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It's Italian And Ends In Ti

Discussion in 'Builds & Projects' started by Crossbreed Cycles, Aug 29, 2014.

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  1. I'll probably use 2" CDS 12swg tube. T45 is rather expensive.
    I've starting designing a new frame using 2" and it doesn't look too fat against the large engine, I can also get over a gallon of fuel in the frame.
     
    #41 Crossbreed Cycles, Sep 10, 2014
  2. Depends where you buy it I guess - I've seen massive differences in prices. Also you can probably go 1 gauge thinner in T45 too.
    Just for reference I paid £12.50 a metre for 1.250" x 14SWG - out of interest how does that compare?
     
    #42 Exige, Sep 10, 2014
  3. That's a good price and not much more than CDS, where are you getting the tube from?
    If I use a large diameter I can use a lighter gauge and braze.
     
    #43 Crossbreed Cycles, Sep 10, 2014
  4. Thought that might be the case ;)
    Bought mine from Aerocom Metals Limited (June this year so recent prices) - Coventry Tel 02476 645551
     
    #44 Exige, Sep 10, 2014
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  5. Still not sure what direction to take this project...this morning I'm thinking vintage salt flat bike.

    Getting the flat pieces of the swingarm mount laser cut for £40, I'll just need to machine the rounds, assemble and weld

    Only virtual parts for the time being, hopefully swarf and sparks soon

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    #45 Crossbreed Cycles, Sep 20, 2014
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  6. A vintage salt flat bike sounds about as impractical and pointless as a bike can get. After all the effort of building a ground-up engine, at least glue a bike around it that's useable. Please.
     
    #46 figaro, Sep 20, 2014
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  7. Nooooooo! Make it outrageous, it'll never be a real work usable bike in the normal sense, so go mental on it :)
     
    #47 nuttynick, Sep 20, 2014
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  8. I'm inclined to agree.

    I feel the engine is so beautiful, it would be shown off more in a drag bike, slung low in a twin backbone fuel filled frame with double monza caps.....plus all the road paraphernalia is boring to fit, time consuming and detracting.
     
    #48 Crossbreed Cycles, Sep 20, 2014
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  9. Mr Millyard's outrageous creations are real world usable, more or less. That one of the attractive things about them.
     
    #49 Pete1950, Sep 20, 2014
  10. Daytime MOT. No lights etc to worry about.
     
    #50 Duke of Stow, Sep 20, 2014
  11. I just want to see this thing on the streets, being ridden and enjoyed. Otherwise all that work will have gone to waste.
     
    #51 figaro, Sep 20, 2014
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  12. Deffo want tro see more of this.
     
    #52 keith916, Sep 21, 2014
  13. It's big and clever, hopefully won't turn out to be a carbuncle :Wideyed:
     
    #53 Exige, Sep 21, 2014
  14. tbh i reckon this would be good in a reverse trike myself(2 front,1 rear),then can used on road quite easily without the worry of handling/wheels sizes etc.
     
    #54 gregotch, Sep 21, 2014
  15. No :Bag:
     
    #55 Exige, Sep 21, 2014
  16. :Hilarious:;)
     
    #56 gregotch, Sep 21, 2014
  17. Just make a motorbike. But don't make it so extreme as to be unrideable.
     
    #57 figaro, Sep 21, 2014
  18. My mate has been twisting my arm for my spare engine, to build a trike.
     
    #58 Crossbreed Cycles, Sep 22, 2014
  19. I'm sure I'll keep changing my mind, I just hope I can get it finished while we still have fossil fuels.
     
    #59 Crossbreed Cycles, Sep 22, 2014
  20. I know what you mean, that is exactly what my project is racing against too :Happy:
     
    #60 Exige, Sep 22, 2014
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