Recent content by iScream

Ha! Now you're just showing off. :thumbup:

I thought about this quite a bit but didn't come up with anything I liked. Mostly because I don't want the edge of a support digging into my tire across a small spot.

I trust my Sketchup modeling but it still seemed dumb to not check what I've actually tacked together with my actual bikes. Everything looked as expected but my R1 sits so low to the ground and the fairing is so close to the tire that I had to shorten the rear support in my model. Had to...

It's just lug nuts...

I'll have a removable pin on both sides to support the rear brace so it can't go anywhere while driving or working on a bike.

This is what I'll probably build for the rear section. Shouldn't be too hard to incorporate a spring that tries to pull it up and a latch to hold it down.

Having any type of bump big enough to hold the wheel is exactly what I'm trying to avoid. Otherwise it would be pretty easy to build the flip thingy into it. There's a chock out there called the Wheel Dock that uses a gas strut to flip up a rear brace and hold it in place. They use levers for...

Both my bikes have enough slack in the chain to prevent relying on just being in gear. While this one will probably live in my garage it's really a prototype for something that will go in the bed of my truck. That's why the channel for the tire sticks out of the front. To be sure the bike...

Thanks. I just have a cheap Eastwood MIG 175. I should have mentioned that the ultimate goal is to have this mountable in the bed of my truck, for easy one person bike loading. That's the main reason I want to avoid having a bump for the wheel to go over. It can be hard to find a flat spot...

I've got a stack of 2" X 6" X 1/8" steel for welding practice but I wanted to do something besides weld it all into scrap metal. So I started playing around with cutting the pieces so they would follow the profile of my motorcycle tire. I basically just did it by eye and tweaked the angle a...

While the OEM size thing is their official policy it depends on the store. Mine installed 285/40 18's rear and 245/45 18's front on my S10 project truck for me. They just said the tires can't rub anywhere.

For what it's worth I paid $419 for my Eastwood MIG 175 and shipping was free. This was during their July 4th sale.

That makes more sense. I still think you must have too many vises and should send some to me though.

After a bunch of research and review reading I bought an Eastwood MIG175. Just started using it lately but I'm really happy with it so far.

Thanks. I will definitely be practicing some vertical welds before I touch my truck. The main thing I need to do is fill in the cut out section below for clearing my AC compressor. So several different orientations will be needed. Most of the original frame is still there though.