Forks came today, Mods for fork install
I gave up looking for the "correct" forks for my bird, I bought these from a guy. I think there old Charger forks? I cut the lower triple tree off so I can relocate it for the rake and width between tree's that I needed. I also removed the fender mount. I stripped them down and mocked them up on my bird tonight. "get it mocking bird"<-------ha ha
Anyways I please with the rake and profile or the bike. I'll weld them up in the next couple of days and post some more pics. I must say cutting the triple tree off was a job. Trying to cut just the welds and not the rubes was a XXXX But this way at will be right. have some adjustability. And will not be messing with shimms ot the neck
I gave up looking for the "correct" forks for my bird, I bought these from a guy. I think there old Charger forks? I cut the lower triple tree off so I can relocate it for the rake and width between tree's that I needed. I also removed the fender mount. I stripped them down and mocked them up on my bird tonight. "get it mocking bird"<-------ha ha
Anyways I please with the rake and profile or the bike. I'll weld them up in the next couple of days and post some more pics. I must say cutting the triple tree off was a job. Trying to cut just the welds and not the rubes was a XXXX But this way at will be right. have some adjustability. And will not be messing with shimms ot the neck
Seat build
Just cut the seat down about a inch in the back and two inches in the front. I used a thermal hunting seat for a pad because I wanted it low. Recovered with vinyl, in red. I'm happy with it. Its not like some of the ones I've seen on here, but I did it. And it only cost about $2.00 in vinyl,,,,,, Plus $50.00 in gas looking for a fabric store.
Just cut the seat down about a inch in the back and two inches in the front. I used a thermal hunting seat for a pad because I wanted it low. Recovered with vinyl, in red. I'm happy with it. Its not like some of the ones I've seen on here, but I did it. And it only cost about $2.00 in vinyl,,,,,, Plus $50.00 in gas looking for a fabric store.
Thanks guys. I'm happy with it. I put the exhaust on, I used a straight 20" go kart header. I'll post a pick when I get the time. My daughter was riding it last night and it will fly. I am having a problem though... There is NO clearance between the plug and the frame tube. After she rode it for a little it started firing through the plug boot and arching off of the frame. The engine has a thin "shim" head gasket and I indexed the plug with the thinnest shim I could and, I have the engine all the way forward. I have maybe a couple of thousandth between the frame and plug boot. I'm surprised but now and then it arcs? I'm going to try a silicon plug boot and I may remove the "hi top" hot coil and put a stock one on it.
Randy
Randy
