The rat ride (polishing a turd)

[Bear]

Az, just some constructive critic - I reckon the shifter would look better if the top arc/handle followed the backbone of the frame ie. turn it round the other way.
Good progress though.

[Gix11]

Mental and awesomeness all rolled into one rad sandwich.

[el sammo]

cool as hell!! love the shifter

[GammaBoy]

Any updates?

[rock hard]

Hey Tommo,youll be the only bloke in the world that can ride this bike and get respect.no one else can hope to achieve that mate...mozz p.s. ive just come home from a day at the wine and food festival, my misses brought me home early b 4 i got lippy and shirtless..ha ha

[wackyrider]

Looking sick mate

[CBRRRT]

X2^^^^^^

Over all its not really my thing, but that said Tom, you are one clever guy with some superb fabrication skills, and for that reason I have total respect and admiration for you and your bike mate.

Oh, and when you gonna get stuck back into your gixa, now that does make me moist!

Now, come clean, you are really Joe Martin, aint ya!!!???

[Rocket]

Looking the goods Tom !
I used to run a suicide clutch and jockey shift on my last softail.
It was cool as fuck, but after riding for about two hours, it would just shit me.
I changed it back to normal shift once but ended up going back to the jockey shift, it was just too cool not to have it.

[Azrael]

quote:Originally posted by rock hard

Hey Tommo,youll be the only bloke in the world that can ride this bike and get respect.no one else can hope to achieve that mate...mozz p.s. ive just come home from a day at the wine and food festival, my misses brought me home early b 4 i got lippy and shirtless..ha ha


Oh god help the food and wine fest[:0]

Cheers moz, I cant wait to take this thing out and blast around on it, should turna few heads but more importantly make me grinlike and idiot:D well till i get caught and arrested haha


quote:Originally posted by CBRRRT

X2^^^^^^

Over all its not really my thing, but that said Tom, you are one clever guy with some superb fabrication skills, and for that reason I have total respect and admiration for you and your bike mate.

Oh, and when you gonna get stuck back into your gixa, now that does make me moist!

Now, come clean, you are really Joe Martin, aint ya!!!???



Cheers Jon, i actually googled Joe martin, still rekon im better lookin[8D]


Cheers for the praise lads, i have done a bit more on this (made the seat pan etc) so ill post up some updates in the coming days.
Only got to finish the suicide clutch (and yeh rocket, im doing it cos its cool and angry hehe), make a filler cap for the tank, remake the bars, fit the loudest pipes in history, make a tail light, build the wiring harness and throw some paint at it! easy hey!

[rock hard]

Awesome Tom,years ago i made a 2 into one for an xv sounded PHAT

[Azrael]

Quick update, Im off to find some HD foam for this seat pan and hopefully a piece of leather i can carve a design into to cover it..

Never made a seat before but i seen it on the telly so stay tuned for a first class balls up!

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1249592391.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1249566045.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1249605402.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1249616757.jpg

[Gix11]

You've seen Ben's How to yea Tom? : http://www.streetfighters.com.au/ASF_HT_seat.asp

[Azrael]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

You've seen Ben's How to yea Tom? : http://www.streetfighters.com.au/ASF_HT_seat.asp


Cheers Si, and Ben for writing that, ill try not to fuck it up haha!

[Neo Dutch]

A common mistake with these so-called suicide shifters is there is enough inertia in the apparatus that it can cause unwanted gear changes if the bike hits a pot hole or similar.

[Azrael]

quote:Originally posted by Neo Dutch

A common mistake with these so-called suicide shifters is there is enough inertia in the apparatus that it can cause unwanted gear changes if the bike hits a pot hole or similar.


That was my only concern when doing this, strangely enough though the resistance in gear shaft is enough to hold it no matter how abrupty ive imitated road bumps. I am however redoing the pivot point bush and thinking about putting springs on either side, failing that, ho cares, its a suicide shift (or jockey shift or whatever people want to call it) for a reason..[8D]

[dingo]

ive been quietly following , and im still speachles , pure fukn awsomeness springs to mind though :D

[GammaBoy]

Any updates?

[Azrael]

Ok, brief update, last week whilst filling in time between fucking about and doing very little, i stuck some foam onto my seat pan with contact adhesive. It looks pretty fucken bad but it gets marginally better.. It started like this..

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1253100163.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1253118721.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1253152924.jpg


Then i shaved it back to a basic shape like this..

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1253176515.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1253134431.jpg


Then i beat it up a bit with a flap disk to get here..

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1253121647.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1253111330.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1253128319.jpg


Looks ok on the bike and is kinda the line i was looking for so all i have to do is clean it up with a sander and pick up my leather for the cover and carve my design into it then put it all together.. easy eh..

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1253098380.jpg

[Harry]

geez mate ya got some good metal work'in skill's...scoot's look'in good [}:)]

[customfighterer]

i never thought i'd say this....but i'm really liking your virago project! LOL

[Azrael]

Finally got to sit down last night and fuck about with the seat leather.
My mum send me some 20yr old wood carving tools she had lying around (she's a proper artist) so i had a crack at it and so far heres where im at..

The concentration level was doing my head in a bit, its so easy to fuck it up, massive props for anyone who does this for a job, it takes massive patience and a soft touch neither of which are my strong points..

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1256826294.jpg

[thepj]

that looks nuts

[ShedBoy]

[^] mate if that is your first go at carving some cow well done. That should look the goods[8D]. Props to doing a different bike aswell, i built a GPZ chopper which used to get more looks than the die punched harleys at the shows I used to take it to.:D

[Watto]

nice work Tom - good to see got plenty of patience - for the time being at least ;):D

[con]

That is awesome, I'm about to swap a GSXR750 front end into my virago. My build is more street fighter style.

[Large]

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1258590602.jpg


:D

[Ansen]

like

[Azrael]

Fark, i gotta get back to that seat, might do it today, its pissing down rain and i have no other work..

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

Loving this thread Tom. Get a shift on tho, I'm hanging for your next post !

[Azrael]

Sooo, this is how my pissed meanderings with wood tools turned out..
Its not great, and the design is a bit cheesy (blame alcohol and impatience) because i couldn't find the paterns i wanted while googling filigree. Oh well, next time.. this'll have to do for the rat ride..

http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1263999893.jpg

[OLD SKOOL BANDIT]

Looks great to me. Script is a bit hard to read tho. I blame Jacktar ! Top work mate.

[Chase]

Mate that look great!

[Azrael]

This old build is finally getting some attention, the seat is done and its going on the stand to get a wiring harness and start the pipes this afternoon..


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1289601313.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1289547858.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1289562005.jpg


http://www.asfphotos.com/upload/1289564612.jpg

[crazymofo]

nice!!! giddy up. looking forward to seeing this one finish!

cheers.joe.

[Gix11]

Is that 4x12 cab in your bedroom!?

[Azrael]

quote:Originally posted by Gix11

Is that 4x12 cab in your bedroom!?


Its in the room adjoining, but we're gonna knock the wall out so it is in the bedroom haha. Tan got me a BC Rich Kerry King V for my birthday to blast the neighbors with reign in blood, yep, shes a keeper!

[Gix11]

Now that is cool.

[chopiesel]

thats sick

[ALBI]

dont know about the virago motor but i dont mind what ur doing !different like the tank to!!

[Harry]

what ever happened to this build [?], it was looking pretty interesting

[Azrael]

quote:Originally posted by Harry

what ever happened to this build [?], it was looking pretty interesting


Its up on the bench getting wires run thru it, then pipes and cables, then skids.
Well theres a bit more to finish than that but its getting there slowly.. I think ill make my slogan "We may be slow, but by god we're rough".