[rotortuner]

OK, So i ordered my wheels and stuff almost 2 months ago and i just got them about 2 weeks ago. My bike:
97 CR500
During build i did:
new top end
hone
piston
mods:
V force reeds
pro circuit platinum pipe
pro circuit silencer
black excels on gold talons
5" wide rear wheel with 160 wide contiforce.
Ran into massive problems with offset and tire clearence on the non chain side, here are some pics. any questions just ask. As for the notch, please dont respond with any safety BS, cus i dont care, the welds are massive and teh thing will never brake, there are 3 total plates to stiffen in the vertical plain. My friend who Tig welded it and I are both ME majors. Any ways, check out the pics and let me know what you think. I have ridden it and its fun, through 1st and 2nd, no matter how far forward i lean it pulls the front up. good stuff.

 

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now its pretty much done, did it all in about a week. just needs rear fender and sides painted, and front fender, still waiting on a few parts.

CJG

 

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[flash]

Fu** that looks Tuff!!!! :thumbup:

 

[ut00435]

Vibration?

I just sold my 97 CR 500.

That thing would vibrate like crazy. Do you find that's a problem for you.

Nice looking bike, by the way!

 

[D.T.]

You did all that just for tire clearance (excuse me if I'm ignorant)? You have a tig welder in you garage? And an end mill? Wow. How did you identify the aluminum? Isn't the factory swingarm heat treated too? Nice work.

 

[TomCRMI]

Absolutely awesome!! Great work you did there with your buddy.

Man I wish I had a tool shop like this here to my disposal.
Then I'd be done as well...
My buddy in Germany with the scooter shop has all that stuff there as well.
I even know how to operate a lathe and a mill, and just started experimenting with the WIG Welder. And now I'm here :headshake

Just one downside ... now I have to look for something else than going all black with my bike after 'tarding it :twofinger

 

[keithwwalker]

Nice shop and nice work! Are those lathe and miller yours?
KWW

 

[johnu]

Great post. I love stuff like this. I'm a mech. designer (started off as a fabricator/machinist though). You did a great job there and like you said no way that puppy is going to give out on you considering the amount of aluminum you used for gusseting. No offense but I would have probably have gone about it a different way. Let us know how it rides, I would love to give that thing a blast.

 

[brian]

Wow.......................

 

[crjunkee]

That look nice
I have a 96 im looking to build up.
have a few question what lighting coil is that and how bright are the light with it . :thumbup:

 

[rotortuner]

OK, I promise, aside from the "in action pics" ill post later these are the last ones.

 

[rotortuner]

For those that were curious, my shop is a 24/48, i have a good miller 175 MIG, and a gas welder, some other general small stuff. The end mill, lathe, Tig, plasma, etc. is all at my buddys. His shop is about 3 times mine. hes 23 and restores antique dozers for a living, wile going to school. Hes currently working on a cletrak 100 i think it is, like 1927 huge dozer, supposedly one of 2 left in the world or something. He makes all the parts him self, goes through the tranny and all. religned clutches, makes dies and tool for it all. so there you go.


As for the swingarm, im not sure that its heat treated, heat treating aluminum isnt super prevelant, because it makes it more brytle. If you look at them from the factory their welds are huge and shitty, spray arced i think, that puts quite a bit of heat into there also, Plus, i mean look at them and they have to bend them, they do a crappy job, all dimpled and stuff. so who knows. Just wanted to share this with you guys in case someone else needs the info or ideas.

CJG

 

[keithwwalker]

You also have some Mazda rotary powered pickup trucks? very nice!
kww