Author: Chris Callen Publisher: Wolfgang Publications ISBN: 9781935828624 Category : Home-built motorcycles Languages : en Pages : 0
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Custom Bike Building Basics is the basic bible that at-home builders need to build and modify their own motorcycles. Readers will learn everything from the basic workplace and tool set to working with steel, welding steel, choosing a “donor bike” as the foundation, creating a plan, sheet metal fabrication, upholstery, wiring and more. Custom Bike Building Basics is the one book you need before you tear into that donor bike and begin the process of creating your own motorcycle.
Author: Gary Inman Publisher: Laurence King ISBN: 9781786277589 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 192
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How to Build a Motorcycle leads you through all the key stages - from initially finding the right project for your skill level, to sourcing a base bike and safely taking on some full-on bike-building tasks. With clear, easy-to-follow instructions, proper advice and specially commissioned step-by-step illustrations throughout it is an ideal aid to getting your hands oily. Written by Gary Inman, the co-founder of independent motorcycle magazine Sideburn, and illustrated by Adi Gilbert who is best known for his bicycle and motorcycle drawings whose clients include Harley-Davidson, Guy Martin, Wired magazine, Sideburn magazine and Nike, this is a must-have for all motorcycle lovers. Read this book, even dip in and out where relevant. If it makes sense, schedule some time, clear your mind, pull on some old clothes, grab your toolbox and get going. The chapters in How to Build a Motorcycle will tell you how to complete a huge variety of tasks that will allow even the greenest of novices to get their hands dirty and start modifying with purpose. If you belong to this camp, start with some of the low-input, high-reward jobs, such as fitting bars, swapping the rear shocks or wiring in a new tail light. Even though these require relatively little work, they'll transform the look of your bike, and completing them will fill you with confidence to undertake the more difficult jobs, such as fitting more modern front forks or even making your own frame. The book comes with a glossy 32-page section on finished bikes and is a reference and the perfect gift for all fans, from those who merely like to tinker, to riders taking on a full build.
Author: Chris Daniels Publisher: The Crowood Press ISBN: 1785003704 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 553
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Building a custom motorcycle has never been more popular, with even the major manufacturers keen to capitalize on the growing trend. A custom motorbike is the product of an owner using their own skills to produce an individual machine, and with the right tools and approach it is well within most people's means to take a standard machine, new or second-hand, and make it their personal statement. Providing clear and practical advice, this new book, Customizing Your Motorcycle - Shed-Built to Show Bike introduces the reader to the techniques and processes needed to customize any motorcycle. Eschewing the practice of using expensive off-the-shelf parts, it shows how the shrewd use of salvaged and alternative sources is not only economic but also results in a satisfyingly unique custom machine. Projects demonstrate how to make custom parts, while examples of how different custom bikes were built by the author show how they are designed and put together. The book covers: An introduction to the main styles on which today's custom scene was founded; Choosing a suitable bike and how to make decisions when buying second-hand; Workshop setup and tools; Components of a bike and custom parts; Basic improvements and the essential maintenance to make a safe and usable bike; Modifying frames and building seats, tanks and other components; Welding, cleaning and preparation for painting. Richly illustrated with 409 colour photographs.
Author: Chris Callen Publisher: ISBN: 9781935828747 Category : Motorcycles Languages : en Pages : 0
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Custom Bike Building-Advancedtakes all the building advice presented in Custom Bike Building-Basicsand gives the reader more, including information on how to equip your shop, tips and techniques for welding steel with your MIG or TIG welder, sheet-metal fabrication forming sequences, information on making your own handlebars and exhaust pipes, help with making a custom leather seat cover, and more. What hasn't changed with this new book is the author - Chris Callen of Cycle Sourcemagazine fame. The book is written for riders working at home and in small shops. You don't need a big catalog of aftermarket parts, you only need this book, a small set of tools, your own imagination, and the drive to see the project through to the end. Like the Basics book, this one includes three, start-to-finish bike assemblies. And like the previous book, this one leans toward the earlier Harley-Davidson powerplants--Knuckleheads, Pans, Shovels, and Ironhead Sportys--all built on a budget by real people with a little grease under their fingernails.
Author: Cuthred E a Ivar Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Wouldn't it be great to build motorcycles for a living?" I'm guessing the thought has crossed your mind while working on your own bike. It's kind of like saying, "Wouldn't it be great to climb Mount Everest?" Of course, it would, depending on your tolerance for discomfort-and even disaster. In the few years that Classified Moto has been my livelihood, I've experienced highs and lows. I've felt pride, joy, fear and camaraderie. Plus, the occasional overwhelming urge to punch someone square in the face. Through it all, I've learned without a doubt that I'm an expert on nothing. Ironically this is probably the most valuable knowledge I've acquired. More on that later. But: full disclosure here. If you get the chance to appear on Bike EXIF, take it. If you want a shot at building a successful motorcycle business, I believe you need three traits: Creativity, flexibility and enthusiasm. All three. And although we're talking about bike building, these traits probably apply to any form of self-employment. (And life in general.) Conventional wisdom says to run a successful custom bike company you need to be an amazing craftsman, a world-class welder, a master mechanic, and so on. I disagree. Like it or not, the skills you need to build a motorcycle are not the same ones you need to make a living from building motorcycles. Today, you need a vision-and the social graces to get good people on board, people who can help you execute that vision. It should be your goal to spend your time doing what you do best, and delegate the rest to specialists who do it better than you do. If you are creative, flexible and enthusiastic, chances are you can round up a set of top-notch craftsmen to help get the builds done. And then other talented folks to help you convey what you're doing to the public-by building your brand. There's a bit of a notion afoot that building a brand for your business somehow makes you a poser. If you are going to build your own business one day, be careful before you join the bashing. You'll be forced to eat crow. And you might also have to ask for advice from the successful 'posers' you mocked to begin with. Yes, if you're going to attempt to make a living at this, you're going to have to market yourself in some way. And do it as well as (or better than) you can weld, sew, tune carbs or pull wheelies. Building a brand might seem easy, but it's not just a logo design. It requires a lot of knowledge, and an instinctive feel for stuff you might not want anything to do with. The most interesting thing? It forces you to see your work from the public's perspective. You know how awesome you are, no doubt. But if you're having a hard time convincing the masses of that fact-or even a few well-heeled clients-your bottom line will suffer. Start by figuring out what you bring to the table. Are you an order taker, a dictator, a trendsetter, a copycat, an asshole, or an unbridled artist? Are your bikes easily recognizable? Are you filling a unique demand of some sort? People need a reason to get excited about what you're trying to sell. So, Will you find something that you can be excited about as well, and make that the basis of your brand? Let get started....
Author: Robert Hoekman, Jr. Publisher: ISBN: 9781642340242 Category : Languages : en Pages : 192
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The urge has found you daydreaming more than once. The urge to define, bend, shape, fabricate, invent, shove, break. To slide your leg over the seat you finally got back from the leather shop. To twist back the throttle grip you wrapped yourself. To lunge into the darkness of an open highway on a creation all your own. More than a motorcycle, this is about your identity. It's about building something as unique as you are. In The Build, Robert Hoekman Jr compiles insights from today's best builders to help you plot out your own beautiful beast. Loaded with photos, The Build features firsthand advice from the masters of moto design, including John Ryland (Classified Moto), Alan Stulberg (Revival Cycles), Jared Johnson (Holiday Customs), Jarrod DelPrado (DP Customs), and the legendary Max Hazan (Hazan Motorworks). You've seen what can be done. It's time to do it yourself. Get The Build.
Author: Perry Anderson Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781719053310 Category : Languages : en Pages : 60
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a café racer could be a bike that has been changed to race from a cafe to another planned place. the foremost famed cafe (pronounced caff) was the Ace Cafe in London. Legend has it that bike rider would race from the cafe, when choosing an exact record on the duke box, and come before the record finished. This effort usually necessitated achieving 'the ton' or one hundred mph. In European country throughout the 60s, cheap motorcycles that would attain the ton were few and much between. For the common employee and bike owner, the sole possibility of obtaining the specified performance was to tune the bike with varied athletics choices. promptly obtainable standardization elements created the task easier. Riders would add additional elements as their budgets allowed. As riders value-added additional and additional elements, a regular look began to happen - the cafe racer look. The typical specification of associate early cafe racer would be: Swept-back pipes Clip-on's or 'Ace' bars Reverse cone Mega's (short for acoustic device mufflers - pretty much a misnomer). Later bikes used Dunstall's, that were silencers made by standardization legend Paul Dunstall TT100 Dunlop tires Larger carburetors Rear sets For many riders, having the cafe racer look was enough. however once the marketplace for standardization elements extremely began to require off within the middle '60s, the list of obtainable and fascinating elements grew. Besides engine standardization elements, a variety of firms began to provide replacement seats and tanks. These replacements resembled the present trends in bike racing: seats with humps, and fibreglass tanks with indentations to clear clip-on and therefore the rider's knees. costlier metallic element versions were additionally obtainable. Tag: Bike racer, Cafe Racer Bike, custom motercyle, classic motorcycle, custom motercyle, bike racing, road racing, bike touring, bike riding
Author: Jose de Miguel Publisher: Motorbooks International ISBN: 9780760327852 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 161
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In the old days all a person needed to build a killer custom motorcycle was a bike, a set of tools, a little know-how, and a creative vision. But with the rise of the high-dollar, haute moteur Gucci choppers, the true custom bike has gotten out of most riders’ reach, right? Dead wrong. In this book Jose de Miguel, a custom builder from way back, sets out to prove that those good old days never ended. In the clearest and simplest terms, he shows readers how they can turn odds and ends found around the shop into one-off motorcycle parts--and make a cheap, run-of-the mill custom build into a drop-dead show stopper. Following de Miguel’s lead, along with his straightforward illustrations, any resourceful owner with rudimentary mechanical skills, a basic tool kit, and--most importantly--a modicum of imagination can build the bobber of his dreams for less than the price of a new bike.
Author: Perry Anderson Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781798113516 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 56
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Cafe Racer This book contains variety of various tips and tricks that you simply will use so as to require an older bike and convert it into a Britbike that everybody will be impressed with. Take it any place on the world and you'll want you're the king of the road. You can't deny that cafe racers, once place along properly, are very attractive. They look terribly sleek, and that they will move pretty quickly if you set the time into the engine. Even with the little quantity of horsepower that they need, they appear and drive higher than the other rice rocket that you simply see on the roads nowadays. Don't be intimidated by it either! Building your own bike isn't as scary because it looks. We provide you with all of the directions that you simply would like so as to make it effectively, and with it slow and patience on your finish, you will be able to turn that recent bike into the cafe racer that you've perpetually needed. It doesn't take the maximum amount time as you'd assume either - with a small amount of your time a day, you'll get your work worn out a month or so! And the fruit of your efforts will be a beautiful bike that doesn't cost much - the best cafe bikes cost less than $3,000 to completely finish. So consider this book and obtain started on a journey toward creating your recent, beat up bike into a cafe racer that may flip heads and cause you to proud to be riding on the roads again, without breaking the bank! For more information click on the BUY BUTTON!!!tag: cafe racer, caferacer, cafe racer motorcycle, triumph cafe racer, yamaha cafe racer, cafe racer bikes, cafe motorcycle, cafe bike, the cafe racer, moto cafe racer, custom cafe racer, kawasaki cafe racer, café racer, cafe racer triumph, cafe racer build, flat track, fast bike, road racing, bmw cafe racer, build a motorcycle, classic motercycle
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