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[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

hope this is the right area to post this in. Building a little half breed for my wife. Frame is a one off custom rigid with a evo engine , buell front forks and wheels along with the buell rear running gear. Mainly built from parts left over from other builds. Frame and trans where the only items that had to be bought the rest is left over or hand built.

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

another picture

[Midnight Rider]

hope this is the right area to post this in. Building a little half breed for my wife. Frame is a one off custom rigid with a evo engine , buell front forks and wheels along with the buell rear running gear. Mainly built from parts left over from other builds. Frame and trans where the only items that had to be bought the rest is left over or hand built.

Nice beginning, Steve.  Look forward to seeing more of the progress, and the finished product!

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

From yesterday to today. Coming along very nicely.

[naitram]

impoosible to tell form what has been done what your vision for the completed project is, tank looks a bit small but i'm sure it will fit the overall look when completed

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

We are going to powder coat the frame in a copper with black speckle hammer tone, with the tank and rear fender painted in "hot rod black" then I will have my buddy micky do the old school pin stripping on it. We are going to use a copper braid over all the lines and wiring, along with a brass water style cap for the fuel. The screw on style used for semi's?? Not sure if you have seen that but it will look that way. The handle bars are still up in the air they are just for moving the bike at this point. Headers will be hand made once we get to that point. Tank is a 3.5 gallon so range will be limited but really I think I am more limited than amount of fuel even with the great roads we have the bike will beat you up.  We have 3 days in this so far and it is moving right along. I have to finish boring the cylinders for the new JE pistons and then I will complete the top end on the little evo. This evo should put out 90hp as I have built many using these same parts before. Weight wise the will be in the 390-425 lb range so that little engine will spool it up very fast and the 6th gear will be nice to cruise.  We are working on the seat pan now as he is out there with the planishing hammer making a TON of noise.  We are not really trying to have a certain look just using items we have and we will see how it looks once we get there if we dont like it toss it and make something else.Oil bag will be mounted on the left side verticle with some hand twisted steel. We plan on painting the oil tank to look like a old oil can. Not sure what brand yet but time will tell.

[iski]

Cool.

Keep posting pics - bet your wife is gonna love it.

[Talon]

Nice, I'd like to build a hardtail bar hopper someday, got to get my RK where I want it first!! Send more pic's as you go.

[MJZ]

Thanks for the pictures, keep them posting as she progresses.

[RedDevil]

We are going to powder coat the frame in a copper with black speckle hammer tone, with the tank and rear fender painted in "hot rod black" then I will have my buddy micky do the old school pin stripping on it. We are going to use a copper braid over all the lines and wiring, along with a brass water style cap for the fuel. The screw on style used for semi's?? Not sure if you have seen that but it will look that way. The handle bars are still up in the air they are just for moving the bike at this point. Headers will be hand made once we get to that point. Tank is a 3.5 gallon so range will be limited but really I think I am more limited than amount of fuel even with the great roads we have the bike will beat you up.  We have 3 days in this so far and it is moving right along. I have to finish boring the cylinders for the new JE pistons and then I will complete the top end on the little evo. This evo should put out 90hp as I have built many using these same parts before. Weight wise the will be in the 390-425 lb range so that little engine will spool it up very fast and the 6th gear will be nice to cruise.  We are working on the seat pan now as he is out there with the planishing hammer making a TON of noise.  We are not really trying to have a certain look just using items we have and we will see how it looks once we get there if we dont like it toss it and make something else.Oil bag will be mounted on the left side verticle with some hand twisted steel. We plan on painting the oil tank to look like a old oil can. Not sure what brand yet but time will tell.

How about painting it to look like an old can of HD oil?  That would seem appropriate...
Cheers ,
 

[SOKOOLJ]

Glad to see the initial pics, keep sending some in-progress-pics as you continue the build.

[Jock]

Who built the frame?

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

Dick at ATLAS did. He and Peggy his wife are very nice to deal with full custom frames taking less than 3 weeks. There worl is always top notch. I had a 1/2 inch offset built inot the frame for this set up. If you have built a bike before the offset plates can really be a pain. The engine drops in clean all holes line up. In fact on this frame as it is a one off we had the rar end set up for the Buell caliper. Everything came spaced right, caliper mount was dead on. We add our own tank mounts and the rest but the little things like not having to make extra mounts is nice.

I have used dozens of other frames and I can tell you that I have never had a frame that had all the mounts correct. I was at the point of ordering frames with the mounts not welded on as it was easier than cutting it off and then welding back on correctly.

[d o g o l s]

nice frame
thanks for the pictures, keep them posting as she progresses

[GMR-PERFORMANCE]

nice idea about the hd oil can but I would really have to see that. Not sure though as i am looking for something that will match the over all color once done it will be the last thing we do.