welcome to the acme cafe

[camlifter]

almost there..........

 

[Crazy Horse]

almost there..........

Cam, Your Cafe Racer Is Super Cool!!!!


Peace Crazy Horse.

 

[culvercityclassic]

That bike is sick... Hope you got some hp to push those forks...lol you did a outstanding job on that bike.

 

[Goat Herder]

That bike came out Killer! That is going to be one smooth ride. I love full sus!

 

[Venice Motor Bikes]

Way too kewl!! It looks like one of those vintage Hondas!!

 

[camlifter]

i'll get some better pics once it's done and i can get it outside in some better light.

 

[silverbear]

Wonderful job... you do know your glass work. Awesome!
SB

 

[Yggdrasil]

Cam you have made my dream reality! I cannot stress enough how amazing that bike turned out. Would you mind if i asked you some questions on how you did the rear suspension?

 

[camlifter]

i used the BB from a mountain bike since it had a pivot for a swing arm when i welded up the frame. i copied the geometry from a yamaha bmx bike. the shocks are swap meet items for a briggs type mini bike. the swing arm i made using rear drop outs from an old frame and welded up some tubing. hope that helps. theres some better pics of it in the pic section.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Thanks camlifter, i must have read that 100 times and it just now clicked (kind of mechanically challenged) Really love the look of the whole thing, i'd imagine it'd work pretty dang good. What did you do about chain tension? How much Play does the swingarm have? Sorry for so many questions, just curious because i dig it so.
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Cheers
Ygg

 

[Yggdrasil]

do you think something like this would work for a donor swingarm: Micargi Sx 4.0

 

[camlifter]

probably not. unless you plan to cut the upper shock section off.

 

[Yggdrasil]

Do you remember what bike the arm for yours came off?

 

[camlifter]

i made mine from tubing i welded up. i used drop outs from an old bike and the bottom bracket from an old mongoose mnt bike. the bb has the swivel joint you need to have rear suspension.