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Chris Murphy
@not-bob
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Joined: October 11, 2025 12:18 pm
Last seen: November 14, 2026 7:28 pm
Topics: 6 / Replies: 176
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RE: Up to you.

Threw a whole lot of 10 ft. TIG welds on the strut today. It isn't pretty, but it won't break, While experts told me I definitely don't have OCD, What...

6 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Only at the bottom though. But I did pull this out of its hiding place a couple days ago, and staged it near the 20 amp outlet. Ready to do an inflati...

6 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

"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 ...

6 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

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...

6 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

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...

6 months ago
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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...

6 months ago
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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...

6 months ago
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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...

7 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

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...

7 months ago
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More work. Dusty motorcycle.

7 months ago
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RE: Sidecar Social Media?

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 ...

7 months ago
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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...

7 months ago
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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...

7 months ago
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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...

7 months ago
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