Thread: Harley bobber project

Originally Posted by summitdogracing

KJ,

Let me know if you need parts sourced here in CA. I am always happy to "share the spoon" with another motorcycle junkie. I would imagine that it may be easier to find and cheaper to buy here.

Scotty

That's an awesome offer, many thanks.

swap the handle bars from the weed whacker on to it i reckon

Keep me in mind when you are deciding what to do next. There are many "old school" builders in the area, e.g., Simms, Arlen Ness, that are likely not readily assessable for you.

Check out the Simms Thug Engine if you're interested in something insanely large.

Scotty.


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Small win, found a wheel cover off a 1939 ford (read a book on building old school bikes and this was the go to fender recommended by the author). Found it at a car swap meet in the weekend, just sitting there in a pile of rubbish...score!



Kj

Looking good.
That guard is near on perfect fit.
Look forward to the updates.

I'm also partway through a hardtail harley bob, but haven't actually worked on it in about 18 months.... Where did all that motivation I had a the start go??

Mines an old ironhead. Here's a shit picture as it currently sits gathering dust as a garage ornament...

Dude, you're nearly there...come on buddy, slap yourself in the face and repeat "I know I can, I know I can"...

Originally Posted by JoshC

Cool project mate. Here's a Harley a good mate of mine in Tassie built up for another mate of mine. The boys love hunting...

I've never liked Harleys, until I rode this one. Some of our Aussie members may have seen this bike, it's been in a few mags etc.

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Cheers,
JoshC

Wow!

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Had a bit of unexpected time off looking after sick kids this week. So during their nap time...it's shed time for me, score!

So time to properly mount the seat and gas tank.

Seat:

Machine up some raised spring seats to captivate the springs...more work than it looks, took about 2hrs












Next up the tank. Will machine up some threaded plugs that will be drilled and welded into the backbone of the frame.

I've made the plugs...just need another set of hands to help align. Hmmm what are New Zealand's laws on child labour?

Kj

And now the tank:

I made up some threaded inserts. These get welded into place and restore some of the lost strength you'd get from drilling a hole in the backbone.


making out the centre's.



inserts...um inserted? The long bolts stop the inserts from falling into the frame. By winding them up, you can set the height prior to welding. The fit was so tight that I didn't really need them...but it seamed like a cool idea :-).
bottom hole done...and now the proof, Will the top hole line up???



Success!!!


Kj

And then the rear fender:




I made some studs in the lathe.


Then I used a string line to find and mark out the centre position of the bike. Note, these bikes are wider on the left to fit the chain, so you can't just measure in from each side.

Also the wheel is as far forwads as possible, with a bit of hose taped to it to set clearances.


And all tacked up with the welder...stand back and admire for a little while...then on to the next job.

Kj

Looking good you decided on a colour scheme yet ?

I'm a big fan of Russell Mitchell's stuff : white walls, red rims and clean build.

Yeah he makes nice stuff, ultra clean bikes. I'm somewhere in the middle, I actually like nuts and bolts showing, and mechanical stuff you can see running. My bike of the moment (and it changes every week) is one of these two:

[Treverleen


[Spitfire reaper

But who knows, it may change again...but those two particular bikes have been my main inspiration to date.

Kj

Everything is now fully welded up. Once upon a time I got fully certified as a welder...but it was never something I thought I did particularly well, and if someone else was about who thought of themselves as a gun on the welder I'd always happily step aside. But to date no one has helped out on this build, so I manned up and did it once again.


Doesn't look much different, but it's now a fully welded rolling frame. All the main fabrication is done now. Just need to source a motor and then it's pretty much ready for certification.

Kj

Mean mate


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