Tubing End Caps

Needed the right fuel for the design process to start!!

Chris continues to chop on the XS and wanted an ultra clean area where the fender mounts and the frame ends.  Phil turned out a couple end caps on the lathe out of aluminum.

One down, one to go.

We cut them tight enough, tapped them in and they aren't going anywhere.

Scott hard tails the ironhead

I met my neighbor Scott a few months back. Turns out he has an old ironhead project laid up in his garage for year. After a night of two of introductions and beer drinking the decision was made to chop it. Scott went ahead and picked up a weld in hard tail from Led Sled. It took a month plus to arrive and it was a bit pricey but the qulity looks good and will cut down on hours of bending grinding and missed measurements.

Unfortuatly we junped right in and started cutting. This is moments before I cut the bottom tubes about 3/4" too short.

Scott mocking in the motor to install the tail.



Jens stopped in on chop nasty. Check out that ugly red wire loom. We gave him a a hard time until he fianlly removed it. Unfortuanalty this was a fatal step which later that night when he went to leave resulted in the wireing harness completely melting down.



The top tub on the iron head had been recessed above the motor mount, possibly for wiring. This bump in the frame made it impossible to install the plug so an attempt was made to head and straighten the tube from the inside. It was not a complete sucess but did close out the night.

Triumph flat seat

Work continues on the Triumph cafe, our shop does not have a tool to radius a piece of pipe so we came up with this idea.  Deuce clamped the pipe to an old wheel and off we went.

And the strut welded in, the radius follows the wheel and will support the flat seat.

Triumph Cafe Racer Work

Deuce made a decision regarding the direction the Triumph build is going.  We lengthened the swingarm 3 inches to start.

Plated the hooped the bottom tubes for a nice clean look.

This will be about the ride height of the finished product, we still have a long way to go but progress is being made.