Albitre: Model One.

Well heres another "boardtrack" type bike that I just finished a few days ago. I started out just wanting to build a pretty simple motored bike, but after making up a few sketches, it turned out to be a bit of a motorcycle! Basics are: rear triangle off an old roadmaster bike, the rest of the frame is entirely handmade. Lifan 150cc, 5 speed. Got it up to about 50, but it has plenty more, plus one more gear! Built the tank and battery box from 16g sheet metal, solid! Fabbed the headset, bolt heads all linkages, rear brake, brackets, seat mounts, pedestals, sprocket started life as a quarter inch chunk of plate. Fenders are bought and wheels are worksman cycle with 11g spokes and front drum, excellent wheels! I still need to paint the wheels and mount the horn, but its good for now. Took it a motorcycle show its first time out and won best bike of the night. This is my first motored bike/motorctcle build ever and was all done with very common tools, by me in my single car garage. I painted and striped the thing in my driveway, but it turned out pretty good! From sketch to completion was exactly 9 weeks. I have a ton more pictures but I'll just post these for now. Enjoy!
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[chipmcluk]

The forks work very well at these speeds. Theres a little front to back movement when accelerating while at high speeds, but not bad at all. I had to move the axle plates to the outside of the fork blades to get them to clear the spokes. You have to get a little creative with new hardware and modifications as you go. Nothing on this bike was a bolt on affair. I've heard the same from people about these forks, but they're just fine. I never had to gusset the upper spring mount or reinforce anything on this fork, and nothing has ever bent or twisted on it. The bike weighs about 160lbs., i'm at 155 so there has to be a heII of alot more weight to tweak these forks. Just don't treat it like a dirtbike!

I actually sold the bike last week so I'm not able to get any more photos, but heres one I had. Thanks.
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[chipmcluk]

A little off topic, but I went to the AMCA meet last month in Dixon, and heres one of many photos I took that some might enjoy.
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[give me vtec]

very cool... very well done pedals or not. How did you bend the metal for the frame?