"I know what I want this part to do, so I make the part to do what I want". Sand, cut, sand, fit, jig, tack, install. Foot clears, pedal clears, does ...

Another item about the new front strut. I'm using spherical rod ends for the struts which allow for misalignment at the mounting points. This keeps th...

Always have a plan B (situational awareness). The plan was to have a third tube triangulate the new front strut, but the new notcher won't do somethin...

Before building this I found that info on building a tubless rigid hack for a rigid framed bike is scarce. The first place I looked was the giant coll...

Welded the nuts to the threaded rods, after a soak in cleaning vinegar to remove the zinc coating first. Installed the locking flange nuts on the oppo...

I have gotten used to the size of this one. The bike is actually pretty small, so the 40 inch track width seems to have worked out. Even though with...

Back on solid ground. The alignment is very neutral to start out with, .2 degrees of + camber at the side wheel, .1 degree of lean out, toe is set the...

More work. Dusty motorcycle.

50.4 lbs.

I've been off FB and IG for ten months now. If you are looking for exposure with a younger audience, IG is the place. I focused mainly on the throngs ...

I had about 10-15 different PTs and OTs during a 4 year period, some good, some bad, but the 5 great ones helped the most. Getting that shovel sound...

A couple things here. This is in 22', the bike wasn't finished, but it was time to put a surrogate battery on it to do a function check, and also star...

Thank you. I hadn't realized this was at 12 pages now. When I was building the latest version of the bike, I was on Instagram, and updated the progres...

These are all mock up fasteners, including the distorted thread flange nuts I ran a tap through to kill the locking feature. I am far from final assem...

Moment of truth time. Slid everything back to the rear most lead position on the chassis to find out how much more clearance I needed to make. Zero, a...