I came up
with. The fab guy had punched a hole in a couple 1/8'' straps for me.
I cut off two and welded a bolt on the back side. It rides in the
slot of the dropout. Then I took two big nuts and drilled out the
threads and welded them to the end of the dropouts. Problem solved.
Lots of stuff is just tacked till my front tire and jackshaft get here.

 

[Rat Rod]

Those turned out nice.

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Thanks boy, like everything else they are heavy duty. lol
Should be able to pull some serious tension on the chain.
Its slowly coming together.

 

[Rat Rod]

BTW...this is the guy that did the seat for my Doodlebug. I told him what colors I wanted and he had it shipped out the day after I hit the buy it now button.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/16-x-7-Cust...734?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cdec042d6