The boxer

[cabbie]

Here's the project in pictures from day one to now, most of you have seen the build and heard all the bad things said about it from all the professional frame building experts (that have never built a bike!), well I have engineering qualification and am 100% confident in the frames integrity.
The whole exercise here was to see just how much a guy in a small garage could do with no more than hand tools, enjoy :)

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[cabbie]

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[cabbie]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M%20I%20900/002-47.jpg
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http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M%20I%20900/003-46.jpg

So this is where it's at now, to be continued :o

[ozzy1100]

as a gear head i love this shit and as a fiter machinest in a past life this extention of basic engering is so cool
what has been the prob the frame boys dont like, i would not have gone that way but cant see any reason it woudnt work ?

[pav69]

very nice cabbie love a complete build from scratch should be a sweet ride in the end

[RevHead]

i agree with Pav ,great lot of work ,great eye to detail,really looking forward to seeing it on youtube ,doing a bit of work on the road ,cheers

[mozza]

OMG that is fucking awesome !!! I am soooooooooooo jealous of your skills. Cant wait to see more.

[JDinOZ]

Wow man! Fucking awesome! teach me haha! Can't wait to see the finished result!

[Spanks]

Fuck yeah! Great work cabbie!

[Iceman]

I always like it when someone goes against the grain. I hope you prove them wrong.

[Azrael]

Nice work mate, fuck what others say, everytime i come on here lately theres more and more motivation to hit the shed.
Look forward to seeing where u go from here.

[wackyrider]

Been following you work on Streetfighters mag page on facebook.

It's a beautiful bike. The arm seems off a Aprilia Tuono, same as the wheels I woudl say. Engine, Fireblade I think.

[xa-mont]

wheels suspension and swinger are all from an RSVR

[BANDITROD]

sweet zombie dick thats fucking cool i love it

[HOOTZ]

unreal.........absolute magic bro.

[stiffsimon]

"The whole exercise here was to see just how much a guy in a small garage could do with no more than hand tools, enjoy :)"

Pah I can see right through you sir. A liar is what you are sir a dammed liar and I'm not fooled.

I see a lathe, a stand drill, a compressor and even a Clarkes parts washer. A fully equipped engineers workshop is what you have so your frame build , consequently has been easy :rolleyes:

Seriously though this is an incredible build and you are obviously a very skilled and determined individual and I look forward to the finished product. A big FUCK OFF to all the nay sayers too.

[TheRussian]

Awesome skills !!!

[Bob]

Thats cool, love your work.

[MattyDucati]

Keep us updated looks sweeet.

[nick76]

Love it.

[K6Thou]

Just like Jules I have been watching this bike grow on the Streetfighters FB page, you should be proud cabbie not many people could do what you have done...... Stand tall mate, well done.

[Gix11]

I don't know shit about frame building or frame integrity, but I do know about aesthetics, and fuck mate, you have that department fuckin' nailed! That is brilliant. Whereabouts in the UK are you?

[Redmohawk]

I Think it looks sexy , if we meet I'll be the one with a mohawk dry humping your leg.

[BANDITROD]

hahahahaha nice one Red

[Redmohawk]

you get your shitbox finished and an all ali one off frame I'll prob do your leg to big fella.

[geesexar]

yeah fuckin awesum cabbie...tell em all fuck

[fimpBIKES]

yeah! love how fake this picture looks, its a real credit to your skills
im hating the lack of technical stuff, there are more pictures somewhere i can look over on FB? anyone get a linky?

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M%20I%20900/004-32.jpg

[xa-mont]

customfighters has a lot more.

[Surt]

awsome ride mate and uve got big balls! what wall thickness is it? 2mm? build urself a decent frame jig hopefully its not the last frame uve built!

[cabbie]

It's 3mm thick wall box section



Didn't get much time to play tonight so made the bracket for the rear light
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/003-47.jpg

Got indicators fitted and will cut the slot in the tail for the bracket to be welded in.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/004-33.jpg

Also gave up on the alloy mudguard/fender, just too much work, used the standard one and cut it down
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/001-75.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/002-71.jpg

[Surt]

did u weigh the frame? would luv an idea on how much is it?

[cabbie]

I will weigh my frame and a standard blade frame when its done, still have some bracing to add.

[Surt]

would be awesome if u cut a standard one apieces and make pics, i luv cutting oem stuff for research purposes haha
btw why u didnt use a standard 1?

[cabbie]

btw why u didnt use a standard 1?

Cause it would be the same as all the other 1000's of fierblade streetfighters!!!!!!

This is a project to see if a streetfighter can be built from scratch with basic tools, it's not a project to fighter a standard blade!!

Here are the cross sections of the early blades
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/002-34.jpg

[Surt]

just to look different?
aint u copying a standard frame?
as for the basic tools the tig welder, lathe and many others r not
what ur tube size and grade mate?

[cabbie]

Scratch built frame not to look different but to BE different!

Yes I copied the geometry of a 94 blade as Honda has a multi million pound R&D dept. I don't so coping the frames
geometry means the bike should handle well!

Apart from welding the only tools I used on the frame were a 4" angle grinder and files.

Main box section is 2"x3", all the alloy is 6000 series.

[Surt]

if so ur frame prolly be heavier than the stock 1?

[JackTar]

That looks the business mate, thanks for the project pics.

Don't let Surt get to you he's a communist.

[Surt]

bwahaha i'll leave u cabbie in a better company with blowie then! 88!

[cabbie]

Got the bracket welded in and ground down
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/001-76.jpg

And rear lights fitted
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/002-72.jpg

Pleased with this :)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/003-48.jpg

[Nudie]

i'm in awe of your skills. I struggle to drill a round hole

[Surt]

i would make bigger triangular blinkers cabbie and me thinks that a home made 'new edge style' swnger would be a go as well comrade

[Gix11]

Slick mate, that inset brake light is the goods. Might have chosen squarer indicators myself, but fuck, that's about all I could do compared to what you have done so far, so I'll stick my opinion up my arse where it belongs.

[cabbie]

The indicators will vanish once the bike is painted! they just look "loud" against the alloy for now :o you'll see what I mean when it gets paint and finished

[cabbie]

me thinks that a home made 'new edge style' swnger would be a go as well comrade

Good idea mate, make me one please :)

[80s freak]

You suck Cabbie, that is awesome!

[cabbie]

Got the subframe cover finished :)

Added the 4 inner sections and sanded down
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/001-77.jpg

Fitted the front mounts with countersunk screws and recut the gaps to the tank, checked fit etc and all good
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/003-48.jpg

Bit of a polish and a few pix outside lol
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[Surt]

i could do it but i think u'd luv makin it urself comrade
btw the new edge aint my cuppa at all so im positive urs would fit much more to the bike concept
once again imfo the tiny blinkers and stop light r realy out of shape and size on that real section

good to see the spring has come to the blighty as well

[BANDITROD]

thats fucking awesome

[RevHead]

ive got to learn how to tig weld .

[nick76]

once again imfo the tiny blinkers and stop light r realy out of shape and size on that real section


Who cares about the fkn indicators.....look at the rest of the bike!! Fuckin Awesome!!
Fuck Cabbie left wherever (was it customfighters???) coz of opinionated people picking his work apart....he'll be leaving here aswell soon!!! lol

[RevHead]

The thing i love about the built ,Is, Ive got a motor and wiring il build everything else ,talented,we need to open our eyes and just enjoy the build and not why hes done this or done that,
how many tips or hints could we learn from looking ,asking and listening .

[latheboy]

Who cares about the fkn indicators.....look at the rest of the bike!! Fuckin Awesome!!
Fuck Cabbie left wherever (was it customfighters???) coz of opinionated people picking his work apart....he'll be leaving here aswell soon!!! lol

I like this build, but those indicators have gaids writen all over it and kills it for me.
But then it's his build not mine.
Opinions are what make this site great and they do help people with ideas.
Sometimes you can't see what's happening right or wrong (one tracked mind), until someone points it out that there are better options.

[Redmohawk]

Somewhere I read cabbie has plans that the indicators fit with , there not my cup of bonox at the moment but happy to wait and see what comes of it.

[cabbie]

Just like to clear up the customfighters forum thing.

Last year I built a H2 engined gsxr fighter, I was asked to show it at the ace cafe streetfighter show by streetfighter magazine, I told the organiser that the bike wasn't finished (as in not fired up and tested) he said no problem, well the bike won best in show and this upset a few people (due to it not being 100% finished IE no side stand and being taken there in a van) One member on CF that can't accept this is called "Mustapha Dump" he trashed my build thread over and over and the tread had to be cleaned several times!, I asked admin and mods to kindly stop him posting in the tread but they ignored my request so I gave up and stopped updating the build, no doubt he will join here soon enough and start trashing this thread too.

As for the indicators am happy to hear any opinions, as I scratch built a bike with only an angle grinder and the only part questioned is a set of indicators I'm very pleased :D once the bike is finished the indicators will not be noticed! keep watching.

[K6Thou]

I think Musthapha Dump is already here, different user name though.. I could be and probably am wrong......

Loving this thing mate keep up the great work.

[cabbie]

I think Musthapha Dump is already here, different user name though.. I could be and probably am wrong......


Wouldn't surprise me, he seems to be on most forums telling everyone what they are doing wrong and how he would do their builds better.

Funny thing is he has NEVER posted a build thread or even a single post showing a bit of fabrication ;) the word Troll comes to mind!

[RevHead]

do you think this could be him as hes given Ben shit for nothing{ Harks}

[Surt]

not sure whos the musthapha i said i luv the bike cept that the design aint my cuppa, but imfo every detail must match mustnt it? so if the bike is made in the edged style, all the details should be edged or angular, but thats just my bloody opinion
my bits of fabrication r all here

[latheboy]

He is here and it's not Harks...

You should be proud of your bike, i love seeing what people can do with their hands, even though your not just using hand tools like you say.

When i look at the profile of the bike i always think the lines don't mate right.
Like the top of the tank and ductail line, also the rear of the tank is a bit pointy for me.
Having said that i can see the amount of work that's gone into making each part and your fab skills are good.

You said your an Engineer, have you done stress calcs on the frame?
I wish it was as easy in Oz as UK to just build a one off frame.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/004-32.jpg

[Bladebird]

your garage workshop is getting really messy Cabbie!!!! :D

[Chase]

Mate I love it! It looks like you dropped it straight out of auto cad onto the street, also has a retro kinda computer generation feel to it - bit Tron esk.

[cabbie]

Got the front tank mount made and fitted ready for welding
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/007-8.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/002-74.jpg

And started the speedo housing, I didn't want the speedo on the bars and fitting it into the tank has been done to death so thought a little bolt on unit would be different

Unit base sections cut and welded and started sanding
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/001-78.jpg

All sanded
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/003-50.jpg

Mounting lugs made
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/004-35.jpg

Tank drilled and lugs fitted (welding in place tomorrow)
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/005-24.jpg

Base of unit fitted.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/006-13.jpg

[ozzy1100]

i really like the clean detail of yr look mate
little things like yr choose of fixtures rubbers and washers
this by its self dont mean shit but you have a nice ballance and simitree with yr lines and concept
as a result the thing i really look for in bikes i like is flow and yrs has a great flow from concept, disign and exiqution
a few things i would do diff but that is just a personal thing but like si sated yr grasp of visual effect is surperb.

[Bob]

Looking smick mate.

[dogmeatk]

Yo Cabbie!! I joined up this place just to find you and tell you this ... Looking forward to some more retarded awesome updates! I love the build. I think I tried to tell you that many times before .. but they either failed to post successfully or someone deleted them ... ??

Anyway, some people have been giving you shit for building "van queens" .. but I just want to tell you that I deeply respect you for following your own path despite the detractors. I have recently come to realize that I like building far more than actually riding. Some people enjoy consuming and some enjoy producing. Keep it up http://www.customfighters.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif

[cabbie]

Yo Dog, welcome in :cool:

Started the tricky job of making the speedo housing, this might take a while lol
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[BANDITROD]

looking good cabbie

[Gix11]

Interesting idea mate. Keen to see what you do with the cable and also how it looks in place on the bike.

[cabbie]

Wires will go though the tank, I'll weld a piece of 25mm tube in place.

Heres the speedo housing, will get it welded up tomorrow, still more to do.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/001-80.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/002-76.jpg

[BANDITROD]

thats looking good mate

[HellRaiser]

thanks Cabbie, all our bikes look shittier after that.

are you still posting this on CF or you had enough of twats telling shit about your project ?

can't wait to see it going !

[cabbie]

No I'm finished on CF but some keep cutting and pasting updates from here! as long as I don't have to see the stupid replies who gives a shit lol

[HellRaiser]

Mate I have followed some of your builds, and you are really gifted.

havent been on CF latelly to many dick heads on there ATM

so you have finished the bike, and it is running ???

[nemo]

thats me mate cuting and pasting onto cf, though i dont know why i bother i seem to have stirred up more shit for you...
reckon ill be just on ere for now on..

[fredycruger]

joined ASF to see your bike progress

looking really good

[cabbie]

thats me mate cuting and pasting onto cf, though i dont know why i bother i seem to have stirred up more shit for you...
reckon ill be just on ere for now on..

Keep cuttung and pasting for the guys that want to see it finished mate, I don't care at all :D

[cabbie]

Speedo housing welded
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M%20I%20900/001-81.jpg

And sanded
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M%20I%20900/002-77.jpg

Few pix for those that want to see it on the bike
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M%20I%20900/003-52.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M%20I%20900/004-36.jpg
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http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M%20I%20900/006-14.jpg

[pav69]

looks the goods something different and suits the bike keeps the bars clean ,i just want to see paint now coming together very nice.

[RevHead]

looks the goods something different and suits the bike keeps the bars clean ,i just want to see paint now coming together very nice.

i agree with Steve , bring out the spray gun .
if the work to date is anything to go by,the paint work will be great ,looking forward to seeing it.

[xa-mont]

i like the speedo housing for its individual look (both its individuality and the look of it on it's own), but im not sure it fits in with the lines of the bike.

[cabbie]

You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people all of the time lol lol


Started making the bars.

Cut up for welding
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/001-82.jpg

Welded
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/002-78.jpg

Sanded
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/003-53.jpg

Fitted, I'll make plastic plugs for the holes and the small front section needs welding on.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/004-37.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/005-26.jpg

[Dynomutt]

Just like to clear up the customfighters forum thing.

Last year I built a H2 engined gsxr fighter, I was asked to show it at the ace cafe streetfighter show by streetfighter magazine, I told the organiser that the bike wasn't finished (as in not fired up and tested) he said no problem, well the bike won best in show and this upset a few people (due to it not being 100% finished IE no side stand and being taken there in a van) One member on CF that can't accept this is called "Mustapha Dump" he trashed my build thread over and over and the tread had to be cleaned several times!, I asked admin and mods to kindly stop him posting in the tread but they ignored my request so I gave up and stopped updating the build, no doubt he will join here soon enough and start trashing this thread too.

As for the indicators am happy to hear any opinions, as I scratch built a bike with only an angle grinder and the only part questioned is a set of indicators I'm very pleased :D once the bike is finished the indicators will not be noticed! keep watching.

Just to clear up a point or two here, the H2 had nothing to do with the original argument. Although my feelings about lack of lighting and unfinished look of it and the obviously faked Ohlins forks spoiling what would otherwise be a nice bike are well known. But that had nothing to do with the original reason for you getting pissy with everyone over this build.

You posted this particular build thread on a newly started small UK forum, where myself and a few other extremely experienced guys including Exmoor customs Rob questioned both the wisdom of you using a large thin walled open box section, and the method of cutting an notching the said material rather than rolling it.
You then threw your toys out of the pram and started blathering on about "having had enough of all these engineers" before flouncing off and then slagging off the forum and its membership on the Streetfighters mag FB page, stating how we should have been grateful to have someone of your calibre generously posting his work there for us to admire.
You've done pretty much the same on several other forums where people have not immediately kissed your arse and lavished praise upon you.
I again questioned the wisdom of using a pair of M10 engine bolts with an M6 cut thread to hold your motor, and their ability to withstand the required tightening torque when installed as did others, as well as questioning the amount of money you had paid for the turbo install. I also commented on the 30+ feet of welding in the frame, and its effect on headstock alignment during welding.
As for your constant assertions about building this with nothing more than an angle grinder, anyone can build a bike with an angle grinder, and a professional welder, a professional CNC machinist, A professional engine builder, etc.
Exmoor Rob did post a long list of forums where you posted this build and received similar less than complimentary feedback about the points raised earlier, resulting in you spitting your dummy out and flouncing off in a hissy fit, but I can't find it on my computer, it does however make interesting reading, and just how many others have a similar high opinion of you.
Hopefully if you do attend Brent Cross this year you might actually ride the thing there being as you live less than 20 miles away. The bikes I had there last year were all ridden over 150 miles to get there, as will they all be ridden there again this year. It doesn't matter how pretty it looks if it can't be ridden it ain't really a bike, it's an ornament.

[cabbie]

Toys are still in my pram, see ya at Brent Cross, my bike will be the one without a side stand and taken in a van ;)

[dogmeatk]

You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people all of the time lol lol


That's exactly it!

I don't care if it's a "bike" or a fucking Christmas tree ornament. I admire the work you are doing .. I love those bars! I am truly jealous of your weld penetration .. you have that down to a science! I need to work on my aluminum welding .. its incredibly hard to get full penetration like that on stainless without flux :(

[cabbie]

I'm not doing the welding Dog, I have a guy 5 mins up the road and hes a fucking legend with a TIG :o

Anyway my bike is going to fall apart above 30 MPH or so I've been told by the forum Gods so I best take it everywhere in a van, don't want to hurt myself :D I can't believe how much shit can happen when you just want to build a bike for fun! sad really lol

[nemo]

Ask Dogmeatk what he build his bars from :D:rolleyes:
This is excellent, i didnt see the gauge housing working before, but seems to fit well with the new bars!
Top shit Mutley/Cabbie/Van-Queen

[Tony Nitrous]

Very interesting build and really looks the part.
Not seen it anywhere else, certainly has a "WOW!" factor.
I can see why its so popular with a lot of folk
and i'd expect it to do well with the show's and mags.

I dont understand anything about the engineering side,
whats safe, what isnt, I wouldnt have a clue, but there's
a few folk on here, Exben, MotoMax, Yantosh and Dynomutt
who id be taking seriously if they commented on anything of mine.
...but thats just dumb arse me.

Hope it all works out well Cabbie.

[Bladebird]

Ask Dogmeatk what he build his bars from :D:rolleyes:
This is excellent, i didnt see the gauge housing working before, but seems to fit well with the new bars!
Top shit Mutley/Cabbie/Van-Queen

Van Queen lol lol lol lol ;)

[cabbie]

This thread is going the same way as CF so I'll stop now, will post up a few pix once finished.

[RevHead]

look dont reply to them ,look mate theyve got there way to do things and youve got yours ,show us the piccis and ignore the nay Sayers, its about the bike ,and if it rides and handles and runs fine ,i say good work to you ,keep it up.

[Bladebird]

look dont reply to them ,look mate theyve got there way to do things and youve got yours ,show us the piccis and ignore the nay Sayers, its about the bike ,and if it rides and handles and runs fine ,i say good work to you ,keep it up.

what he said :p

[Flerbizky]

look dont reply to them ,look mate theyve got there way to do things and youve got yours ,show us the piccis and ignore the nay Sayers, its about the bike ,and if it rides and handles and runs fine ,i say good work to you ,keep it up.


what he said :p

What they said!.

[ozzy1100]

mate i dont think that it will go the way it did else where in here
if people have their say in the right way we tend to just let it flow
but if peope just turn up to have a cheep shot they get told to get fucked and if they dont pull their head in im shore that things will get looked after
if u only want to hear how good u are then maybe u just keep going to new places
but i think it would be our loss and honestly yrs as well
this place has a top amount of blokes and a more than a few top chicks in here and the amount of internet heros(in joke btw) are small
i have read the cf shit and have found that there was a huge amount of just cock head behaver but a few had vad things to be said, but i realise there is a whole back story on both sides so ill keep my opp to myself as that is just what it is.
i think just hang around and see where things even out to im shore you will find things have a way of doing that around here.
i belive in rideing bikes that are build but have a love of the ones that dont, i feel that there is a place for both and that it is a very boreing world if you build all the same. at the end of the day even if yr bike turns out to ride like a bucket of shit you still have made the impression it looks like you would like to make, yr call

[Aido]

Theres something not quite right in that second photo.
Looks like that tin would be more at home in Larges' masterbatorium. 10L of industrial strength lubricant.

You can please some of the people some of the time but you can't please all the people all of the time lol lol


Started making the bars.

Cut up for welding.

Welded
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/002-78.jpg

Sanded
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/003-53.jpg

Fitted, I'll make plastic plugs for the holes and the small front section needs welding on.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/004-37.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y254/cabbie1/M I 900/005-26.jpg

[dogmeatk]

Yo cab. Dont leave again! I want the updates! Maybe you could start an email list and send out updates to avoid the trolls/safety nazis? Then you wouldnt have to fuss with uploading to a 3rd party site.

[Hillsy]

Yeah cabbie - keep posting up the progress pics.

We're mainly Aussies on this forum - you can tell us to fuck off anytime and we won't care as long as there's pics to look at ;)

[nick76]

This thread is going the same way as CF so I'll stop now, will post up a few pix once finished.

Keep up with it Cabbie.
Who cares what all these apparent experts have to say,until they actually go and build what they preach about,they've got nothing but words,and their own self importance,and you'll have a pretty schmick lookin bike!!
Alot of the negative blokes,which luckily is the minority around here,will eventually get shot down in pieces by the majority of decent blokes that like to see progress on a pretty cool build,like this.

[BANDITROD]

How the fuck do they know it wont work it looks sturdy to me .....i cant see how the bike would ever be put under enough stress for it to be a prob ....keep going with the updates mate ....fuck the trolls

[HellRaiser]

For fuck sakes, build it and show it how you are doing it, if is safe or not it is up to cabbie to decide, or if he wants to haul the bike around in a Van with "free lollipop" spray painted on the side it is up to him. or just have a bike sitting inside the house just to have a beer and look at it, IMO it looks great well done and keep it up.

I would love to be able to do that ....

I mean have a beer and a bike I fully build sitting pretty NOT the Van thing !