Work in progress
On this page is a display of bike projects that are yet to be completed, both of ours and of our customers.
Murrels's new project
Murrels is in the Suffolk NCC and has been thinking about doing a proper job on his softail for a while. We did the big-tube rigid frame, oiltank, fender (oops, sorry Murrels, mudguard!), seatbase, 'bars Wide yokes, disc spacers etc to his spec. On the road for the easter run Murrels?
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nicked off chopperbuilder
Martins Mutant
Seen on the 'rigids' frame page. We supplied the frame, oiltank, seat & rear fender. Now finished, and on the 'bikes' page.
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nicked off chopperbuilder
Haighys W650
Coming along nicely, Haighys experimenting with quite a few different parts on his project so he can get things just right.
Duncan from Deftrapz's new project.
Frame as seen on the rigids page. Here it is with forks & wheels
The KH zero sportster created a lot of attention, particularly from one customer who brought in his dismantled BSA A65 project, to be re-done in the zero style. One complicating factor here is that the customer specified that the frame should be made using where possible original BSA frame castings. This was only possible in a few places, so we had to fabricate 'look-alike' castings for the headstock, axle plates, etc. We also made the alloy oil tank and set up the forks & wheels. NOW FINISHED click on the pic to see the completed bike on the Krazy Horse site
Nigels Buell
Nigel came to us via Andy at Harley Tech. He showed us photos of a US built frame, and we basically copied it. We also made the yokes and the oiltank. Should be on the road spring 2006
The V8 bike
Anyone who has been by our workshop this century will have seen this project parked by the door. Its a long-term project; some of the parts were made as long ago as 1991!
Its a little Daimler 2500cc engine. Obviously too small to use in a car, We had to build a bike around it. The engine was originally designed by Edward Turner in the late 50s when Daimler was still part of the BSA group. I think its reasonable therefore to refer to the bike as a BSA rocket 8!
Virtually every part has to be a one off on something like this and we didn't necessarily always do things the easy way on this; the stainless raygun exhausts, the single speed automatic transmission and the telelever type frontend show this.
There really isn't that much to do now to finish it; mount electrics, make side panels. Would like to see it done this year (2006) but we said that last year, and the year before etc etc.
Grahams Softail Sportster.
Graham approached us a few years back with the idea of a lighter, more
manouverable softail style custom. It could only be a sportster really; about
100lbs lighter than a big twin based ride, here it is still under construction.
Now complete. See it on the bikes page.