| Specs | |
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| Build Time | 3 Months |
| Weight | 90 lbs |
| Overall Length | 108" |
| Overall Height | 38" |
| Rake | 60 |
| Fork Length | 39" |
| Trail | 14 1/2" |
| Wheelbase | 88" |
| Front Wheel | 16" |
| Rear Wheel | 24" |
| I got the idea to build this chopper about a year before I actually built it. I named it "the Tank" because it weights almost 100 lbs and it rolls like a tank. The actual build time took three months, 130 hours of work. I built the frame, fork, and rims from scratch. The rest of the parts were purchased. I built the tank out of styrofoam and then covered it in fiberglass. After fiberglass I used a lot of bondo to smooth out the tank and body. The rims were made using 1/8" plate steel and were machined using a vertical mill and an indexer. I bent the down tube of the frame using a portable conduit bender. The overall cost to build this bike was about $100.00 because I had most of the parts already. I designed and applied the paint job which took several weeks. |
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The beginning of my first chopper |
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Early assembly |
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After sheet metal |
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The beginning of the tank out of styrofoam |
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The tank carved to dimensions |
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First coat of fiberglass |
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First assembly with generic parts |
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Smoothing out the tank with bondo |
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Painted fork in the frame |
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After the red base color was added |
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Taped off for the gray |
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Finished paint before clear coat |
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Another angle |
This is the finished product.
My email: mick@nlchoppers.com
