3" at the crank housing. That's as low as I want to go. My neighbor is going to help me with tack welding the rear section on Wed. I still have quite a bit left of the other frame which will definitely come in handy.
I plan to use a 4" crank eventually, but will weld the crank from the cut up frame a little higher up and on the front of the frame. After that, I should be able to use whatever length of crank I want. The thing is that I've never welded before, so my plan is to get some practice in on this arc welder I got and then tack everything in place. After that, I'll take it to my buddy's shop where he can TIG everything.
Arc welding thin stuff is a real pain!!!
That's correct. I originally called it molotov because I was going to paint it a dark red, black the rims and some of the chrome parts on the springer. I've decided to not paint it red, but I still like the name. I do have some good news. I will be able to motorize it afterall, and I hope to get my kit on monday. Longhorn bikes has been selling 4 stroke frame mount kits at cost. He said he wants to just get his money back on them. Good news for me. He said that the key on the drive shaft keeps falling off, and he just wants to liquidate his supply. That means I can get one for 150.00. These are 40cc engines which is fine by me. I figure a couple of tack welds on the the shaft should take care of that problem. As for the color of the bike, this mainly depends on the what my buddy has in supply. No red, no lime green. I was thinking of avocado green, or pearl white. In anycase, the the rims will be blacked out using a can of spray on bedliner. The canned stuff isn't as textured as the roll on or professional spray stuff.
