--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Scrapper Black Dragon
<scrapperbd_at_y...> wrote:
> Nice. You use a ruler to straight edge all thie lines I
> assume? Looks good.
Probably for the longer lines. I used to have a real steady
hand. I shake a bit now, though, but not too bad,
> Remind me again WHY you were starting with a Twinstar and
> not something a little pokier?
The Twinstar was my first bike, and it's a good one. I rebuilt
the entire thing from the ground up years ago, including the
engine. Besides, no one has ever made a 200cc chopper, so far as I
know. And I never do the same shit everyone else does.
> > extended rear swingarm,
> Grab one off something else - easy way.
I'll likely have it made at the same time as the frame. I can do
all the math, as well as the blueprinting for the frame; I just
don't have the experience or tools to actually build it!
>
> > Springer-style front suspension,
> I HATE polishing exposed springs. Twin rear chrome shocks
> are no fun. Plays for a nice set of remote gas alloys at
> some point.
The front suspension will be black, except for the actual
springs. Ditto with the rear. I don't want the bike to be one of
these chromed monsters that seem to be preferred by the cruiser
crowd these days. I like old fashioned...
>
> > dual 4.5" headlights,
> I imagined them side by side like a Triumph Speed Triple,
> but what you has would work. :-)
Having them vertical helps to accentuate the thin profile of the
front end. Plus, it also echoes the shades of my old Caddy...
>
> > ram-air induction
> Good luck - unless its Kawasaki this always seems iffy.
The carb is a slide-valve, and the inlet is a short U-shaped
pipe. Air filter will either be an open-aired cone (pointing
towards the front of the bike), or a sealed circular filter, housed
in a Hillborn-style induction scoop.
>
> > 4 gallon coffin tank
> Hooray! Decent size!
Yeah. The old 2.9 gallon tank needed to be bigger.
>
> > and the omission of things like
> > turn signals and indicator lights.
> Don't leave them off, get the ones that are integrated in
> the mirror stalks! They are LED and about as thick as pen
> and can be see from front and rear.
I may go with some small bullet-shaped ones, if necessary. I've
seen lots of bikes down here (customs, not daily drivers) sans
blinkers. I could also incorporate them into the overall design a
bit, so they don't look bolted-on.
--JMH
PS- For folks not interested in this crap, future mails about this
subject will be confined to e-mail, and not group messages. Let's
face it, most of you are here for furry porn, not the incessant
ramblings of two motorcycle-obsessed gearheads!
Received on Mon Nov 01 2004 - 00:33:14 CST