The Chopper Compendium

got a lil jump on customize it building the internal throttle cable from the designs he posted I been wanting to do one of these for a while just haven't had the cash to buy one to copy . had a few hours at work to play on the lathe today so I thought id give it a go I just love when they pay me to make bike parts for myself . it sounds like custom is going to build a couple of these so I hope we can help each other along there are a few points im still not clear on like shouldn't there be a spring in there to return the plunger ? anyway I made all the main parts on the lathe that I could I still gotta cut the bevel in the slide and cut the slots on the mill I am unsure how to make the angle cut in the in the tube on page 11 . I should be able to get the bearings some time this week. I made everything to the size on the prints in mm and it was a pain in the ass I don't know mm im used to inch guess I should have paid attention in class when they were trying to teach this stuff oh well live and learn

http://boardtracker.blogspot.ca/2009/02 ... ottle.html

I would have to do it like this.No fancy tools.

Wow, you find ALL the good shit, how do you do that?

railroad bob wrote:Wow, you find ALL the good shit, how do you do that?

I searched the topic , it was in the first ten choices.

@curt, nice work, I think the link shows the spring you mentioned.

thanks that really helps seeing how to do the angle slot

Would you drill the pilot holes, and then clean up with a die grinder and file, etc.?

I was going to drill and clean up with a dremel too that stoped me for weeks too!

Thanks Kirmis for helping me on mine!

I ordered my bearings today and have my tube now!

You do not need the spring if you use and adjuster to take the slack out!

The harley one uses it thou to limit the amount of adjusting over time but do not have to have!

What bearings did you order i useing these?

http://www.mcmaster.com/#57155k375/=q50bru

I think no ring bearings the best?

there is skf part numbers on the drawings I was going to order those I have a bearing supplier at work that should be able to get them for me

I am only using the prints for refference for mine as a planning for enginneering them

I got 1 in dom tube for the inner part and the outer is 1 1/4 in dom tube no lathe turning on them both .120 wall.

Will leave me a 3/4 in inner piston.

My inner piston is going to be aluminum

im building the first one to the plans once I understand everything ill be easier to see how I need to modify it for my use . ill probly never use the first one for anything but refrence for me having one in hand is better than a blueprint I can see the changes in my head sometimes hard to spit em out but I get there

I understand and only by talking to people that have built them did i know that I could use .120 DOM tube for the inner and outer sleaves!

I got a month in talking and collecting prints and begging for insite on these!

Yours look great man!

Plus if i screw the slot up or decide to change its angle it is just another short piece of 1 1/4 tube to change it!

I like the idea of having a tube over the slotted tube I want to make a set for both sides so close to the regular bars it barely noticeable I want to run them with no grips just bare steel so it looks like just handlebars with nothing on em super clean . these will be for my old triumph project no front brake no turn signals no battery minimal wireing minimal everything should weigh less than 250 lbs when im done .

ya it will be clean my outer grip part will be bigger than the bars and turned like the reat of my parts in the same style but bigger than the handle bar tube!

I am going to make out of hex stock so ther willl be the hex to turn and hold the grips as i turn the baurs because of my goosneck being out so far!

If you made your hande bars 1 3/8 and the innere with a sleave 1 in tube you could run a outer slot tube 1 1/4 and have a grip of 1 3/8 and have no breaks in the bars like you want and make completly from dom tube stock?