Thoughts, musings, and frustrations in the pursuit of perfection. In short, complicating simplicity.
Showing posts with label OIF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OIF. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

In Progress..and for sale!



                                                         
This is is the current street fighter... It is a 72' Triumph OIF, 5-speed with a 750 big bore kit, completely rebuilt motor. Hard tailed with a approximately 5"stretch, 3 inch drop. 

Electronic Ignition, and the rest of our standard works package. We are in the process of buttoning up the motor, powder coating, polishing case covers, picking out a paint scheme, and the rest of the fiddly bits.




Clean and clear title, custom anti-queef motor mounts, un-lucased wiring, etc, etc. Magical battery-less system, clip-on handlebars, you get the picture. 

Interested? Want to be able to specify things like paint, seat, type, handlebars, and exhaust? Let us know.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

New tank!

This project started when our current client saw this fabrication shot, and asked if we could do a bare metal tank and fender. Not being a fan of clear coat over steel (since it looks like clear coat over steel, and I have heard that it is possible for water to condense between the clear coat and steel), I went looking for an alternate solution. The client lives in Louisiana, and is in the military, so giving the tank a monthly coat of polish wasn't going to cut it, between humidity and deployment, it would have never looked good, particularly since the fender is aluminum, and they would never looked right together on the bike.


Half done, kinda.

Enter the solution. I helped a buddy of mine build his Triumph while he was in San Diego, and long story short, the answer is having molten metal sprayed onto a gas tank. This one was done in aluminum, but I think a brass tank and fender would be really cool too.
The piece coming back from the sprayer has a texture similar to sprayed ceiling, which is a bit of pain to finish. I knocked it down a bit with an orbital sander, then spent an ungodly amount of time hand sanding.
mm... popcorn.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

mounts... process

Scan, trace, cut out, curse. Repeat

Finalized for waterjetting.



Back from waterjetting

   Water jetting is a time saver when it comes to fabricating custom mounts, so long as I remember to double and triple check hole alignment and clearances. And, while water jetting is precise to 5 thousandths of an inch, it is not as precise as say, laser cutting, and things can skew slightly when cutting extremely thick material. For my purposes, though, it is a time saving device for the right price. While water jet pieces do need some cleaning up, its something I expect to do on all my bikes, since I sandblast and powder coat just about everything anyway.