Spent a bit of time stripping & polishing the old red fire extinguisher I bought off TardMe Nice shiny copper under there! Next Ill need to slosh it with tank sealer & spray it with clearcoat
Have been working on the carb, a brand new Keihin 26mm, to make it appear rather more 'retro steampunk' First I added a brass bellmouth made from a cut down brass vase & secured it with some holed brass strap made into a sort of hoseclamp Then I took an old brass fuel cap & drilled/tapped it to take a modded airline fitting then glued it to the original carb top Its OD was a little big so then I made a copper flared flange & riveted it on Lastly I replaced the idle screw ...
Well, been very busy cutting & welding today,have extended the frame backbone 4" & added another longer under tank tube. We recently visited Timaru & I was quite taken with their park bench designs ,as youll see that was the inspiration for the front frame tube..... Have also decided to make a set of springer forks for now, maybe Ill do a funky eliptical sprung front end later on
The motor parts have finally arrived Its a stripped down 16hp 500cc Briggs & Stratton V-twin, the sort of motor used in ride on mowers /golf carts /wood chippers etc Theres quite a handsome motor under all those plastic & metal cooling shrouds,log manifold & ugly exhaust setup. It reminds me of a Weslake or Godden speedway donk Ill be doing a lot of work on it including making a new copper inlet manifold , shaving the finns off the exposed bacon slicer flywheel, making another ...
Well, as you can see now Ive got a veteran Triumph frame off TardMe Lets now see about modifying it to fit the fire extinguisher petrol tank & then sort out the fork options Springers? Girders? Rigid? Hmmmmmmm Am leaning towards making a set of springers at the moment
A couple more pix close up of the 'bar assy
Bin doin a bit more collecting, polishing & assembling The 'bars are a cruiser pushbike beach bend that Ive wrapped leather straps around,added brass caps,the choke ,throttle & a Solex reverse style brake lever As you can see the headlite came up real good after a 2 hour session on the polisher,Ill be adapting a modern lens assy to it later on The Albion 3 speed 'box/clutch is already hand change that'll save a bit of mucking around
Heres a couple of inspirational pix of where Im trying to head:
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