Well it's been an interesting couple weeks. I picked up a baja warrior with a basket case engine, and had no real plan for it. I Had a predator and a tav 30 so I put them on there. Also fixed the broken fork stops, brakes, and locktited everything. Road it around the back yard some, dumped it once. Than decided I wanted the seat higher, I'm about 6'2" and really have no business riding a mini bike, but I like it. I started the Advice on frame modification thread to get some help and ideas. All the help is greatly appreciated. I decided to just take the plunge and just totally chop the "top half" of the frame off and rebuild it. Taking Baja's weird little off road chopper and make it into a big tired mini bike. So here we have the un-chopper.
I braced the frame, to keep it from "folding up" when i cut it apart.
No going back now!
Some fabrication photos
So this is what we have now. The seat stays where upgraded to 1 1/4" tubing. The seat stays will have a brace connecting them, giving me a place to mount the fender. I still have to make gussets of the "stock" down tubes and build as suspension set up for the seat. Any criticism is welcome!
I braced the frame, to keep it from "folding up" when i cut it apart.
No going back now!
Some fabrication photos
So this is what we have now. The seat stays where upgraded to 1 1/4" tubing. The seat stays will have a brace connecting them, giving me a place to mount the fender. I still have to make gussets of the "stock" down tubes and build as suspension set up for the seat. Any criticism is welcome!