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Chris Murphy
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Joined: October 11, 2025 12:18 pm
Last seen: November 14, 2026 8:13 pm
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RE: Up to you.

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...

7 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

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...

7 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

While I am still whittling these parts down, here is why this brace is built this way. Axle access, the wheel needs to be off to make alignment or lea...

7 months ago
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RE: Magazine

This has been resolved. Thank you Jerry.

7 months ago
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RE: Magazine

Forum user 11 OCT 25, Member 35$ 27 DEC 25, next payment due to renew, 30$ 27 DEC 26. Per my membership account.

7 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

I concur. Better a bone shaker than a bone breaker!  

7 months ago
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It does match the bike after all, and I kind of have a history of beating up my body,(I bounced off the fuselage of an airplane once) so I'm staying i...

7 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Since there is no suspension on this, I want to spread the loads the axle block will suffer deeper into the chassis. With the fixed lead position on t...

7 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Project within a project. I needed an adjustable mounting point on square tubing for the shift linkage parts I stole off my Dyna, and a couple tabs fr...

7 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

I'll leave it bare metal for a while, easier to spot any weld failures. Then maybe spray bomb it the same shade of "Bass-O-Matic" gray I painted the b...

7 months ago
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Underside pieces made and welded in place, both are 1/8" CR. While the inner frame rail is one 4' tube, the outer is 5 pieces, now a 2' long bar spans...

7 months ago
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RE: Up to you.

Well, I've shown some TIG welds, so here are some MIG welds. Due to my unique physiology, I find that the lack of articulation again results in very s...

8 months ago
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Another weld and sand day. On the first chassis, I added a redundant axle block support with the 1/4 inch aluminum from my old EDS signs. Although thi...

8 months ago
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Guaranteed the new chassis will hit the road before its finished. #jonesing  

8 months ago
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