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Slammed 180 dropseat Sporty on the cheap.
The current project is to try to make a Sportster frame into a dropseat bike while keeping a budget of below $4000. Oh and it has to a a functional daily rider because I need a bike. So far:
Frame $150
R6 rear wheel $150
883 engine $1000
Swingarm and misc $300
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nice. looks great.
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So the gas tank and now seat are roughly in place and the oil tank is on deck now. Originally i wanted to go with a horseshoe type with an inset like in the first pic (#1) but now I am thinking that I may want to use a Moon Eyes type tank and either mount it standard (#2) or use a Fab Kev bracket and mount it to the swingarm (#3) Any suggestions?
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sorry but it doesn't look like the brace the shocks and seat are on will take the presure of the weight and stress of the roads. jmo. WW
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04-03-2010, 04:53 PM
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sorry but it doesn't look like the brace the shocks and seat are on will take the presure of the weight and stress of the roads. jmo. WW
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Kinda hard to see what is going on in that pic but here is one when I was tacking it up. Where do you think it need to be shored up?
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I'm diggin that seat pan, odd shape. And nice to see your going with springs under the seat as well as not hardtailing it. You don't see many shocks with spung seats.
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I'm diggin that seat pan, odd shape. And nice to see your going with springs under the seat as well as not hardtailing it. You don't see many shocks with spung seats.
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If you've ever seen the roads between Thailand and Laos you would understand. I love the look of rigds but at 44 years old my spinal column cannot take the punishment a rigid can dish out out so there is no other option.
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If you've ever seen the roads between Thailand and Laos you would understand. I love the look of rigds but at 44 years old my spinal column cannot take the punishment a rigid can dish out out so there is no other option.
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I wanted to drop my cb350 super low to the ground with me being only five foot two and got a wake up call with these Maine frost heaved roads. Yea ... hard tail in Maine would be just stupid harsh on the back. Not saying I haven't seen my small share of them, just beyond crazy.
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hey man nice looking build, if those roads are as brutal as you say, you may want to tie in the top of the shock mount tubes with the back bone and trianglate that section other wise the back triangle ... minus the triangle isnt gonna be able to handle the stress of riding and torque and weight of rider and shock articulation stress. It would be alot stronger and safer and just plain ol road hole worthy if you triangulate the sides and top of the upper shock mount tubing. on the frame not the seat. good luck and keep the pics coming , P.S. I like tank location number two.
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hey man nice looking build, if those roads are as brutal as you say, you may want to tie in the top of the shock mount tubes with the back bone and trianglate that section other wise the back triangle ... minus the triangle isnt gonna be able to handle the stress of riding and torque and weight of rider and shock articulation stress. It would be alot stronger and safer and just plain ol road hole worthy if you triangulate the sides and top of the upper shock mount tubing. on the frame not the seat. good luck and keep the pics coming , P.S. I like tank location number two.
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Yea you bring up a point I had been putting off. I think ultimately it will need that support that I cut out but I hope I will be able to get away with dropping it down an inch or 2 to give the seat clearance. Right now the plan is to just plow through the sheet metal and then when that all goes to paint I will work on the frame bit and figure out how to build in that support.
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OK I went with the guys who said #2 on the oil tank and I think it is the right choice.
Next comes the seat. I had this 2 part seat pan planned where I would make a left and right pan and bolt them on but after i got the oil tank in I went out to get a beer with a friend and momma and my brother in law decided to surprise me and make me seat pan so i can take it out to get covered. Well they made a 1 piece version and got a lot further then i was with the 2 piece so I put mine on the shelf and will go with theirs.
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cool build!
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Where was I when you started this thread, looks great man 
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