Truckers Monster Rebuild

[ChrisH]

Dude, you have very marketable skills. I hope that you are planning on doing something creative like this once you finish school. You could likely make a good living building custom cars or bikes. Can't wait to see how this ends, I imagine it will be amazing. Good luck with the knee!

[truckinduc]

thank you. I do plan on it some day.  Its my goal to run my own shop.

[truckinduc]

BTW I need a 12mm motor mount bolt if anyone has one they can get rid of.

[truckinduc]

started mounting the motor to the table.





and another shot of these things cause its the only actual progress of the bike lately.

[truckinduc]

tube fitting. aluminum for mockup.







I was planning on bending the tube right at the joint, but I think ive decided not to. Its only 4.5 degrees of angle difference. shouldnt hurt to get a good tight fit and slug it and weld it.



Here is where I run into a problem, like I knew I would. 

The tube will interfere with removing the side cover. 





I guess thats why the superbikes frames are like this.  I dont like it though cause this is the furthest back my frame is, no shock mount behind that motor mount.

[truckinduc]

other side notched up.  No problems here.

[1KDS]

Looks like you may be able to sneak that case cover out with the frame there

[hadesducati848]

... was this thread always called "Truckers Monster Rebuild " ?
or have i just had waaaayyyyyy to many beers?



great job so far, cant wait to see things start to come to gether

[djrashonal]

no, it was called something like "way to modify your bike to make it unique" or something like that

[truckinduc]

Ya I changed the name. Im gonna have the thread moved to general monster discussion also.  Its not really a tutorial because I doubt many other members are going to cut up a perfectly good monster frame for the fun of it.

So keep drinking Hades.

[truckinduc]

here it is at a 56" wheelbase.   Barely enough room for the shock and the linkage. If I made an entire frame id move the front wheel as close as possible to the head to get a longer swingarm.



Feel free to design a swingarm. I have mine pretty much designed, I just like to see what others come up with.

[truckinduc]

54" wheelbase

[Raux]

why not try to figure out a under engine shock setup

[truckinduc]

Thats what I was planning on doing months ago, but im pretty much dead set on a unit pro link style now.

[truckinduc]

difference between the old 10mm frame to motor bolts and the new style 12mm bolts.



I had to turn down the flange slightly to get the bolts to fit the frame.



old vs new



it fits



and the crack I need to fix.