Choppers Australia

Good news is that this repair worked, and the drum and sprocket are spinning as straight and true as the rim.

You can see it here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/rRogD9AD2y0

Time to get this thing mounted once and for all

I've skimmed a couple of wheel flanges (with rim and tyre) on my milling machine. You are more likely to find an engineering shop with a big enough mill than a big enough lathe. Yep, just got the wheel back from Alliance Rim Repairs with the drum mounting face on the hub skimmed. Looks pretty good ...

Unfortunately I won't know the space between the girder legs until it's rebuilt. But at least I've got something to throw in there now for *#@** and giggles as a starting point. I'll take the rear wheel to an automotive wheel/rim repair business that also fixes Harley rims tomorrow and see if they c...

This week I've had a bit of a win and a bit of a kick in the face with wheels. I've been lucky enough to have a front wheel donated to the project for FREE, with a friend giving me a narrow glide Sportster front wheel to try out. Yes is needs new bearings, disk, spokes and outer rim, and the hub cou...

Yeah Tom's thinking to improve the design by locking the spindles so only the bush area moves and wears, which as Prof has said is how it was done on old British bikes and old Indians. At the moment the P&P is a very crude design, and by having the spindles able to move, you could eventually wear ou...

Well while the rear wheel issues are being sorted out, Tom is pushing ahead with rebuilding the girder front end with plans for improving the fork pivoting assembly. https://image.ibb.co/i7GqFU/SSC_image03.jpg https://image.ibb.co/mDDFh9/SSC_image01.jpg https://image.ibb.co/mrre9p/SSC_image02.jpg

Love watching your work. Taking an idea and making it happen.

Bravo!

Well the first little snag has been found. Tom was aligning the rear wheel in the frame yesterday and making up the spacers, and had it to the point where he was happy. He then gave the rear wheel a bit of a spin and the wheel was tracking true, but the drum brake wasn't and appeared to be wobbling ...

Wow you've definitely got the skills to match your good eye for style

No we haven't thought about the rake and stretch required for this front end yet. We'll get it sitting on the ground and rolling first, then we'll be able to take 100% accurate measurements of what we have, and then determine what we think we need to do. Then I can start to talking to an Engineer...

We have some progress! Tom Sharman at Sideshow Cycles is transforming my pile of parts into a roller at the moment, and it's looking real slick so far. We can see a fair few repairs the front loop will need going forward, but some of those issues might disappear if we get the go ahead to chop and st...

A T150 Chopper, that's different!

Looks fantastic, I love your style!

That picture of the front wheel while riding along the beach is brilliant!

Wow some brilliant information there TriNortcopz! I'll keep that handy when it comes time to go through the front end.

Thank you!