...thanx for all the comments...I agree that this is a great frame mod for people without a jig. The tubing that I used to sleeve the down tubes was a very snug fit. This allowed me to bump the sleeves on with a mallet, and was a snug enough fit to hold everything in place while I was welding.
Build oil tank that folows frame lines a bit, and deep tunneled gas tank.
...I didn't build the oil tank, it was one on the cheap "chopper" oil tanks off ebay. I needed one with side fill, and that would hold a battery...so I made work what was available. Same with the gas tank. Its an HD aftermarket (mustang?). If I were building/fabbing the oil and gas tank up myself, I could have paid a little more attention to those things...good observations though.
Round off the corner of the old frame part where the shock mounts are, top edge from existing frame down to the lowered seat
Yea...I didn't like leaving that area, but I didn't want to touch it for fear of compromising the integrity of the frame.
Get your coils under the carbs or into the starter cavity & run you wires thru the barrels, then to the plugs.
Heres an area I disagree with most on. All the chops (well, both of them) I've built with the coils/wires "out there". I like the utilitarian look of it. I go with Accels rather than stock, which helps the aesthetics. Kind of like a clock being build in a clear case. Allows you to see more of the innterworkings...makes it easier to troubleshoot too.
you gusseted the shock mount area didn't you?
I moved the shock mounts back with a 1/2 peice of threaded rod. The rod goes all the way through both of the upper frame rails, and is welded on all sides. Then on top of that there is that 3" wide piece thats on the stock frame. I cut it off, then flipped it over so I could get the seat to sit lower.
rear wheel seems a wee bit small
...perhaps, though I like low profile tires. Either way, I'm really pushing the clearance between the tire/fender. Only about 3"...not sure if thats going to be enough or not...and bigger tire would def cause me to bottom out.
