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The Strange Bike Stunt Build. - KRAZYT3 - 01-11-2016
So I�m sure some of you seen me complaints about no one willing to build a cage for my bike and although it may not be a "standard" stunt bike, It is what I own and have parts for so this is what I want to build. I�ve thought about buying a new bike and what not but its not im my nature to have something others have. I like being different. I also like building. So here is goes....
The bike is a 2003 Honda VFR800. Weighing in at 470lbs dry it�s a heavy bike for sure. The frame though is strong (well for now) this is a V4 118hp 62ft-lb torque bike. In regard to what is may look like this bike has a top speed of about 162. Lots of low end torque that falls off in the upper rpm ranges. Probably why this bike is not popular with the young riders. Either way I�ve owned 3 different generations and love the bike. So past all this let�s get to the good stuff. I�m building my own cage. Got the dust knocked off the pipe bender and got the welder set just right and away we go. O wait plus I ordered some DOM tubing. A buddy owns a metal shop so I got 20ft of 1 1/8" .065 wall Dom tubing. Although it could be thicker this is just a first cage. After I get it set and right I will put my measurements into an AutoCAD drawing so I can copy these plans with the 1 1/2" bar at a later date.. I will also be making a sub frame cage for this bike as well. Hopefully this summer I will be doing the 08-11 cbr1000 sub frame swap and can find some already fabed sub cage and tail saver for it�
So to start I snapped a photo took the fairings off and did a not so great drawing. Lets just call it a rough draft.
After pulling the fairings off I can see I will have a plate mounted towards the back and one impact tube mounted to the frame. The farthest forward mount will be under the radiator (VFR�s have a radiator mounted on each side of the bike not in front.) but will not be connected to the frame. There is no mounting points in the front so I will be running a bar from each side to separate the load across the cages. This may also be a weak point but it may save the bike in the instance of a larger than usual impact.
After playing with some bends and tack welds. This is where I am at so far. After a shortage of argon I have stopped until this weekend. Hopefully I will get some gas (insert bad jokes here) and will get this project finished this coming weekend.
To Be Continued����������.
The Strange Bike Stunt Build. - KRAZYT3 - 01-11-2016
The Strange Bike Stunt Build. - KRAZYT3 - 01-11-2016
The Strange Bike Stunt Build. - SHIF-T - 01-11-2016
Good luck man I can't wait to see what the finished product looks like
The Strange Bike Stunt Build. - KRAZYT3 - 01-12-2016
Thanks man. I appreciate it. Not so much love with this build lately.
The Strange Bike Stunt Build. - KRAZYT3 - 01-12-2016
Just a hanging update. Still no gas. Apparently my bottle has a leak in the neck. so they are finding me a new bottle. Hopefully they will just hook a brother up with a bigger bottle!. Last night I grabbed the trusty mechanic wire and set the front pegs where they look good. They will cover the radiators as well so with solid welds I should be protecting the radiators as well. Win Win. Hopefully I will be able to finish the welding up this weekend. Then I can try my luck at powder coating. Got my hands on a loaner powder coat machine (Harbor Freight) and my oven! Lol ok ok at least I can say I tried. If it doesn’t work ill pull out the HD paint from my work. (CAT paint is super thick and super durable..)
The Strange Bike Stunt Build. - checko - 01-13-2016
Powder coating is pretty simple. I've watch a few people do some of my parts over time. Finially gave it a whirl recently myself, was pretty easy and came out great. Pre bake parts to get them to temp/bake off moisture and contaminates, spray with acetone from spray bottle. I hang parts from a copper tube in a 2x4 spray booth me and some buddies have, spray and bake. Cage is lookin good, making things is more fun than buying parts imo.
The Strange Bike Stunt Build. - KRAZYT3 - 01-19-2016
So I finally finished this bad boy up and got it all painted. I'm extremely pleased with the way it came out and how strong it is.. I do need to cut the extra tube off and add the sliders and then it will be 100%. But for know it looks great to me. Next project is A subframe cage!!
What do you think??
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