The coolest ones, are hand made. In this area, I'd make my own and have it covered.Originally Posted by re_animate
Uber cool is an old style tractor seat, but prolly a bit bulky on the GN.
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The coolest ones, are hand made. In this area, I'd make my own and have it covered.
Uber cool is an old style tractor seat, but prolly a bit bulky on the GN.
Hardcore Biker
Don't sweat it - no one is born with experience gotta start somewhere.
I love the smell of twin V16's in the morning..
Hardcore Biker
Shit I think I have some of those biltwell struts in the garage somewhere.
Hardcore Biker
Remove the springs from the standard shocks then fully compress the shock and weld the top to the shock body.
I did it with a pair of CB550 shocks I used for a slightly different application years ago.
Forum whore
I usually apply the theory if I have nothing nice to say, then shut-up.
But in this case I figure that if you are even considering copper pipe, then you are not capable to be altering anything on the bike little-lone oiling the chain. FFS $110 is very reasonable. If you do not have the foresight to realise this now then go back to your PlayStation.
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There's only so much you can learn form youtube; I think you really need some more hands on experience or work with someone who has it, before getting stuck in on a project which is so critical to your road safety.
"A shark on whiskey is mighty risky, but a shark on beer is a beer engineer" - Tad Ghostal
L-Plate Rider
Why all the flaming? I'm trying to find a cheaper temporary alternative to a relatively expensive part, and if that fails I'll go for the actual part. That's a pretty logical thing to do, damn.
I'm curious, what about bicycle framing? - I think it's aluminum. That's pretty easy to obtain.
Forum whore
Nobody is flaming you but the suggestions you are making clearly indicate that you're engineering ability is very limited, I have only seen constructive criticism that may save your life or the life of someone else on the road. What you have suggested indicates you don't have the required skills to safely modify the bike.
Forum whore
Just go and buy some steel mate and any other minor stuff needed pop into an engineering firm on their lunch break, look for the fella out the front having a fag and offer him some cash to weld or cut or drill what needs done,
Or buy the pre-fabbed part.
If you reallyyyyyy want to do it yourself you could try some box section, its cheap enough and would be strong but before considering that option do some research into it, im not 100% sure it would be enough someone on here might have a better idea.
Hardcore Biker
FFS step away from the toolsMate you are a worry, try and find some with some skills that can give you some hands on help otherwise you
are going to be disappointed, out of pocket and maybe injured.
Political Correctness, the chief weapon of whiney arse bastards
L-Plate Rider
Lol yeah, I'll admit I have no idea how much load will be on the spring strut, or the load bearing capabilities of steel vs copper pipe or aluminum. Fair enough, I guess I am being a little too cheap, probably not worth the probable danger.
mad thou rider
given your admission around your limited experience, try mucking around with some smaller, less important bits and pieces before fucking with a frame in a manner that could kill you or someone else if you get it wrong.
L-Plate Rider
Will cost me round 60 for the steel alone. I've bought the actual struts so that's not going to be an issue any more.
Anyone got any good resources on making a solo seat? - What's the actual name for them?
Forum whore
What style of seat are you going for mate?
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One with a dildo attached because he's a noob on a GN.
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