Author Topic: 87' R project (Read 12492 times)

Tador · « **on:** April 23, 2015, 09:22:43 AM »

Hey guys. I've had so many irons in the fire I've been kind of slacking on doing the interwebs thing. So now that I'm on the home stretch with this project, and things have settled down a little, I figured I'd throw up a build thread for some pics. We all love pics, pics are the best.

I bought a fairly good running R, but it was just riddled with hacked cob jobs and worn out components. So, rather than nickle and diming it, I finally said to heck with it and stripped it down to the frame. Enjoy!

Tador · « **Reply #1 on:** April 23, 2015, 10:24:15 AM »

It's giving me an image upload error, is there a minimum file size?

JesseA420 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2015, 10:29:45 AM »

just upload image at free image hosting site like imagebam or photobucket, then embed it works good that way

Tador · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2015, 10:35:29 AM »

Alright, I'll have to do it at a later date then; my work "blocks" image hosting websites for some strange reason... yet YouTube and Facebook are ok, go figure. Thanks!

Tador · « **Reply #4 on:** April 27, 2015, 07:01:17 PM »

Clutch basket is just a little wasted.

Tador · « **Reply #5 on:** April 27, 2015, 07:17:23 PM »

Making a "clutch tool"

Tador · « **Reply #6 on:** April 27, 2015, 07:25:49 PM »

Barnett billet clutch basket with stainless steel inserts

Look at it... it's sexy.

Tador · « **Reply #7 on:** April 27, 2015, 07:31:22 PM »

Skipping forward a bit, I found a bunch more issues... this was a cool discovery.

Carrier hamburger!

This is the point I decided it wasn't worth it to not do a frame up. Admittedly, 50% of the reason was because it's purple. I think I threw up in my mouth a little everytime I looked at it. So, it exploded onto my shop floor one evening.

Tador · « **Reply #8 on:** April 27, 2015, 07:34:36 PM »

I hate sand blasting. For the record.

But it makes such a nice clean slate when you're done!

Tador · « **Reply #9 on:** April 27, 2015, 07:37:16 PM »

Started whipping up chassis gussets

Stitch welded it in, mostly because my helmet was so dirty I was flying blind.

Tador · « **Reply #10 on:** April 27, 2015, 07:48:19 PM »

After I finished the swing arm gussets, I found new lenses for my helmet. I put them in before making the sub frame gussets... and it was like a miracle!

Tador · « **Reply #11 on:** April 27, 2015, 07:49:19 PM »

Finising up the subframe, and adding the motor mount gussets.

Tador · « **Reply #12 on:** April 27, 2015, 08:02:07 PM »

Tador · « **Reply #13 on:** April 27, 2015, 08:08:09 PM »

The fun part!

Tador · « **Reply #14 on:** April 27, 2015, 08:11:33 PM »