Latest addition...custom made chain guard...just hate the plastic original!!VTRDark wrote:Pictures don't always tell a thousand words. It's all an illusion.Love the close up pics by the way
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Latest addition...custom made chain guard...just hate the plastic original!!VTRDark wrote:Pictures don't always tell a thousand words. It's all an illusion.Love the close up pics by the way
CruxGNZ wrote:
How did you make that chain gaurd? Laser cut or waterjet? How was that 90 degree angle bent so cleanly?
i am thinking it was L shaped bar, if not you are a magician with the bending machinemacdee wrote:CruxGNZ wrote:
How did you make that chain gaurd? Laser cut or waterjet? How was that 90 degree angle bent so cleanly?
i'm also interested in how you did this only because its such a tidy bit of work
It's just a piece of 3mm 35X35 ally right angle section...£3.50 on e Bay. Took my jigsaw to it and cut out for the rear shock, then cut a radius at the back to mimic the sprocket radius, but left the top intact so it had a 'tail' so to speak. Then gently curved the 'tail' to line up with the radius cut. Re-inforced the cut out slot with a fillet across the top...you can see the pop rivets on the top. The brackets are just cut from scrap 3mm ally plate, trimmed with a file, and angled to suit.AMCQ46 wrote:i am thinking it was L shaped bar, if not you are a magician with the bending machinemacdee wrote:CruxGNZ wrote:
How did you make that chain gaurd? Laser cut or waterjet? How was that 90 degree angle bent so cleanly?
i'm also interested in how you did this only because its such a tidy bit of work
Yeah, I get your point on the pin stripe...the idea was to use the original tank....custom tanks are sooo expensive...and at the end of the day, it's just a Superdream. I wanted to disrupt the lines of the original tank to alter the lines of the bike, so made the pinstripe shape from that idea. Putting curves on it pulls your eyes away from the squareness of the tank (or that's what I thought!!) The lower part of the tank is sprayed matt black (it's not just a shadow) then blended in to the silver, to give the tank a narrower look top to bottom....CruxGNZ wrote:My only hang up is the black pin stripping on the tank. It seems to not follow the tank's lines. But, that may just be the picture angle skewing things. Otherwise, absolutely fantastic job on the whole bike. I love it!![]()
How did you make that chain gaurd? Laser cut or waterjet? How was that 90 degree angle bent so cleanly?
baycat wrote:love what you have done there well done. 46 years ago I use to ride the earlier cb72
podman wrote:Great work mate, nice job, very cool.