La Puttana ------Build------ Ride her hard, Sell her Cheap

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I never new of those!!

Thanks!!


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I have to drill this deap for the tap I have!!

But, two lockwashers work perfect!!!

Stainless is suppose to be 50% threads???

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Anybody out there does it look like shite????

Structurly flawed????



The other side the bolt will be left long!!
The cover will have a recess in it to hide the nylock nut!!
Then be threaded on to the longer part of bolt so both sides will look the same but, I can use the allen head to tighten proper the nylon nut hidden and remove easy before covers are put on???

I was going to follow the covers thru to axles/spindles that is why the are the size they are so all will be the same???

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Here is the other side!!


It takes hours to make one part if you do not take your time with stainless it can work harden and then the little lathe won't cut it!!


I will have to make them with 1/2 13 tpi studs to go on rear axle and the steering neck!!


Just added more time by my lathe to finish this front end!!


What do you think???

[kheaton]

First I would like to say this is an awesome build. And I like the detailed pics of the process. As for the SS nuts, I don't think they look like shit, but I think they interrupt the flow of the bike.

I'll just say it so we can get the jokes out of the way.......your nuts are too big man! When looking at your bike, eyes will be drawn to those nuts and not the front end as a whole. The bike has the classy long and low look which I'm beginning to like more as I see these well thought out long bikes being built.

Again, nice bike!

Ken

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Thanks!!!

I already got them made!!

I think I am going to try them out!!

They may hit the scrap bin???

I will not know untill they are on???

It will be my first major fail if they do look like shit and will have to chock it up as lessoned learned if they do???

Back to the drawing board a few dollars short if that happens!!!

Thanks,

Nathan

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I have been working hours for days now to make the girder parts at my lathe!!

I remade the nylon washers!!

Made the shock steel pieces to mount the 1/2 bolts in the rubber mounts!!

Made all the steel spacers for the linkages!!

And of course all the stainless nut covers!!

I have reasembled and am not sure if they will be the way to go??

Anybody got an opion on them!!

With or Run Without????

They make the front end wider but????

It may look cleaner and narrower without???

They kind off look cool???



Without but bolts left long to possibly use one side???





























With????












































The Good/Great news is the part I thought would be the hardest the fit of the shock seems to be dead on and I am HAPPY with THAT!!!!!




The covers add or detract from the look???
It would be alot easier not to use them if they are not making the front end POP!!!!


Any opions???



I will post pics off the parts I had to make one of these times I got it apart!!!

[hansgoudzwaard]

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Man I wish I would have thought of that!!

I could easly have recessed the heads in the links!!

With the way I have it know thou I can readjust the bushing tightness as they wear up to 1/2 and inch!!!

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Well went ahead and threaded the other side of bolts!!!
If they do not go with the end product will throw them out!!
With the handlebars on they may not seem as wide???






































I had to thread the bolts to length!!
and thread the heads!!
I had to use my 4 jaw for this to make sure perfectly centered in the lathe!!
It took hours for all of them!!
Assemble
Mark
Think
Thread
on each bolt!!!

I had to center drill the ends so live center could be used and the threads be same depth and bolt not be able to walk up out while threading!!
















Here is pic of one of the shock rubber spacers for bolt size. Not a big task to do but does take time proable 1 hr to do both right with measuring, layout, planning, turning, and fitting!!
I did not get pic of the other one!!










The spacers for the girder leg bolt linkages!!
Not highly impressive parts but a couple hrs of time thought and work went into making them the right size and hole drilled on center and straight!!
There is not a functioning girder without them thou!!
















I made new nylock washers to spread the load out better!!
I did not like the ones I bought!!!
They are recessed so oilite bushings fit inside them!!
Hopefully this will help keep the road dirt out of the oilite bushings!!!
These seem simple but hrs of time in these too!!
There is 16 of them to make to exact specs!!






















Showing assembly of parts on one of the linkages!!!
Notice the oilite bushings ride on shoulder not threaded part of bolt!!















Then this spacer allows for 1/2 of extra threads and the ablity of future adjustment as the bushings wear!!!
The girder legs are done the same way with the threads starting inside the spacers so the breaking weak point of the threaded part is not right at the stress point when force hits it!!!













The other side where the cover goes on threaded!!!












I got one of the other covers made!!

This one on the lower of steering shaft!!!

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I am on the fence about them???

Each time I look at them I seem to like them more???

We will see what they look like with the tank and handlebars!!!

They do have an industrial look that is for sure!!!

I kind of want the front end to pull your eye and be the center piece but, not in a bad way!!

I have gotten about 50/50 response to them so far??

Most all americans love them and Europians seem to think they overstate the front end???

All inputs much appreciated and not affraid to throw them away????

I will leave them for now and see if the tank and handlebars will complement them????


I am learning with it and hope the next one and each following one helps me find my own style!!!

There is not much not been done so they just need to be pleasing to the eye with some flare!!!

Not to bad so far being on a shoestring budget, never done before, only being 1 man, and having 1 month 24 days in it is it???????

[curt]

I use those nord lock washers at work a lot I find they work real well as far as not working loose but if you service whatever you have them on a lot they need to be replaced about every other time and if they get over tightend they will break and fall out I like locktight better

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Thanks Curt!!!

I just was watching the action of my girder and noticed they rotated on the stainless washers I had in the linkages!!!

That would not be good against the aluminum or even the steel metal to metal!!!

So removed them so now the nylon or brass has to wear instead!!

It is amazing and may sound funny but that 1/4 in from removing them sure made the front seem narrower and made a big difference!!

It should function on the bushings now as they were meant to work!!!

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I have been working on my girl!!!

I started by making the spacers for front wheel!!!

















Then put spindle shaft in lathe and indicated it!!!!














Then center drilled!!!














Moved out and indicated it again with live center did in a couple places along shaft!!!



















found my tool position!!!



















Then threaded 3/4 10 tpi!!!

















Checked with nut before losing my position by taking out of Lathe!!

















Then I smoothed the end of threads of course finding the center on this tool too!!!

And followed the same process other side!!!
























Then ground the powder coating oof of a nut!!!



















Taped the threads so to minmize weld splatter and welded the nut on shaft!!!
It is easier to remove the tape than the weld splatter!!



















Then reinserted into the bike!!!

The ends are left long for the pike nuts on the shaft to be made latter!!!

I still have to drill the hole for the cotter pin too!!!


































Is it just me or is the front end noticably thinner now????

























I now have a ROLLER!!!!

That was the hard part to do!!!

This build should move fast now!!

The bike is sitting on the links and shocks in these pics!!!

[hansgoudzwaard]

The whole thing looks very nice.

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Thanks!!!