babu's NOT M build

[babu]

new year, new build!
bought these burnt out frames last year for $100

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the red frame now looks sort of like a bike
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time to give the blue frame a bit of TLC

[babu]

some pic of the starting point

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[z nut]

Ya did a top job with that Babu,
lookin forward to seein this blue 1, because i love what ya did with the burnt turd
this custom is one of the best lookin hardtails around, LOVE IT

[davidl5419]

I really love your bike babu!
Can't wait to see what you do with the blue one!
Cheers
Dave.

[babu]

cheers fellas

the aim is to have fun on this build by making parts rather than buying where possible, and hopefully end up with something that resembles an M as i can't afford a real one...

bought myself a second hand vice for Xmas to start of the build... sorry photos all taken via phone for convenience so photos not very good quality.

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[babu]

used bits a pieces what every i could find in the shed.
wish i had a lathe of some sort but can't have everything...
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[babu]

nicked some ideas from BA, cheers BA for posting the info.

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[Monkeypills]

Very nice work, what kind of pipe are you using?

[yonda]

great work you might be able to get an apprenticeship with BA if you keep producing the goods, full custom nothing like doing it yourself maybe a jz headlight bucket to hightlight the custom forks

[z nut]

thought you would make some forks with the pissa little jig ya made
look good
they look like ark welds? nice job,not easy with a 240 volt welder

[Gumby]

Im love'n that A model decked out like an M.. do you have a build thread on it, im in sdelaide to and cant wait to see that on the road

[Chimped Out]

Theres some clever buggers in this forum. Awesome work!

[babu]

Very nice work, what kind of pipe are you using?

me old man had some lying around that were very close to the original size.
left is off an A fork and right is what i'm using (red set), i think it measured 26.5mm diameter from memory and Ms are 27mm?. wall thickness much thicker than stock A forks. The galv set is standard 26mm water pipe which is thinner.

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it was a struggle to flatten the thick ends of the red tube where the axle goes and i ended up bending the vice arm (1m lever) quite a few times to compress it, really needs a press. The galvanised set was thinner so i added a second tube inside to strengthen it.

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great work you might be able to get an apprenticeship with BA if you keep producing the goods, full custom nothing like doing it yourself maybe a jz headlight bucket to hightlight the custom forks

kids play compare to BA's work, sorry to butcher your A forks but they were perfect for the job. yeah jz headlight means longer ears, looks abit weird, need to work on this one... :-)

thought you would make some forks with the pissa little jig ya made
look good
they look like ark welds? nice job,not easy with a 240 volt welder

haha yeah, 2mins jig did the job. are ark welds, bugger to work with! even harder as i don't have time to go buy the right size rods, what you see are the better ones... there are plenty of shocking welds.

Im love'n that A model decked out like an M.. do you have a build thread on it, im in sdelaide to and cant wait to see that on the road

build thread here Gumby, http://www.monkeybikeoz.com.au/showt...rst-build-z50a , took it for a ride this morning but still having issues with vibrations from 55-60km/hr.