really like the featherbed frames so that's the basic start of this long road.. got lucky to have a guy loan me an atlas thinline frame for a week to let me measure and make form jigs and yesterday after a day of scrap i got one side bent up!....so here's the start of a long road...
well the metal is flyin today! got the other side of the thinline done and figured i would bend up some 4130 for a wideline..can't do that rear kink in the 4130 so wideline it is for that material..here are the pics
Dude. When you post pictures, please hit the "enter" key between images. What you've posted looks to be the start of a nicely done frame, but it's nearly impossible to look at.
WOW. Awesome start so far. After building a slimline out of 4130 myself, I can truly admire the work you are putting into this.
Must be lucky having a buddy to get frame dimensions from...
All production Featherbed frames were mild steel, both Thinline and Wideline. Only the Manx Featherbeds, which were Wideline, were Reynolds 531, and they were not quite the same as the production frames - no castings, no steering head gussets, different swingarms etc.
edit - Sorry, I also wanted to say you're doing a hell of a job recreating one of the best frames ever made. I've had a NorBSA and a Triton, you're going to love it.
Whoa - are you going true to stock dimensions or altering it in any way? I'm definitely eager to see to fruition - especially if you end up going custom and getting nutty with the end result. A daunting task indeed!
Just my opinion, but I think that that frame needs a bit more of a substantial engine plopped in there. There is too much negative space. Great work thus far though.
IMHO there are a few good reasons for that. Top two being I don't see the engine fitting the frame very well, and Ducati made frames that worked pretty well as is.
Basically I don't see the point of that excercise other than just to be different, which is ok I suppose but not my cup of tea. FWIW if I were going to build a featherbed style framed bike, it'd be Sportster powered...
The old british pre war jap v-twin engines fit nicely and are not done that often , one of those would be something really special.
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