Friday, September 30, 2011

Bill Norton aka Blacksmithbilly

 



Bill is not a fancy guy with a big fancy website. In fact he doesn't have one at all. I believe this to be a simple things as people knowing his work and seeking him out when they know it requires detail and craftsmanship.


I have had the pleasure of meeting Bill once and often find myself in amazement at the work he does on the build. If he is not creating something on one of many of his machines he is turning out parts for other members throughout TCU.

Bill Norton aka Blacksmithbilly started this build back in the spring. The build is for Andrew (The Comeback) from TheChopperUnderground.com which is giving his direction and thoughts on how he wants it done. Bill is working the magic!
I obviously cannot show the entire process here but there are tons more pictures and words located HERE.

"The Comeback"









Axle plates

 


The KR style hardtail




A bit of a change to the seat rails








The cutting down of a +15 springer



Andrew scores some new wheels


Now time for an oil tank...

and the beginning of another BSM exhaust!

A couple of sketches from The Comeback for Billy to go off of



and away he goes...




To see the rest of the pictures and a couple of th ebike in the daylight on it's feet you will have to check out Billy's thread RIGHT HERE on TCU! You don't want to miss this.


Sunday, September 25, 2011

TheGavsDad

Let me start with this, I don't use my blog for a lot of stuff so I figured to keep it active I would try and do a little write up on different builders from my website Thechopperunderground.com.

Here is the first installment:

TheGavsDad

TheGavsDad has been a member of TCU since early December 2010. He jumped right in and succumbed to the craziness we are known for.

In April of 2011 he picked up this little 81' Kawasaki KZ440. He was quick to name it "Indecisive" because he had no plans with the direction he wanted to go. He started with hops of incorporating a 1880's Iver Johnson Champion shotgun into the build somehow but so far has not found a true home for it. He wants to keep the patina of the gun and go with a a black with rust red accents paint job.



He removed behind the seat, cut the existing shock mounts and is moving them forward. Then he cut all the tabs off, the jack underneath and the pass peg mounts. Plans are to convert it to forward controls and re-use the mounts he cut off.






After a run in with a bad starter our good member The Goat hooked him up with a better one and a good set of carbs.
He then found some unknown origin Honda shocks to use and you can see the difference in height from these next two photos.

Another picture with the re-use of a stock OEM fender on the rear.
Now was the time to make the frame changes to accept the new shock in the new location. TheGavsDad cut the rear section and welded in a cross brace. Then he drilled out the new Shock mounts and test fit the grade 8 bolts that he will roset weld into the cross member. Below is a pic of the test fit. Threads will face outward and the shock will mount of the bolts smooth shank.


Upper shock mounts are done, and the lower just needs to be drilled out and tapped.
The Shock mounts are done and the frame is now welded he has also decided to keep the mid controls for now.
He plans for the tank to be an inch lower on the front and he has a set of 12 inch apes all bent and tacked together for it.
8/15/11:
Bars are done and painted, have the tank mounts all made just need to weld on.

If you want to follow along or check up on where TheGavsDad is at on this build you can see it here!

Plenty more build logs to follow so stay tuned!


Carlsberg stunts with bikers in cinema

Old bikes and boobs!

Boobs and bikes just go together. Doesn't matter what kind of bike nor the age of the bike. However, it does matter how old the boobs!!!... haha

Enjoy!
1950 RT125

1950's RT250

1956 ES250

ES175

MZ CUPI

MZ