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« Reply #30 on: July 15, 2008, 07:46:28 PM » |
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part of owning a monster is making it your own no matter what anybody else says, purist or not. putists wash their bikes everytime they ride it. hell with that. I bought my bike to ride. I tore it down and powdercoated all kinds of shit so there's less time washing(cleans really easy) and more time riding and it looks kickass to boot. if you gotta piss 5 people off to make yourself happy and impress 20 people than I say hack the hell out of it and make it YOUR monster, I did (only I didn't cut as much off). http://www.hoosierhooligans.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=67&page=3 |
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« Reply #31 on: July 15, 2008, 09:07:48 PM » |
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it looks to me like you are making a SS. dont ss swingarms already have a brace and shock setup similar to what your planning? i dont think they have a linkage setup though, just a shock from the swingarm to the frame. maybe that would be easier so you dont have to mess with linkage ratios and whatnot.
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« Reply #32 on: July 16, 2008, 10:07:37 AM » |
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ya i was planning on going SS style with a stock ss swinger. I couldnt find a swinger for a reasonable price and i want linkage. I couldnt really do much tuning without linkage. With linkage i can adjust ride height, and switch out rockers to adjust leverage ratios, and adjust my wheel travel.
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« Reply #33 on: July 16, 2008, 02:00:35 PM » |
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You're a brave young man......I'll be following this thread with much interest
hope you heal up quick.
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« Reply #34 on: July 16, 2008, 05:30:51 PM » |
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but if you change the rocker ratio, you would need to change the spring rate.
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« Reply #35 on: July 16, 2008, 06:12:15 PM » |
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yes, which i can change with a different spring. I think ive got it figured out where i can use the stock spring just fine.
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« Reply #36 on: July 16, 2008, 07:06:21 PM » |
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I'm impressed man, you're very brave. Are there calculations you do to work out the spring rate and geometry etc? Can't wait to see it progress, looks like it's going to be killer.
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« Reply #37 on: July 16, 2008, 11:46:25 PM » |
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Awesome! Good to see you're putting your down time to good use  I'm looking forward to more progress on this  |
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meano_lover
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« Reply #38 on: July 17, 2008, 06:54:16 AM » |
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looking good so far! keep up with updates and new pictures, we're all waiting to see how it turns out.
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« Reply #39 on: July 17, 2008, 05:07:50 PM » |
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It is looking very custom. Keep it up. It is your bike so you can do whatever you want. I like your vision. Good luck! |
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« Reply #40 on: July 17, 2008, 06:23:51 PM » |
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thanks everyone. I love comments. Ive had no time to work on the bike lately. I go in to work at 10 and get home at 8. I am bringing my triples to sandblast at work tomorrow.
The 954 shock in in the mail headed my way, TN, from NC. Should be here in a day or so.
Got my speedometer in today. Its tiny, like an inch by an inch and a half. Gonna mount on my top triple with a custom mount ill fab up.
IM having trouble with my linkage design so far. My shock only has 57mm of travel and i need more. 6 inches of wheel travel would be awesome, but im going to have to settle for 5.5 or even 5.3. Im not too happy about that.
My dad is going to have me build his 160cc Duc into a dirtbike. Another project for me!!!! As if my hands were not full already. Oh well, it will be neat, and ill get some money from it to fund my stuff.
I have sunday and monday off so ill get alot of work done then. STAY TUNED
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« Reply #42 on: July 17, 2008, 06:47:33 PM » |
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This might give you some sort of idea of what it im look like
Lu - Your new ride?   Adam |
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« Reply #43 on: July 18, 2008, 06:34:43 AM » |
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what speedometer you using? I'm looking for options for mine, tiny sounds good
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« Reply #44 on: July 18, 2008, 04:05:42 PM » |
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the bicycle one from CF. the link is somewhere over there. It was 15 bucks shipped
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