It's a tough one. It does look to high. The rear seat I mean. I would make it more flush to the frame. If its as you picture it in your head and its for you then obviously you can do whatever you want, but if its to be sold I would reconsider the seat height. Either way it's a interesting watch Ryan.
Chop and raise the frame to smooth out the lines there’s lots of videos out there that have done that the whole process is to your liking and if it’s not working out then you can just move it to what you like it’s your custom if it takes you days weeks or months so what I think it’s working so far so slow and steady 😊😊😎😎😎
Hi Ryan I think the seat looks a little high , have you sat on the bike and can you touch the floor with your feet , wise to sleep on it before you start cutting the frame To be on the safe side , really enjoy watching this 👍
Have you checked you can touch the ground ok? Looks like the tank is from another bike, and is much too high at the back? For best possible handling, a lower seat height is better, as that brings the centre of gravity closer to the ground, and makes the bike more stable......
Hi, Yes I have sat on the bike and can easily touch the floor on both sides at the same time. The tank is from a totally different bike and I'm trying to match the seat to it's shape as best I can. Totally understand a lower centre of gravity would help with stability but I'm only hoping for fairly light off road usage.
@@RyansGarageUK If you want to ride it off road, then make an aluminium seat base, which you can form directly over the seat tubes, and get it upholstered. It will be very difficult to ride it off road with that seat, which is also doesnt look that great. .........
The seat does look a little high, even for a scrambler, have you tried sitting on it? Also looks odd with the big gap between seat and frame. Now you have the welder how about chopping the ugly Honda rear end and building a new sub frame, could even make it to accept longer rear shocks. Build a separate bolt on sub frame (or find something suitable of another bike) and weld fixing brackets to the main frame, that way if you mess up the sub frame you can always make another.
Hi, i agree that does sound tempting, but my welding is currently in very early stages, so wouldn't feel confident is a structural change just yet. The gap would be visible when its finished,. Going to put this side by side with my Superdream next week, as I think the scrambler seat is lower. But, thank you for your great suggestion.
Hmmm, you did see my video about the cafe racer design principles? I am afraid this rear end you are planning will be very strange. You are just breaking too many of the design 'rules' 😳 I think you just need to chop off the rear subframe and weld on a new one. I tried to do the same as you on my CB400 cafe racer, ended up redoing everything 😞
Thanks Ki, I did see that video and I understand what you are saying, although I'm aiming for a scrambler not a Cafe racer, so I hope I have a little more license to be non-conforming.
@@RyansGarageUK sure, a scrambler has a bit of a different style. However, many of the guidelines are universal regardless of bike type. I am afraid your rear end will look very low and massive compared to the front if you keep the rear subframe as is, even if you chop off some few centimeters. I might be wrong though, it's your build and you decide 😊
