Project Nam

[Good Times]

Don't know how I've missed this thread so far. Looks good so far Wally. Can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

[pete]

Definitely liking that guard and tail light Wally!

[wally]

Thanx guys!

You misssed it cause you were galavanting in Israel, Cory!

Pete, just a rough mock up. Will have to refit the suspension temporarily to check positioning, size, etc before final welding.

But for the look we are going for, i think it will be perfect!

[Flyboy]

Good thread Wally, will be following with interest.
I think that tail light is perfect, the chrome mud guard, not so much, not for the look you are going for.
Keep the updates coming.

[wally]

Not the chrome so much, we will paint it though.

It will have knobbly style tires on, so to fit in with the style we figured a small rear fender will work.

We'll see once we mock up the frame. I will try and post a rough mock up I did.

[wally]

Not much done this weekend.

Welded in the front half of the bottom seat pan.



Welding is getting marginally better.

Then loosely put suspension on to check clearance of that small rear fender, but it so difficult to see with the current rear tire on.

That thing is huge! My one was 3.50 X 18, this one is 4.00 X 18, so we will only be able to see accurately once a new rear tire has been fitted.


Also got the mountings for the rear indicators in place:




Slightly chunkier looking indicators.


And then I saw this...

[Gregory]

It just looks like a "suggestion" to me : )

[wally]

Kinda my interpretation as well!

[pete]

Cool Wally! Stock rear tyre on the 1.85 x 18" rims is a 3.50-18. I run a 4.10-18 on mine and have plenty of clearance but not sure how that compares with a 4.00-18. I know there are sidewall profile differences but the sizing confuses me.

A 110/90-18 should work as well.

[wally]

Pete, I am nervous for clearances as my brother-in-law is about 15kgs heavier than me.

Maybe longer rear shocks will do the trick?

[pete]

Hahah yeah that could be the trick

[Good Times]

You could just weld those shocks so they don't move. He will never know.

[wally]

Little bit of progress.

Ground down welds of bottom seat pan. Then welded in battery mounts (similar to Yahweh bike).

Gave brother-in-law a crash course on gas welding and I think he did a neat job!


We struggled to think up a way to mount the headlight. He (not me) chose a chopper style mount one. We came up with this solution:





Crap pics I know, but once painted it should blend nicely with the frame.
It will be bolted onto the lower tree and will give us a nice way of hiding the wiring. Now we will have to relocate ignition switch, as it doesn't work with the headlight placed there. Going to be side mounted below the seat.

Any suggestion on universal styles that can work?

Ordered some mini gauges for him for his birthday, so those are on the way.
That's it for now!

[JvZ]

Looking good.

I had a similar dilemma with mounting the headlight, I eventually made a bracket using the ignition mount points. It is essentially a u-shape, with a hole at the bottom to mount a bates-style light. Obviously you need a light that will allow you to turn the lens 180 degrees

[JvZ]

Nice looking Buell BTW