Chopzuki

[Planecrazy]

What to do about the swing arm?Do I need to weld it in place or cut it out and put solid frame back in?

What might be cool would be to put a heavy duty leaf type spring in front of the rear wheel and use some sort of monoshock to give you the look of a hardtail while retaining at least a little suspension action back there. I don't know if anyone has done this, but in concept I can "see it" and it looks both good and unique.

By the way, Wheelie, NICE JOB! I'm really impressed. Have you done this sort of fabrication before or is this the first try?

Steve 8)

 

[Anonymous]

Elk,
Check out the photos on my website to see how I cut up the frame. Hopefully you've got a high speed connection as some of the photos are large. First time building a website as well as my first time fabricating a chopper frame. I'm just happy the frame turned out a whole lot better than the website.

Steve

 

[snowbeard]

wow!!! just happened on this post trying to glean info on manifold leaks, but that's a SWEET lookin ride!! I can't wait till I have an "extra" bike laying around!!

 

[Nerobro]

That's a really nice looking bike there. Well done.

one odd question though. where did you pick up the foam for the seat?

 

[Anonymous]

That bike looks like fun. Maybe someday if I ever have a real shop and money to spend I will be something like that.

 

[thomastedder]

What color are you going to paint it? It's looking like a very nice bike.

 

[Anonymous]

The seat foam is nothing more than carpet padding. 3 to 7 layers of 1/2" rebond to be exact. I just kept adding layers, glued together with dupont "Super 77" spray glue. Then trim it with a bread knife.

The color? I have no F...in' idea. The problem is I have too many ideas.
Olive Drab
Burnt orange fading to a golden brown
Black
Suzuki Blue and White
Electric green
Cover the all body work in black leather
Colonial Yellow ( the color of my first pick up)
Silver with all the aluminum brushed
And on, and on, and on

 

[bobo]

chopsuzi

chopsuzi

8) nice ride wheelie ! is that the original gas tank ? how did you get it mounted so high.? sweeeettt. h.g.

 

[weazzor]

I can only say 3 things Wheelie,
1. You're completely insane
2. That's an amazing project.
3. I'm thoroughly GREEN with envy.

It makes me think about chopping my 1000s. I won't do it, but I will think about it. Hope you have have Waayyy too much fun on it!

 

[80gs1000e]

Very cool. I like the webbing on your GS1000 man, sweet also!

 

[Anonymous]

There are two GS tanks under that primer. A GS750L holds the gas. It had the right overall dimension and rake to it. It was a bit ugly tho, so I cut apart the bikes original tank and welded it on top to get the body lines and the extra length. After that we filled in the gaps , added bondo and primer.
I need a gas cap for this thing. I'd like one that sits low like the GS1000E but it has to fit the round indent of the 750L. The cap that I got with the tank sits about 5/8" above thv surface. That just won't do.