This forum is dead!
02-07-2016, 11:37 AM
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This forum is dead!
What's up with this custom forum, isn't anybody building their own choppers? Well, just for some activity I'll post pics of the evo I put together.
This is the frame I picked.
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02-07-2016, 02:38 PM
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O.K.
Here's the evo motor I got for it,
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02-07-2016, 02:39 PM
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here's the cam that was in it.
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02-07-2016, 02:41 PM
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here's measuring the cc's to find out that the heads were shaved.
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02-07-2016, 02:42 PM
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here's my simple way to measure the length of fork I needed
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02-07-2016, 03:49 PM
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Keep going. I want to see the finished product
02-07-2016, 04:01 PM
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misfitJason
Keep going. I want to see the finished product
Ahh! someone is out there!
Looks like you have a story to tell yourself!
02-07-2016, 04:02 PM
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I'm on for the ride...
Back in the late 60s, you could buy a new beetle for $1899. Author in Penthouse wrote a detailed article on building one from scratch. It cost him $100,000 to do it. Figures could be off. There were a lot of distractions.
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02-07-2016, 04:03 PM
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cylinders look good, measure good, have newish pistons
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02-07-2016, 04:05 PM
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pulled pistons & jugs to replace base gasket
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