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First two are the exhaust. The last two are the intake.

Update: back at it; but switching gears to focus on the engine for now. The garage is cluttered again (lol) with the things I gathered from the Ex’s. Add to that, I haven’t gotten the four pieces in f tubing back from the gentleman that was turning them down for me. Progress is still progress, I...

There are two things that affect me working on this that I must get done by the beginning of November. First, I HAVE to get this garage cleaned out and organized. not only to create the space necessary to mount and use the bender, but.. Two, the ex-wife has asked me to clear out the remainder...

Sorry for the hiatus. Although times may call me away, I am determined it to let this project linger for long. for the past couple months, I had been helping my now ex-girlfriend take care of things at her house while she recovered from a tendon tear in her elbow. Before that extended stay, I...

A bit of progress. The pipe arrived for the bender stand; and I was able to contact a machinist that will make the tubing inserts and widen the triple trees to accept the fork tubes I purchased. A small setback was caught. That 16” piece of tubing I purchased turned out to be 1-1/2” instead of...

I appreciate that. I’m doing my best to stay centered. On a good note, it appears the fork tubes showed up. I won’t get to mess with it tonight though. Pool league.

Guys, I am trying… Ordered a 48” stick of 1-1/2” iron pipe to use for the stand last Wednesday on my Home Depot app, and it still hasn’t come in. HD is now telling me tomorrow. Ugg!

I was actually hoping to find one of those on Facebook marketplace to do the same thing. The ONLY one I found is like 120mi away for $75.

Ha! That Vevor seller got back to me. Ladies and gentlemen, small PSA here: Check the location of the seller before attempting to bargain with them. I got turned down; but I imagine a seller in China doesn’t see much good in C-canning a bender stand because it happens too be lying around. As...

Shootyeah! Thank you! And that HF tubing roller is a joke to me. I tried a lot of stuff just to get it to bend 3/4” EMT straight, and couldn’t. I’ll admit, a tool is only as good as the mechanic; but mercy me! I’m convinced my last marriage needed less fixed to work out right! if I get hooked...

I’m not certain this is allowed; but if it isn’t, I’ll take it down. I’ve been purchasing my small tubing online, researching the best deals I can. I was in need of some 1-1/4od .250 wall dom to use as reinforcement of the axle to body joints. My welder friend said 1-1/2 on each side should be...

That leading link is such a cool idea; but I’m afraid that would take a major redo to account for the trail in my case. I really like the Monarch idea, too; but I’m, again, afraid that having the downtube welded already has limited my options. I don’t currently have a fork to say for sure; but...

Out of curiosity, sparkwizard, do you have pictures of the fork that failed on you? Have you contemplated on any changes that might make a second version successful?

Doggone, sparkwizard! What are you bending that needs that kind of leverage?!? I purchased the manual JD2/Woodward knockoff on Amazon. A YouTube video comment and a poster on a tube bending page on Facebook made me confident enough to purchase a die from Grizzly. We shall see if it worked out...

Ain’t nothing cheap anymore is it?!? Not much of an update; but the bender and die came in; but now my silly goose self has to come up with a pedestal. I ordered an Infinite mount from Swag Off-road, and attempted to make a low offer on a Vevor pipe bender to use as a pedestal; but it appears...

Wow! I am sorry to hear that. I did notice that The Cruiser Shop, a bicycle building company in Cali, made a 26” cruiser show bike called The Rum Runner that had a front fork very similar to Jesse Rooke’s front fork. I’m sure it wouldn’t be cheap; but I guess if I really want that front end, it...

I’d trust that design over the one I almost pulled the trigger on! I was thinking, since the Whizzer was too short, I’ll just purchase a pit bike coilover and mount that between the steerer and yoke! Started to research parts, etc, until 1 in the morning. RIGHT as I began to jump into bed...

Update: The Schwinn front end is put on an indefinite hold. The Whizzer spring I purchased needs to be about 2” longer (50% longer!) to make the front end look right. Plus, with me having to design a hinge that is beefy enough for the abuse; I think it is best to revisit down the road after the...

Ground clearance is the thickness of a double wide piece of that 80/20, right at 3-1/8”. Which is funny. Before cutting the down tube, I had it set at 7” of ground clearance; and the steerer was darn near touching the wheel at 3-1/2” of trail; I believe I could stick one finger in between. I...

Here’s a Quick Look at the welded tubing. Turns out, the gap between the inner pipe and tubing was causing air expansions to blow out the last couple plugs. The welder stayed at it though, and got them done. There are some flat spots from the grinding; but nothing a little bondo won’t fix. I...