Chop it?

[themoudie]

LOL  

That's not the way it works here, he'd be more likely to be called Dai Wire or Dai Fuse. Dai Agnose is way funnier though.

From the Uxbridge English Dictionary (google it for more details):

Diary - To sound a bit welsh
Diabolical - Welsh fertility expert

GC

Aye GC,

That makes the TC a Diatribe!  

[guest7]

Touché! 

GC

[Mark]

Dai Abolical

[guest1154]

Hi dogbad. At this moment in time,i myself have got 2 projects on the go. The first is a low hardtail using a yam diversion 600 engine. All though the seat is very low to the ground,the ride should be quite comfy.Instead of using long forks,ive used kawasaki gpz 1000 forks,which have clip on bars.Ive kept the rake angle at about 37 degrees  so the front end doesnt look to bad.Its my first build and like yourself,its a bit tough getting bits n bobs together on a limited budget. My second project will be similar to yours.Nothings been built as yet,but ive purchased a suzuki dr650 engine.
Dont know which way to go with this one ......hardtail frame,street tracker,or cafe racer...ime sure it will be a blast. This is one of the reasons why i joined this website.The chops in the previous pages look great.I would like to get some pics on here of my project,but ime still not sure how to get em on. Are you making your own frame,or is somebody else making it for you?   

[guest1154]

While we,re on the subject,as regards to the chops not handling because of them being hardtailed or to low for ground clearance issues. Your building it for yourself,and,how you want it to look and finish.Chops will never out handle a ducati,yamR1,suziGSXR.....but that what makes em different.Anybody can go to their local bike shop a blow 10k on a true performance bike....and look like every other power ranger at the local bike meets.....but you cant beat the satisfaction of building your own machine from the ground up.All a matter of what you want to do.

[Dogbad]

I'll be getting a framebuilder on the job most likely, If I do go that route, Not certain which way to go yet.  I've had a few hardtail chops in the past and never been worried about the handling as I tend to be a Slow and Low Rider . I quite like the idea of not so much adding to the bike, more taking stuff off and going to a Flat Tracker style. Biggest problem for my mind is the actual fear of getting something wrong that I can't finance putting right again without waiting for a long time. I do have other bikes to use though so I should maybe worry less.  At the moment it's far too cold to go out and work in the garage, it'sa  rented garage with no electricity for heating. I am keeping my eyes open for something like an old fashioned Parafin heater to use in there. Enough ventilation round the door etc for me not to worry too much there. I've got a 12v 40ah battery for the lighting and any minor power tool jobs so I could be ready to go and have a looksee in the next week or two and see how I feel.

[guest7]

Even my garages, both wired and dry, don't encourage much time spent in 'em this time of year. It's bloody hard to get motivated at these temperatures.

As for chops, they aren't really my 'thing', but each to their own and all that. I've always felt an irrational need to fit clip-ons to any bike I've owned, but I wouldn't expect everyone to agree with my view of biking.

GC

[themoudie]

.....I am keeping my eyes open for something like an old fashioned Parafin heater to use in there. Enough ventilation round the door etc for me not to worry too much there.

TWO THINGS

I lost a friend this year to CO poisoning in the back of a race van. The charcol appeared to be spent, with little heat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Every gallon of parafin burnt, produces a gallon of H2O!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Condensation and dripping ceilings will just increase your angst and corrosion!!!

Go canny, Bill.

[Dogbad]

Sounds like a good excuse to do Bugger all until summer then?

[el vencejo]

Hey Dog. try fitting heated grips to yer spanners 

[Richard 003]

Looking at a Long Term Project. Long term as I am out of the necessary spondoolicks to buy any bits for a few months yet!
Anybody seen an XBR 500 engine running in a hardtail Chop frame? I'd be interested in thoughts for or against the idea and anybody has any links or pictures that might sway me would be appreciated.

I wondered this, and the only one I could find on the Internet was this one:

http://www.bikepics.com/members/thunderrus/86xbr500/

(Pic added by GC):


Cheers
Richard

[guest7]

I'm guessing that the real challenge is making something that looks good with such a short engine. The XBR motor really shows its off-road ancestry in its compact crankcases.

Another one:


GB250:


Good to hear from you again Richard, all well with you and yours?

GC

[el vencejo]

The idea of a really simple, basic machine appeals.
BUT.
I still don't see the point of spending money to design and build something which handles so much worse than anything else on 2 wheels (penny-farthing excluded).
The second aspect is aesthetics: a tiny motor in a stretched frame looks weird, all that empty space before the back wheel.
The bobber look works ok, the chop above looks a bit 1970's Fantic moped, all air and little metal.
I had a genuine HD lowrider once (and NEVER again, but now own a Buell), can't work out why people make copies of customised US Hardlies 

There again, the big open bit could be used for storage, much better balance than a top-box.

[Andy M]

There again, the big open bit could be used for storage, much better balance than a top-box.

Nah, Jerry can. The tank's only good for 30 miles! 

Andy

[guest7]

(throws cat amongst pigeons) But nobody who rides a custom goes any further than 30 miles... (ducks back below parapet)

LOL 

Actually the Harley chop owners I drink with tour Europe on their chops most years.

GC