The Chopper Compendium

mobile no longer! fixed my engine hoist, built a skid and lifted lathe off wheels onto skid! reason for skis is that i noticed that while on the wheels it was at a reasonable height for me (6ft 4) so i built a stand to list it up. could now be moved with a pallet jack!

bought myself a new (to me) lathe http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f291/chewie66666/hercus.jpg will take some better pics when i can made in the 80's in australia, i was super stoked to catch this at 1/2 the usual price! is ex school so has been used "gently"but bears a few battle wounds,...

I don't know who built that Springer but something is horribly wrong with it. Notice that both the rebound and compression springs are both at almost complete compression with no room left between the coils for any 'spring' action to take place. I've seen a few like this in some of the magazines. L...

gww25 wrote:Great mockup but that bike is just asking to get it's neck raked out.

and dropped to the weeds!

on the "old forum" there was a link to the hand book site
can we have it again pleez?

Am I missing something? I don't see any reference about how far from the steering neck you should place the carpenter's square to align the steering axis and the 90* angle. Variable, I suppose? Guess it depends on the rake angle and length of forks. Do your rules account for those variables, or am ...

if you copy it to mm perfection and market it a a billy lane then your in shit,
change a few dimensions and alls well

426in hemi drag bike. much better executed

but with "diamond" rear tubes

what a bout a twisted square bar springer on the diamond?

like this one?
http://www.chopperweb.info/forum/showth ... adid=22238

there's nothing i enjoy more then getting something for free
especially if it needs a little resto

looks shit. like always

what is the tube size on a stock soft tail?
got tanks and a dash and no captive HDs to measure
thanks