JUST BUILDING A RAT CHOP

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smiffy1968
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scooterslag wrote:
J1MS wrote:Image

Think you just clicked on the wrong code.

Think it should be the fourth line of text.
More piccies please- really like that 8-)

I'll try and master the photobucket thingy thursday night.
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smiffy1968 wrote:Bugger, Ricspeed. You have picked out the one bone of contention i have with it. It was not quite a right fit, as you said about the rake, if i had gotten the front frame section straight with the lammy tube the bloody forks would have been too upright. I also see it as a potential weak point, thats why i welded in a large chunk of 6mm flat plate up the inside. This bike is pretty rough close up, but thats what i intended anyway.
Madness, i would love to see the chop you have built similar to this, as i have not clapped eyes on a hardtail. I am beginning to think i am missing a point here. I have built the rear strut replacing the shock with large rubberized bushes hoping this will take any shock out. Although talking to a mate tonight, we were chatting about a trick harley shock that works on extension not compression. Thinking about fitting it horizontally under frame tube the grafting some kind of bracket of the engine..............zzzzzzzzzzzz....... :geek:

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smiffy1968
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That suspension set up looks very smart, i cannot imagine how brilliant the back end will look. What engine is this and is this yours? Looks mega!
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8-) Looks like one of Shaun FATSPEED'S ???
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RICSPEED
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it was ...then i got it but sold on
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the black one looks bloody nice.each to there own,but im more a traditional chopper fan and love the old styles.
i think the m/cycle forks are a hugh improvment in handling and breaking,but i think they always look to fat and bulky...
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MADSPEEDRB260
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schniedel wrote:the black one looks bloody nice.each to there own,but im more a traditional chopper fan and love the old styles.
i think the m/cycle forks are a hugh improvment in handling and breaking,but i think they always look to fat and bulky...
Yes well said me 2 im more into the early 80s chop cutdown scooters 8-)
smiffy1968
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That is the beauty of this particular forum, we all have wide ranging tastes which is what makes this forum a bloody good one................... :)
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smiffy1968 wrote:That suspension set up looks very smart, i cannot imagine how brilliant the back end will look. What engine is this and is this yours? Looks mega!
:D

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smiffy1968
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RICSPEED wrote:
smiffy1968 wrote:That suspension set up looks very smart, i cannot imagine how brilliant the back end will look. What engine is this and is this yours? Looks mega!
:D

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I am not an auto fan, but this is going to look very trick....Look forward to seeing the progress........... :mrgreen:
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