Rabbit Ears and a hefty Top Tree

Bent these bars up for Carson,  welded 1/2" threaded bungs in the bottoms... and check out the 1" thick steel top tree for his springer, made to his drawings.  He is going to take care of setting the final pull-back, weld in a center support and then have the parts painted/powdercoated.   

Overbuilt, yes.  We like that.

Not a new idea...but its my first time

Going to work a 1-7/8" mini electronic speedo into the tank of the sporty build we are doing for Geoff.   This bike is going to get a lot of road time, so im working hard to provide the normal commodities of a traveling machine,  and still keep it simple, clean and stylish

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Gauge mount for Ricci

304 Stainless steel.
Made to mount under a 39 mm tripple tree.
Shown with Ricci's  1-7/8" Electronic Speedo

(We can also make one that works with a mechanical speedo.
Can mounts under a 35 & 39 mm tripple tree, or between bars and top of tripple tree.
Gauge can be adjusted up or down during fabrication.)

New parts for sale!

These tank bottoms are made in the USA out of cold rolled mild steel.  Very solid and sturdy, but still easy to work with, they are just the right size for a 2.2 gallon sporty style shell.  Only $39-  Happy tank chopin'!
16.5" long
10" wide
1.5" tall tunnel
2" wide tunnel

Bars

Jay whipped up some bars today...a set of mitered narrow rabbit-ear bars for Sami in Finland, and a narrow set of 12" Apes for Brett in Minnesota.  

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Aluminum makes me happy

Barnstorm Cycles/SPCL '79 has been a long time sponsor of the WPI Robtics Teams, handling all of their aluminum welding needs. Here is a couple shots of a frame I just TIG'd for them. These things are crazy.  Its awesome to be a part of something a little different, but still very much about fabrication and design.

Progress

This is the start of a fully handmade aluminum tank I am doing for a Ducati Monster.  The material is 3003-H14 .080" Aluminum.  Once annealed, aluminum is pretty great to work with and shape.  And becuase its .080" thick, when the tank is done, there will still be plenty of material and thickness left for worry-free metal finishing. 

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Simple Hammer Form

.083" Annealed Aluminum

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New Stuff!!

Make sure you check out The Barnstorm/SCPL '79 Big Cartel Site, we've got a some new products up....some new fab parts that we've designed for the garage builders out there, as well as some new Bar styles, Battery Box's and a new Headlight mount!

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Here is a little preview:

Pretty clever

In Mexico on a family vacation, found these faucets in one of the restaurants we ate at.

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