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custom push chop · Senior Member

Liams bobb/chop/bopp project (bike)

custom push chop · Senior Member

lights?

I has them biggrin

you may also notice that the front mudguard is gone smile

finally work on the hard tail.

first job was to swap the swing arm with the one off the sr250.

then cut it and extend it by 7 inches.

then brace it and tack the top bars into place.

then bend and tack the lower beams of the hardtail and remove the remains of the swing arm. then weld fully (after checking that everything that was inline, level and straight.)

then dump everything back on so you can begin to see the scale of things.. biggrin

made all the bracing for the back. :)

then my dad thought it'd be funny to nick my camera and take photos of me..

think I'm gonna end up using pistons out of the old pop engine as brake/ tail lights and indicators (both incorporated in one)

I likeee itt biggrin

the seat.. sprung by 2 leafs out of the front spring of the pop. held it just right, and is nice and is just right for the job :D the front of the springs are set into the front bar to hold it a bit more secure. will be making a clamp to hold the back of it next week when I get some aluminum biggrin

my dad likes to take photos of me making sparks. lol.

then I got it out of the jig and outside smile

cut. tack. weld. cut. tack. weld. cut. tack. weld.

custom push chop · Senior Member

using a different tank now.. just 'cause it its the bike better in my opinion. smile

How sexy is that?? I'm well happy biggrin

its nice to have the garage back. lol

rear mudguard

take a normal trailer mudguard... cut slices into the sides so you can fold it together to get it to the right radius for the wheel...

tack together and cut a lump off the end.

then cut 1.5 inches out the middle to narrow it.

weld up and grind down...

picture of the whole bike...

and my latest photo shopping (at the time), which its looking like it will be the finished product.

I now have the bike up and running again... smile

but there's a difference.. I now have the 250 exhaust manifold on it... boy does it sound better!
there is a restriction in the pipe taking the diameter of the internal pipe down to what it is on the original 125 manifold. so no loss of back pressure there biggrin

and the addition of a cherry bomb (originally got for the pop but its now been donated to the bike fund.. by myself.) that slots onto the exhaust exactly right.. makes it sound perfect. thought it may be a little loud.. so I might be making some mini baffles to go inside the exhaust just to quiet it down a little (it will be ridden around a cop infested town for the majority of its life... and I don't fancy a £30 fine for what could be a few mins cutting and welding. smile

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also I de-seamed the tank.. just for a cleaner look... that took ages. and in the process made a new rear mound for the back half of it..just trying to work out where to put the front ones..

on to the pics!

and now.. I need your help.
colour choice for rims... smile

black....

or chrome?? (you may also spot the tops of the forks are also black/ chrome.. this will depend on the rim colour in the future. :) )

thats all for today.. the exhaust will be messed around with soon. as well as more brackets to hold things like the cdi, horn, rectifier, flasher relay.. etc etc.... this will be fun...

more as it happens people..
-Liam

Speed monkey · Veteran Member

Liam, that looks the nuts! far better than i thought it would be.
I think you should do it flat black, cream wheels with the Jack daniels label sprayed in cream onto the tank and 'Old number 7' written on it somewhere.
If you dont like the sound of that but need any graphics / stickers for it, dont forget my offer on britchopper. I'll do them for nothing for yu!

Speed monkey · Veteran Member

Or you could do it in an old BSa colour, like green and cream or burgundy and cream, but looking like you've just dragged it out of a shed after years and stick a couple of 'modified' BSA stickers on the tank!

custom push chop · Senior Member

taa for the offers again Mitch. its really appreciated.. though the paint ideas you see above are just temporary.. so i can get used to riding the bike. (never ridden a geared bike before. and it'll easily have twice the power of my 50cc moped! so a bit worried that im gonna fall and mess up the paint work.. so it will remain black untill a rebuild later in life when i will also "play" with the engine... wink

should be driving by then so no loss on transport smile

i think ive finished my second photoshopping.. maybe... will post up at some stage with progress photos. smile

-- Edited by custom push chop on Monday 3rd of August 2009 11:46:27 PM

Cudley · V8 Duds

nice bike Chop,im not a bike person but i like your stlyle.

custom push chop · Senior Member

okay. there is an update to this, only a small ish one, but its one none the less.

But.. im not going to say what i did until tomorrow, when i'll add what i'll hopefully of completed.

i shall leave a couple pics and you guys can have a go at guessing whats been done if your bored...

-Liam

Cudley · V8 Duds

wheres the battery gone?

custom push chop · Senior Member

Cudley wrote:

wheres the battery gone?

its never had a battery wink

here are pics of what ive been up to..:

chain

paint

played with the tank

tidied wiring a little..

fitted the air filter

and started playing with the battery box... :)

and done more grinding today... and more tidying of wires.. onto lights soon :)

but heres how it stands at the moment.. :

more tomorrow.. i hope..

Cudley · V8 Duds

my excuse im not a bike guy lol. looking goood.

custom push chop · Senior Member

okay. for the past week or 2, ive been maniacally working on it, making it look like this:

i was getting it ready for the NASC street rod nationals.where i gave it a shakedown run. found a few faults.. when i got back (after catching up on some much needed sleep) i went up to the garage to see the extent of damage.

after having a huge petrol leak, the petrol took a disliking to the paint on the frame..;

the chain rattles around a little too much for my liking, its attacking the battery box hinge and the frame. but a tensioner or two should sort that :)

i got a good 8.5 miles done before getting moaned at though :)

also the wiring needs looking at, need to move a wire... then all should be well :)

Bitzer · Veteran Member

Good to see it running around at the NATs biggrin

Well done.

custom push chop · Senior Member

Bitzer wrote:

Good to see it running around at the NATs
Well done.

It felt good riding it round at the NATs biggrin

glad some one other that Fi noticed biggrin

giggles · Guru

Bitzer is my brtoher-in-law.

custom push chop · Senior Member

giggles wrote:

Bitzer is my brtoher-in-law.

Ah... then it makes more sense. haha.

and already counting down the the nats? seeing that amount of time (11 months, 20ish days and however many hours) just make it feel further away.. hmm

Not that long though biggrin

giggles · Guru

Did you see his chopper? (Ooo er mrs)

custom push chop · Senior Member

well im gonna guess that this is the guy i stood and spoke to next to street addict? if so.. then indeed i did. smile

giggles · Guru

That's him, he camped next to us. If he sees this thread he may well fill you in on the history of his bike, which he bought as box of bits a few years back.

custom push chop · Senior Member

almost done, on the fabrication side of things...

only things left to make are a rear light + plate mount and to make a proper front tank mount, rather than a piece of foam.

then its all down to filler, paint and paper work.

all rather exiting. got our own show to do this weekend, so i've tidied it up again so it looks pretty good..

little bit low?

tis all for now wink

-Liam

custom push chop · Senior Member

i have an L plate...(made by hand.. )

and i have an exhaust with baffles(currently using 1st and second baffles together but making a new one smile

)...

L plate and number plate and light all done and on the bike (yet i need to take the brackets off and paint them.. but that wont take long smile

for the curios amongst you...
this is what it sounds like... (for now.... smile

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O62vAI6SRFw

okay, so it was my birthday monday. so i got money.. used this money to get all my bulbs + things that i need, and battery and more black paint..
i also got bought indicators too :).. so i was pretty set...im still not quite done, but shouldnt be too much longer.. :)

i took apart the rev counter as it didnt seem to work.. and i ended up making it work, but it was ever so slow to react.. so i've dropped it.. will be making a new bracket for the speedo today..

this is what its going to look like (something like it) when its done :)

really military-ey, awaiting the orange..

finished up and sprayed my speedo / light bracket..

got the rear indicator brackets made, and welded on, and painted..

indicators in position, and painted back wheel... looks sweeet biggrin

gauge /lights in place on bracket..

over all..

re assemble everything painted tomorrow smile

looking forward to it!

-Liam

custom push chop · Senior Member

-Liam

Speed monkey · Veteran Member

That looks great Liam, bet the bloke who gave it to you is well chuffed with whats been done.
Well done!

mandi · Senior Member

well done, love it. aint you clever.

custom push chop · Senior Member

just a couple pics to show i aint been draging my feet too much.. ;)

got sent this pic, from the end of august, proof that it moves :)

i tried straight bars, but they didn't work..

it was far too cramped where the wires and cables tried to do through (only had a small amount of the tube laying around)

so i cut it up, and made these out of it:

still need a bit of work, but its getting there :)

(the clutch lever has been replaced again now :) )

the main reason for no updates is because of college, and the wirings gone t*ts up again. and to take a picture of the wires, well that wouldn't be interesting.. lol

more as it happens...
-Liam

custom push chop · Senior Member

seems to of been a while since i updated!
this vid should bring everything back up to date :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gjh-36wTHU
-Liam

custom push chop · Senior Member

okay then.. few of the arty shots..

hope you like smile

Matt · Senior Member

Looks great mate! smile

custom push chop · Senior Member

well, unfortunately, the old engine gave way (electronic fault) last monday, on my way to college, which then caused me to break, fairly sharp.. kinda. and on an un-gritted road.. you can imagine what happened..(i went down). pushed it home, and then looked at it.. the splines on the gear linkage were shaved off. and thats pretty much the only damage from the fall, must of built it fairly well then.. :D .

so on to the update..

new engine.. chinese 4 valve.. out of a daelim vs 125 evolution (top speed is aparently 63 as standard.. but that'll be a little bit higher soon ;) )

sitting in the frame, rear mounts made.. part of the way through the front one,

then, once fully mounted.. the first fire up took place. after, alot of kicking over the kick start, and a few turns, it started up perfect. :) (idle mixtures are out)

now i get to use the rear lights i was given,

and thats it for now.. the frame is painted as of tonight.. reassembly and exhaust modifying will take place tomorrow evening.. might even get this thing on the road again.. :D

cheers,
-Liam