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r6_ryder_03 Full Member
Joined: Nov 20, 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Toronto, ontario, canada
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Posted: December 24, 2009, 7:40 pm Post subject: Building a hardtail |
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I want to build a hardtail to weld onto my chopped xs 650 frame. I know where i need to cut the frame and mount the new hardtail but i was looking for tips on building my hardtail. anyone know what angles the pipes must be bent to. what type of steel i must use. what thickness. how wide it must be for the tire to fit and all that stuff. also how do i align everything and make sure that it is straight and will not warp or bend. i will upload some pics to show my progress and you can see where i am at the moment.
i have sandblasted the whole motor and painted it. i am still working on the engine but will be done shortly.
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r6_ryder_03 Full Member
Joined: Nov 20, 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Toronto, ontario, canada
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Posted: December 24, 2009, 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: Building a hardtail |
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gordonscott Full Member
Joined: May 06, 2009 Posts: 304
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 8:59 am Post subject: Re: Building a hardtail |
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here is a link to my build on this site.... www.650rider.com/index...57&start=0 it shows how I did mine, not saying you should build like mine! disclaimer etc, etc.....
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Rick_in_PDX Full Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2009 Posts: 57 Location: Pacific North West
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Posted: December 25, 2009, 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: Building a hardtail |
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sand blast or baking soda?
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r6_ryder_03 Full Member
Joined: Nov 20, 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Toronto, ontario, canada
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Posted: December 26, 2009, 2:41 pm Post subject: Re: Building a hardtail |
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Awsome thanks for the link it will def help.
I sandblasted the crap out of it. it was so caked on and magled it took me 4, 6 hour days of sandblasting to finally get it to where i want it. please dont send hate mail on why i shouldnt have done it. i did it and it worked out very well. the engine runs just fine and is starting to look amazing!!! I did try everything else to try and clean it up before i sandblasted but it woul dhave taken me a year so i tried sandblasting and im glad i did.
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blackwidow Full Member
Joined: Apr 11, 2009 Posts: 394 Location: Colorado
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Posted: December 26, 2009, 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Building a hardtail |
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r6_ryder_03 wrote: |
Awsome thanks for the link it will def help.
I sandblasted the crap out of it. it was so caked on and magled it took me 4, 6 hour days of sandblasting to finally get it to where i want it. please dont send hate mail on why i shouldnt have done it. i did it and it worked out very well. the engine runs just fine and is starting to look amazing!!! I did try everything else to try and clean it up before i sandblasted but it woul dhave taken me a year so i tried sandblasting and im glad i did. |
Do it the way that is easiest for you and thats all that matters. I've told people things on how I was gonna do stuff and there like that won't work and they discouraged me and I said forget it I'm gonna do it anyway. Well it ends up working and there like how did you do that I'm like the exact way I told you, you know the way you said wouldn't work
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blackwidow Full Member
Joined: Apr 11, 2009 Posts: 394 Location: Colorado
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Posted: December 26, 2009, 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Building a hardtail |
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gordonscott wrote: |
here is a link to my build on this site.... www.650rider.com/index...mp;start=0 it shows how I did mine, not saying you should build like mine! disclaimer etc, etc.....
The link doesn't work can you redo it or tell the title name and what page it's on?
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r6_ryder_03 Full Member
Joined: Nov 20, 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Toronto, ontario, canada
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Posted: December 27, 2009, 4:16 am Post subject: Re: Building a hardtail |
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Hey thanks a lot man! straight up im not on here to chat with haters. I understand if someone has tried something and it didnt work for them but always remember maybe they didnt do it right or have the same resources. I take advice seriously but if i just feel like it isnt right or wanna try it out for myself i will go against it and do it. in this case it worked and im very happy i did cause i got great results.
As for the link, it didnt work for me either. i never tried it b4 cause i didnt have time. if you can please re post a link that works if not thanks anyways and merry christmas and happy ner year to all!
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r6_ryder_03 Full Member
Joined: Nov 20, 2008 Posts: 22 Location: Toronto, ontario, canada
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Posted: December 27, 2009, 5:14 pm Post subject: Re: Building a hardtail |
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awsome! thanks a lot for the pics and link. i love the look of that tail. it looks like its shorter than a lot of others, maybe it just looks that way. I know there are a lot of great people with great advice and thats why im here. thanks for all the help everyone and ill kep posting my progress.
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