[grumbern]

After trying with a pice of wood, which instantly broke off, I pulled an old piece of steel out of the trash bin and ground an improvised lever:






After the first run you can already see a nice crease forming:




As soon as this is done, it is folded down with a hammer:






I should have made the edge a little wider though, as it was very hard to get a hold of it. But I made it and hope I can even out the damage done by this (distortion of the mudguard). But there was no time anymore for this yesterday.
So long,
Andreas

[grumbern]

For working on the edges, I ground a shoemaker's anvil to my needs. I only evened the surface and rounded the edges a bit. It's very versatile because of it's different radii.




Here its easy to see how the outer edges warped by folding:




After straightening it's not noticable:




Then I started working on the front:




In hindsight it probably wasn't smart to bend down first, as it figured to be very hard working on the rear crease now. But somehow I managed to do it anyway:






I'm not quite sure if I want that for the rear as well. Maybe I'll leave it straight as it is, or even ad a mudflap?! I know these aren't exactly a symbol of beauty, but ti would fit the era and purpose. A little more dirt deflection for the engine sure is no bad thing. What do you think?
So long,
Andreas

[Adrian II]

Which is most important, form or function? 

A.

[Ove]

I quite like a good mud flap. This is a labour of love. Thanks for sharing.

[grumbern]

Two newer pictures:






Looking pretty sleek! Early this week I was able to almost finish off the rear mudguard and do a rough cut. Of course there's still some detail work to be done. Allso I was wondering if skirts like on some production bikes would look good. Not all the way round, just to the (at the moment still non existing) subframe/mudguard stay. We'll see.
So long,
Andreas

[grumbern]

And yet some more with the mudguard, worthy of the name:




After a quick steel whool polish:




And the whole bike:

[Adrian II]

Allso I was wondering if skirts like on some production bikes would look good. Not all the way round, just to the (at the moment still non existing) subframe/mudguard stay. We'll see.

Since you do such a decent job with hand-beaten alumin(i)um, some competition number plates might suit this bike, something vaguely Cheney-esque.

A.

[grumbern]

Nah, that'd be too much, I guess.

[grumbern]

Today I welded the exhaust pipe. Sadly the beads didn't turn out very nice (I don't have enough practice and those winding pipes are quite hard to do...). But they're not hideous either and thanks to purging with gas the inside became nice and smooth and didn't burn at all. Actually even better than the outside. Should have given it more gas, probably! But after a lot of welding on a fork leg and the purging the bottle is as good as empty just by that.

[Ove]

Looks lovely to me, albeit an untrained eye. Only you will ever notice it

[Mike flanagan]

Thats more fab than ill have done in my whole life,very impressive.

[grumbern]

Thanks, some more coming on.

I started working on the exhaust. This will be made of Aluminium and I started with a lenght of installation tubing. First it is widened to 38mm to fit the downpipe. For this I painted all the tube with marker and heated it, until the marker vanished - that's a very easy method to determine the correct temperature. At the beginning only the furthermost part, that's going to be widened:




Then, using a fitting piece of round stock driven into it with a hammer, it's widened:




After that I heated the whole tube and the following tool was used:




It's a modified drill press, with a prism and an HSS tool attached:




It allows to create such holes:




If you do that for some time and take a little care about positioning, this is what you get:




It's going to be the absorber parts of my silencer. We'll see, if it works
For now, the sight through the pipe is spectacular




So long,
Andreas

[grumbern]

Also I started the rear subframe. It's made from one single lenght of hydraulic pipe.
First tried on with the shocks fully compressed:






Looking good and there's even enough space left for the tyre.
Then with the shocks fully expanded:








Well? Doesn't look too bad, does it?
Of course it still needs all the brackets, but it's coming along.
So long,
Andreas

[Ove]

Taking shape, going to be a head-turner. That baffle is a work of art. Well done.

[mattsz]

Taking shape, going to be a head-turner. That baffle is a work of art. Well done.

+1!