The Chopper Compendium

http://www.donniesmith.com/ Yeah I talked to Donnie, ( nice helpful guy) said that after cci bought the rights to the girder it was a mixed bag after that and the measurements were all over the place. So what I did (the answer) is I used a dyna front 21"wheel had a custom machined axle made ($...

thanks to all for replying and its def givin me some directions !!!

I know its not a girder but I believe this is what TattoLeeRroy means. http://i47.servimg.com/u/f47/11/57/20/89/cheapc19.jpg http://i47.servimg.com/u/f47/11/57/20/89/cheapc21.jpg Y know I have a frame jig and have never used it that way, damn good Id re. with a girder it needs to be design with a 1...

TattooLeeRoy wrote:Don't forget to keep the girder links level for set-up,

level with the ground and lower frame rails, or paralell

As you may have gathered, thats not an easy place to start. Do you know what frame it was supposed to fit? Start with a front tire, block the assembled front end at the height you want your neck. Measure the rake and trail, figure out what to do from there. Thats a pretty crude way to do things, bu...

New to the board and couldn't resist the opportunity to respond to this one. My son and I did a DOHC last winter. My role was largely as consultant while he did most of the fabrication. I think he did a great job for being a college age kid. Not quite as easy as doing a SOHC hardtail, but still not...

hmmm ?

Ok I have a girder (ebay purchase )that i have and would like to figure out the frame rake and trail. when I read some of the posts it seams the frame is already figured out but I have not made the frame yet.I am going to make a low neck height frame. now my question is : what measurements are neede...

For me anyways, I've always felt that the dohc's looked better on a total custom frame, There's so much to remove from a stock frame to even get close to looking good it's insane to try and save much more than the neck and numbers. But hey, to each his own. Here's a pic of a good looking dohc chop....

yona wrote:I have some frame plans and plans for the electrical box, if there is any interest...

that might be of some help

New to the board and couldn't resist the opportunity to respond to this one. My son and I did a DOHC last winter. My role was largely as consultant while he did most of the fabrication. I think he did a great job for being a college age kid. Not quite as easy as doing a SOHC hardtail, but still not...

I got a hacked frame and a couple of wheels and motor for a couple of bucks and it needs a hard tail, b/c of a bad hack job. this frame has a removable right hand side lower engine cradle. I would like to know if anyone else has done a hard tail on this type of a bike ?

OK I have a Donnie Smith girder and it needs a fairly narrow hub to date I have only found the HD hub to be 4.5-4.75" wide is there a 4" wide hub out there ?
I am also using a 3/4" axle

Builds are going all the time dont really have time to post pics , since I have 2 jobs and build the bikes just to fill the cash gap. just saying just seems awfully quiet.

deliberate hack usually is done with Malice. I have never heard of so much data being lost in such a manner, being a lurk, flamer or troll as previously complimented on I would have to wonder if all the protocol to the site was not maybe saved by the Hack or is it was just a matter of getting rid of...