New guy in KY

[Trailblazzzzzer]

Hello all,
Davo here from KY. I escaped the famine in Michigan and have found good work in the Bourbon capital of the world. (no, im not a taste tester)
I am working on a SteetFighter and am about 30% done. My Sawsall loves to eat old Huffys! It takes 4 doners for this project.
I am getting better with my welding ... but still doin way more grinding than welding. But I am lovin it. The back rest sports a cool Maltese cross a buddy made. Hoping to be done by October.
Will post photos of finished product.
Trailblazzzzzer

[greenevegiebeast]

Call me crazy But I love the build proces,post pics in progress. I did.And my tharipist said it did me some good.:D

[Pagan Wizard]

A lot of us enjoy the pics taken during the build.

[locolarry]

You know what? I started this Streetfox build to get a trike to ride...NOW it's more about "The Build" than "The Ride"! I'm havin' a ball building this SF and have already started to gather parts for the next one..Hooked, addicted, or whatever........:D
Loco

[back2life]

I havent even begun my build and I am hooked!! You will find that the people here at AZ will take you in and not make judgements and will seriously want you to succeed they are a god bunch of people here and I think eveyone enjoys the pics of builds.

Good luck and looking forward to more imput from you

[Trailblazzzzzer]

Y'all are right! The build is a blast.
My derierre is getting too old for the MtnBike saddle and the road bike is getting very little exercise riding up to Post Office daily to check the mail and to take TrailDog for a short run.
I am not sure the StreetFighter will get much miles, but I am having a ball building it. Who wouldnt have fun taking a Recip Saw to their neighbors old WallyWorld Huffy!!!
I need to buy AZ's book and figure out how to make the SpinCylce. I hacked one together but it needs some work.

I found some Pillow Block bearings for the SF, but all 4 weigh twice what my road bike weighs.
Question: Do those two part pillow blocks work well? and are they lighter?
Now back to the fun....
Davo

[Pagan Wizard]

I hope you're poppin some pics of your progress Davo.......we wanna see how you're doing.

[Trailblazzzzzer]

I am stalled right now. I have my rear frame welded and all the steering head tubes cut & welded and ground down nicely(or less ugly).
I will get my digital out and shoot some pics tomorrrow.
Yall could use some entertainment. Dont laugh out loud....
I bought pillow block bearings like Brad showed in the plans. Suckers must weigh 5-7
lbs each. Have you tried the stamped out three piece bearings? and are they lighter?
I am working on a list of materials for this project.
When I get it finished I will give it to Brad to add to his future editions.
I have close to $350 into this already.
I think with some networking we can cut the cost of future projects by at least 40%.
Hope my Quad turns out as well as the ones you featured in your blog.
Davo

[Trailblazzzzzer]

Okay all, I shot pics last night of what I have done so far.
I welded the bolts to the rear frame and bolted on the pillow blocks.
That makes for one heavy rear end. Weighs twice what my road bike weighs.
I hope the resolution of the pics is not too high.
I dont upload much.

[greenevegiebeast]

Looking good so far, Keep up the good work.:D

[ggriffin924]

Yes so far, looking good, and also it doesn't look bowed, which can happen on that back end. Good luck with your project.

-Griffin-

[KoolKat]

I copied this thread to the StreetFighter forum, so we can all follow and respond to Davo's progress there instead of here. Please post comments, questions and updates here: http://forum.atomiczombie.com/showthread.php?t=1266