Farfle said:
Looking good! I think our bikes are just about even progress wise, although your probably ahead, mine still needs the motor mounted.
Thanks Farfle, I have been following your thread closely (
as i always
do your work is top notch kudos ) This new build of yours is yet
another bar raiser! Looking forward to seeing the finished product
will look like something off a showroom floor im thinking, Best of
luck with the rest of the fab work mate...
Spicerack said:
Thanks Andy, should be killer fast to ~90km/hr catch me if you can
ex-fuzz maaan teehehe
Wheazel said:
This is a very nice build! I like that you fabricate so much with just sheetmetal/tubing.
Thanks matey appreciate it, not all that hard though just a lil time consuming...
Wheazel said:
One thing I am curious about is the layout of the frame.
The look of it is appealing, but how did you decide positioning of handlebars
seat and pedals with regard to each other and the wheels?
I worked out the distances for the first frame, the seat distance from the
frame was the only real measurement i used IIRC 600mm from center
of seat to bottom bracket...
YPedalMaN gave
me the measurement waaaay back on another build i continued using
this as it suited my leg length.. :wink:
Wheazel said:
Did you decide on a preferred seating position
for your own body, and then make a layout from that? Did you make any
changes from the first chopperframe?
Being a paraplegic, i required a laid back seating position, with a not to high seat height
so i can transfer from wheelchair to bike reasonably easily. This seating position is
just the average crank forward though, you see it on other cruisers nothing ground breaking.
I did make changes actually, what i did before selling the old frame was do a CAD drawing
i.e
Card
Board
Aided
Design LoL i did a full scale trace of the frame extending the new frame by approximately an inch. I have kept the CAD drawing
for future use if ever needed to...FYI:- (1000w) Matt.P
flyinmonkie said:
Looking good Kim as always. Liking the progress. I'm down to body filler and paint, but ridding too much to do it.
Clay
Thankyou Clay, should come together a little faster now, im dividing my
time between my Garage and the missus, taking some time out so it gives
me heap more time to work on the bike
Handful of 'booty calls'
the only distraction LoL
8)
UPDate!
I got to work on the panel that will 'house' the 72v 15ah LiPO pack yesterday
unfortunately i left my cuttoff disks at the workshop at my place
so was stuck with a half used disk to completely cut the panel
i got most of the outside done, obviously still requiring the center to
be cut out, right angle ali bolted to the surrounding cut out, this will form both
a flat base for the LiPO pack to sit on and provide 'stiffening' to the panel.
I also will surround the opening with some CF (carbon fiber) ill use the old
battery panel for this, its otherwise useless as i no longer have the old frame...
waist not want not i always say or as
Amberwolf would put it
'
re-purposing' hehe.. I will make a plexi housing for the
pack also...but for now this is where i am at with it-->
^^ Again some 'CAD' to get the profile of the frame/panel within some sort of similarity
Took me an hour or so of faffing about getting a shape i was happy with, still some 'shaping'
required, this wont be the final product by a long shot im thinking LoL...Its cut from 3mm T5 ali FYi..
I picked up some beffy right angle ali for the battery support, shall cut the opening and begin fitting
out the panel today.
To hold the panel in place ill use some nice CF brackets/tabs-->
View attachment 4
Third time right! i hope LoL.. frock have i ballsed up the fitting of halls on the Turnigy CA120 motor or more
so the slots in the stator where the halls were to be placed aaaargh anywayz, with some guidence from
guru ThuDSTeR i think i have it set right now, i will run wires and connectors today and try and
spin the motor slowly with an old non programable 36v controller i got from Hyena a few years ago.
No idea if it will work but its all i have at this precise moment in time until the 18Fet Infineon Thud has offered
to build for this bike arrives...
I did the slots previously before i wound the motor as its rather
difficult/fiddly to do ounce wound, i used the good ol dremel and a diamond bit to hack away a recess
to fit halls in, they actually better than the first ones i did so bit of a blessing. The concave area
allows the halls to seat nicely, little industrial grade epoxy and wholla!!
I also have an issue (Rodgah had same problem on his stainless steel cuiser IIRC?) I'm not
using the old extra wide sturmey archer three speed as i did in the previous build, i have an extra
wide steel hub from choppersUS unfortunatey though, the disk brake sprocket adapter from Mr Recumpence SiR
has a slight tapper on it and thus fouls on the hub before its fully seated SO i am making a
spacer from 3mm ali plate hopfully this will work if not Matt.P (1000w) said he can pop it on the lathe at a friends
workshop and rectify the problem at hand-->
Thats all i have for now chaps, thanks for the kind words and encouragement, should have some more
to offer up later this arvo for those following the build..
happy trails y'all.. 8)
KiM
bit longer than usual
