The Chopper Compendium

So heres my 79 xt500. Built the frame a few yrs back. I did the axle plates with a grinder and die grinder, actually did just about everything with those 2, used a level and plumbbobs and followed garys write ups,except for the axle plates those I copied blackjacks design off the font, the frame is not to much different then the old harley frame geometry from garys plans.. i built a drop seat frame first and messed up a measurement then decided old school style is where its all at..
A quick mock up, I didnt take any pics of the frame build, it was about 5 yrs ago now


no pics of progress to this point, usually just read and dont post so this is getting to be a new thing, shareing my progress with projects so jumping ahead

So this is the spring set up..I found one on the back to help control the front lifting seemed like it might work

Man the more I see of your work! WOW!

Please post all pics you can!

any idea why only the left side of the pics are showing ??

He is loading them bigger than a large thumb nail and this board just cuts the pic link off past the allowed size.

Finally , a reasonable explanation ! Guess you aint all that computer illiterate (unlike me )

I am learning?
Where you all at on facebook?
I have come into the 2st century last night!

ME link like to see what you guys are doing there?
https://www.facebook.com/nathan.ferguson.56808

If you click on the pic it takes you to the bigger pic..



Made a cross bar to mount my plates

Back on the lathe.










More to come

THANK YOU SO MUCH for showing those!

I have to build some soon!

Good Stuff Man

Cool, so I took the stock pivot for the brake linkadge and made a brass bushing and outer sleeve for my brake



Then I did a little messing around on the machines

A little more milling

Parts ready to weld up for a kickstand

So my tailight started as a piece of aluminum square stock, and a brass housing I turned down just messing around,I am a avid follower of selectgrubs work, haveing studied his how to write ups, I was finally eager to try to apply myself to this art form,as I was thinking about it I stubled onto a gold ring on the ground, I took it as a sign and cut it up.
Here it is before being epoxied together, I have tapped the housing and the mount and made a hollow threaded connector, and drilled a hole to run wires through it all.


And

The rear fender is my ironhead fender I cut a inch or so out of and welded up, I wanted a narrow fender

So i dont know if I will run this yet but mess with it a bit here and there, I orderd a light kit from led supply with a aluminum housing, so I start with this

And here the aluminum piece fits the brass, I was going to make it out of brass to but the aluminum will look good all polished up

So a bit of milling and drilled a through hole, screwed in a connector hollow threaded rod and drilled through in from below then welded and grinded the through hole up and radiused it (grinding)