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I did true dual tanks, used about 2/3 of one to make a side. Wish I had some pictures came out pretty good, got a 3rd place in class in a big winter bike show we used to have in KC back when.
Was there a gap between the tanks or how did you handle that detail?
Had the gap of course, did a thin edge leather trimmed color matched insert to cover it, moved the front mount tabs back on the tanks to sit in under the peak of the joint. Buddy of mine who was very good with engraving tools did up the insert real trick. My points cover was done by his brother a few years.
Dont have to slug the lower tubes, after cleaning out the garbage it turns out there's a 5/8" solid bar almost the full length of the frame on both sides. It's welded at the bottom but we're going to stitch weld it inside before closing it up. Im going to weigh the frame and compare it to a stock one I have here just out of curiosity.
I want this bike. Love the frame, the tank especially, the front brake because its different, everything, even the chick on the back aint bad. This is the only pic I can find and no info about it.
Your serious about that front brake I got some early era oddball chopper disc stuff I'll dig for and post pics, yours for the shipping. May even have one of those Hurst Airheart calipers but don't hold me to that, been a while since I've seen it.
Your serious about that front brake I got some early era oddball chopper disc stuff I'll dig for and post pics, yours for the shipping. May even have one of those Hurst Airheart calipers but don't hold me to that, been a while since I've seen it.
Wow yes please dig, Im serious! Thank you so much for the generous offer.
Since these pictures Ive epoxy primed the frame to seal it. One to stop the rust and the secondly to create a sandwich of sealer for the filler so its not contacting bare metal. Bondo on bare steel was the thing to do but not these days. So the epoxy buys me time preventing rust while I mock up the bike with the new front end to see how level the frame is.
The backbone will be left alone (yes it looks bad) until I figure out the tank setup then I'll weld and grind as required.
I'm thinking of stealing Dan's idea by making twin tanks from two prisms that get cut down a bit with a small gap or I can figure out something different to take advantage of the gap.
On the twin tanks, do the two halves then form fit a piece in the top welded & blended to make it like a bug single from the top down. Would allow you to do a custom iso fit up and hide the front the mounts. That was my original plan but I didn't have the tools or access to make it happen at the time. Used a lot of brazing rod on the tanks I did as it was.
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