As a blacksmith and machinist myself, I'd like to congratulate you to this amazing project..! Very well done and with an eye for the detail. Well, I'd TIG weld all parts on it if it was my build. However, that shouldn't sound like critique and doesn't make this build any less facinating.
Absolutely amazing!!! Nice to see they actually have colleges now to support people where their interest are in something hands on vs being stuck in behind a computer
As an older fabricator, it pleases me to see younger guys having an interest in in such a project. The rest are still staring at their devices running into light poles. If this is your first, you will have many to follow. Many nights will be spent laying awake thinking about how.
I had an old bicycle when I was a youngster and if I remember it correctly, it had a frame that looked a lot like an old board track racer that had somehow managed to be rehabbed back into a bicycle. I wish that I still had it. It would have made a pretty decent racer wide tires heavier, than average frame construction, spokes that would have been at home in motorcycle wheels and at one time it had a springer front end.
Thank you very much! The Automotive Restoration program worked with us and our vision to bring this project to life...very grateful to them for taking that chance with us.
Say this is Ben coming up in my recommended for a while now I said you know what I'm going to watch it I am glad I did y'all had did a fantastic job on that
What a great build!! .. in my opinion the music in the beginning was to much.. and then it started again... and me who only wanted to see you guys use you're fantastic skills..
Incredible! You should be really proud of yourselves. Nice work. Love that red colour that went on prior to final paint! Any idea what that red was? or was it a mix you guys made? Almost looks like an Indian motorcycle red ?
Thank you for the comment! So, we originally debated between the dark blue we mixed and an Indian red. However, the red you see in the video is simply DP74LF Red Oxide Epoxy Primer (PPG system) which is the basis for paint work. On top of that, the K36 High build primer is laid out and then some sealer and finally topcoat (with the various sanding stages in between).
Gut, erst einmal großes Lob, viele hätten das nicht halb so gut geschafft. Dennoch habe ich Kritik und Fragen: 1. Früher hätte man nach hinten offene Ausfallenden benutzt, siehe Link: www.radgeber-brieselang.de/Kettenspanner-fuer-hinten-offene-Rahmen-Hollandrad-Bahnrad-ua 2. Warum habt Ihr in den Tank so viele Nieten hineingemacht? 3. Was ist das für ein Motor?
dan862plus That is a 1 horsepower Briggs and Stratton washing machine engine. I tried using one just like that on a mini bike once, but it didn't have the power to move it, and I only weighed 85 pounds at the time.
Probably hoping for a high top speed but acceleration would be very slow. I don't believe they intended to ride it much, if at all. A very nice static piece but motorcycles should be ridden.
I'm going to paint ' Daily- Driver- Automobile' on the side of my car. Then I'll really confuse people. If you have to put a damn sign on it your trying to impress the wrong people.
As a guy who has done and continue building "stuff", this is awesome. Nice to see a few young people actually building stuff and not afraid to try, or get their hands dirty. Well done!
Unfortunately no videos of us riding it, although it runs. We did not want to attempt a run since it may be going to some events soon. Great to hear from a fellow graduate!
Being an motorhead at birth, I can say with a great degree of certainty that you guys are going the right direction. I am planning to make a bike from scratch starting this winter. Am a tool and die maker by trade. Can make anything from start to finish. When done I will show you what an old man can do. Keep on making stuff fellas too. Good day and peace also.
A. L. Smith Thank you! The coil in the copper line adds rigidity and keeps the line from vibrating. Excessive vibration can work harden and crack the copper line.
Since it has been a year and nobody has responded to you it would appear to look like an old Maytag washing machine engine. They RU-vid channel "805 Roadking" has a full rebuild of one of them with a lot of information as well as additional antique engines that might help you if that's not the correct type.
real racing Board Track Racers used 27 - 28-inch wheels and long stoke 1000cc V-twin or 500-600cc One Cylinder engines. They had one throttle setting only - FULL THROTTLE with a magneto cut-off to slow down and the feet of the rider for brakes. Many men died trying their hand at riding what came to be known as Murder-Cycles on Board Tracks of Death. A nice little toy you boys made there with a washing machine Putt-Putt motor - but it is no Board Track Racer.
I wouldn’t mind watching it, if it wasn’t for the F#€£€N music. Narrating the building process may have been too complicated, some people can build and are not able to articulate or explain the steps it takes to do it , sometimes it’s just easier to play the mellow dramatic music and call it a day
Honestly I don't know I tried to pull it up on my phone and my computer and it wont play. This is all because of copyright claims and I have tried to remove the music but it will not go through. I may reupload this, ill keep you updated.
@@lukasvercaempst44 honestly man I’ve been trying to get this sorted out for the last year or so. RU-vid won’t even let me watch this video, edit, or correct the sound. I’ll have to reupload this with no music or something. That’s if I still have the completed movie on my old computer . This situation sucks.
Well done, cool project I hope they had fun building this. Making the tank out of copper is a good idea even if I don't understand why they put in these rivets.
Did you watch the whole video, or did you just see them chop up an old bike and decided to run your mouth before your brain? They fabricated the entire frame, tank, and the forks from scratch. Only purchased the motor, grips, and seat. Besides, considering that many old board-track bikes (and the first bikes built by the Harleys) were just motors stuck to bicycle frames, you can't really call it lazy or bad. If you can do better, go ahead and crank out a video of one yourself. GTFO, coming in here and slamming kids for their hard work, you f***n poser.
That's not from scratch FFS. It's a modified pedal-cycle with much of the original parts used. Also: that soldering on the tank is appalling - who told him to use oxy-acetylene for soldering. Muppet
I don't know how far in the weeds something has to be to be from scratch, but the torch for soldering was not great. I expect they were only using what was available, like the abrasive saw for cutting- I hate those damn things.
We elected to use a Briggs Model Y from the mid-30s (I believe). We ideally would've had an Indian Power Plus or 8 valve...but we continue to dream haha.
Beautiful! If I can make one difference I would have done was paint the engine silver as tough it was alloy.I'm collecting parts to build by own but don't have the facilities at hand you do, I will be using a Ducati Cucciolo engine, the fuel tank will be a 3" copper tube pointed at each end, 21" NSU Quickly wheels, a really nice pair of girder forks all of whick I have already aquired and of course the whole thing painted red. My problem is getting a frame I want here in the UK.
Beautiful l am old school myself . Apprenticeship was sheet metal and coppersmith trained 7 years . Moved over to maintenance engineering. I just loved making things . So much today is mass produced . So l was excited to watch the project from pipe to paint job . A great way to inspire the young and creative .10 out of 10 from me
Very Talented young men , that is a work of beauty all of you should be very proud of yourself . Harley and Indian would have loved having you young men on the team back then.
I thought they had big lump singles an v twins ,bring the next video with the new motor ,Shame to do all that nice work and only half finish it ,big CC or as you Americans say Cu
