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up stretch measurements
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 12:20 pm
by krymis
Here is my up stretch chart i use for my choppers: measured from bottom of lower rail to top of the neck and backbone intersection
0 28"
2 30.25"
4 32.5"
6 34.75
8 37
-i will not build above an 8 up frame and i will not build a tire width bigger than a 280
-this up chart is based off of WCC frame measurements
Re: up stretch measurements
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2014 6:22 pm
by curt
I don't like having to look to the side of the gas tank to see either
Re: up stretch measurements
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 2:50 pm
by hansgoudzwaard
HaHa, LMAO, case in point, saw this old post on another site re. hand controls; what comfort!!
Re: up stretch measurements
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:01 am
by krymis
hansgoudzwaard wrote:HaHa, LMAO, case in point, saw this old post on another site re. hand controls; what comfort!!
Hey man there is an ass for every seat. Not my cup of tea but then again none of my friends like to ride my bikes. My CFL is a 4 up with 8" risers, 6* trees 6 over tubes and 26" wide drag bars. A very different ride for those in the northeast who seem to like their apes.
Re: up stretch measurements
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:05 pm
by Customize IT
It is real hard to build a bike ti look good and fit a rider comfortably that is the real skill!
I know many do not like mine but a lot of it was purposed so the bike fit me?
I personally think the great builders only think a bike is complete with the rider?
Re: up stretch measurements
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:32 pm
by railroad bob
Customize IT wrote:It is real hard to build a bike ti look good and fit a rider comfortably that is the real skill!
I know many do not like mine but a lot of it was purposed so the bike fit me?
I personally think the great builders only think a bike is complete with the rider?
Ergonomics are a huge part of making a bike you love to ride, much more than style. If it don't fit ya, you'll look at it more than you ride it.
Re: up stretch measurements
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:36 pm
by gearhead1951
My all time favorite bike was a 1968 T100R , but at 6' 2" and 250 I looked like a gorilla on a schwinn !
Re: up stretch measurements
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:51 pm
by railroad bob
gearhead1951 wrote:My all time favorite bike was a 1968 T100R , but at 6' 2" and 250 I looked like a gorilla on a schwinn !
Try 6 foot and 300 on a 69 bonnie. Great bike, runs and handles great, just too small for me.
Re: up stretch measurements
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 10:08 pm
by curt
railroad bob wrote:gearhead1951 wrote:My all time favorite bike was a 1968 T100R , but at 6' 2" and 250 I looked like a gorilla on a schwinn !
Try 6 foot and 300 on a 69 bonnie. Great bike, runs and handles great, just too small for me.
ya last time I rode a triumph I was about a buck 60 and 20 years younger now im building one and 350 almost a complete extra person in one .lol hopefully I learned a lil about making it fit me better over the years