Wednesday, April 15, 2015

HIGH NECK FRAME

SO LETS START WITH TELLING YOU HOW I CAME TO GET THIS PROJECT. WELL MY CUSTOMER/ FRIEND TONY CAME TO ME FOR A FEW LITTLE TABS WELDED ON HIS HIGH NECK EVO BUILD HE HAS BEEN SLAVING ON FOR AWHILE NOW. HE DROPPED IT OF WITH ME AND TOLD ME TO GET TO WORK. WELL AFTER HAVING THE FRAME TO LOOK AT HERE FOR A DAY OR SO SOMETHING STARTED TO STAND OUT TO ME. THE FRAME WAS NOT EVEN STRAIGHT. I CALLED TONY TO CONFIRM THAT HE KNEW OF THIS. OF COURSE HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE CROOKED NECK. HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT BAD TILL I TRIED PLACING THE FRAME IN THE FIXTURE AND THE NECK WAS 2" OFF/ CROOKED (IT WOULD NOT FIT IN THE FIXTURE). TONY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID "FUCK DUDE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CORRECT?" OF COURSE I SAID ILL DO YOU ONE EVEN BETTER. ILL RAISE THE BAR WHILE I'M AT IT. NOT ONLY WILL I FIX IT, I WILL STREAMLINE IT. I WANTED TO MAKE IT LIGHTER, STRONGER, AND SEXIER. I WAS STOKED ON THIS CHALLENGE BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE THE WAY A PROPERLY DONE HIGH NECK LOOKS AND HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BUILD ONE. 

I STARTED BY MAKING A BRAND NEW NECK BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE WAS WASTED. I ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND ALL THIS TIME REBUILDING THE BIKE JUST TO FIND OUT THAT THE NECK WAS STRETCHED OUT. NEXT I BUILT A DUMMY MOTOR/ TRANS MOUNT FOR THE FIXTURE SO THAT THE FRAME WOULD NOT MOVE AND I WOULD HAVE GOOD REFERENCE POINTS TO MEASURE FROM. AFTER THAT IT WAS ALL CUTTING, BENDING, FITTING, WELDING, AND SANDING TILL I WAS HAPPY WITH ITS NEW LIFE. I ALSO BUILT THE SISSY BAR REAL QUICK.


















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