liveforphysics said:
Damn KiM! It's so beautiful! You built a chopper that even I would ride, and you know I'm all about the streetbikes.
You got a high-res for folks to use as a desktop or a slide-show screensaver?
Thanks mate, i will have some hi res pics available when i have the bike fully completed will do a nice shoot of it
with 'appropriate' back drop and 'accessories' :: wink ::
amberwolf said:
If it makes any difference, it might look interesting if you could trim the crank chainring's guard in blue, as well as part of the rays from the crank itself.
Nice chop there amber, the whole 'colour coding' is a bit out dated for my liking, i also only have a few squirts of blue left that i will use in future for any chips etc, i sprayed a lil on the underside of the stabiliser to see the colour match and its near impossible to tell the difference in colours! I also need a lil for the head badge i have for the front, tiz the old Shwinn stingray job that i have extensively modified, no longer supports the words
Schwinn Stingray or
quality <-- (
that MUST be a case of false advertising suuurely ) just the flames and the star remain now, tiz black anodised aluminium, will soon be polished aluminium with candy apple blue and HOPEFULLY if enoobs mate gets his shit together with the cnc laser, the Jester you see in my avatar with the Aussie flag, will be positioned in the center of the badge surrounded by the flames
enooooooob?!?!!?
michaelplogue said:
This has come together beautifully! Truly inspiring - fantastic work there Kim. A ride to be very proud of!
Cheers mate is coming together as planned, still a lil wayz togo but definitely on the downhill to the finish
Hyena said:
Wow that coat of paint makes all the difference.
Looking very sharp mate, good work 8)
Well... I offered to make you one for cost of materials (
less than a 100 bucks) but nooooo you went with a store bought frame duct tape and a frock motor didn't you, silly lady
cheers mate
FrankG said:
So any idea what you've got into this project Dollar wise Vs Time wise?
Too much time and way to much money LoL...I honestly couldnt tell you
Frank, suffice to say it would of been ALOT more without the generous support of
Matt.S,
Matt.P and
GGoodrum At a guess it would owe me in parts alone in the vicinity of $AU1500 no idea the hours though, some days i do nothing on it others a few hours. If I had the funds available and parts at hand i could knock one out in a week or two though, much of the delays are financial and then waiting for parts to be shipped, apart from the frame and enclosure not alot of the bike has parts from Australia on it they are all ex-USA.
1000w said:
Nice work Kim, looking very sweet with that colour on the enclosure.
Cheers,
Matt.P.
Thanks Matt
I wonder if it is possible to mix powdercoat with lacquer and paint it on? Something i meant to ask
last we spoke. You have to drop up too mate grab your Infineon i have here for you while i try some more to talk you out of a frock motor and into a Recumpence drive rc setup
pssst:- my sister has second hand shop can get you a nice new wardrobe
of dressess to go with your new ride
hehehee...How is it coming BTW haven't seenz me an update in awhile?
John in CR said:
You'll have come visit CR and teach me how to do some bling once I start a respectable looking bike.
John
hehee yeah good luck with that buddy, if i ever can make it to Cr all of our time will be spent in bars/beach picking out 'ladies' for me to
be 'friends' with
dequinox said:
Hey AJ looks freaking fantastic!!! Its only missing one little thing and I'm sure you can take care of that mate!
I made ya a little preview...
View attachment 3
Congratulations, you are one hell of a fabricator my friend!
BWAHAHAHAHAA ^^ that is now my desktop wallpaper!! I shall journey to the local watering hole
when the bike is complete there's
always a bevy of beauties wearing not alot prancing around 1/2 cut that would be willing
to drape themselves over the cruiser for a pic...more to come on that :: wink ::
tritonwow said:
Cheers mate
gwhy! said:
What a beauty ... all of it.
Thx GWhy, might not have the best start off but it will at least look respectable when its going hehe
Jeremy Harris said:
That is stunningly good, Kim, really great work.
I can do the engineering, but I fall woefully short of your eye for the aesthetics. I take my hat off to you.
I'm absolutely certain that you could turn your skills into a profitable custom built bike business, and I've no doubt that it would be a great success,
Jeremy
Thankyou
Jeremy, don't think i would want to do this on a 'fulltime' basis though, its fun because i can do it when i feel like it
its a hobby not a job, if i have to do it when i'm not feeling well or have little interest things wouldn't turn out as
well as they have. I wish i had half your engineering abilities mate i would be UNSTOPPABLE muahaha [
/evil take over the world laugh] cheers mate
markobetti said:
box for batt. is a beauty !
Thankyou
markobetti, i hope others might see this and have a crack at some custom enclosures themselves, fiberglass is very easy medium to use, if you follow a few simple steps its quite easy to get some professional looking results and great thing is
its so damn cheap too!
GGoodrum said:
Unbelievably awesome, Kim. I too had no idea how smooth you were able to get the box, until I saw the primer shots. The finished unit is stunning.
So, you are sticking with 12s, for now, but probably going to 18s in the future? We finally got the BMS bugs worked out, so I will be PM'ing you with some options.
-- Gary
HUGE thanks to you
Gary, i have replied to your pm with my proffered setup option
To bring everyone up to speed on this, i have chosen to go with parallel adapter boards (new versions)
Garys custom charge controller thats used in conjunction with the meanwell PSU and a modified Battery Medic
This means i will only need to run two boards inside the box the rest is left at home int he workshop used
only when charging, with the Zippy/Turnigy packs staying so well in balance it isn't necessary to balance EVERY charge
hell i don't think Hyena has ever balanced his main pack? This will allow more room for LIPOs.
The new parallel board, charge controller and modified battery medic.
Soon as these are readily available from
Garys wedbsite
TPPacks.com i shall link to them again in my sig for others interested in getting
hassle free BMS for Lithium Polymer, i know alot of you have pmed and asked me when they will be available
well the wait is nearly over and it will have been worth the wait, BIG thanks to Gary and i think
Mr
Fecther also? may have had a helping hand in the process, this will make it ALOT easier for dunderheads
like me to use the lithium polymer chemistry.
Thanks to all for the positive feedback much appreciated, i will likely not have an update
today hence i am posting now rather than this evening, legs playing up a little today so its feet up
and medicated, will do the enclosure good having another day in the sun before a polish Monday
morning.
Hope you all have a great weekend...back soon peoplez
KiM
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