flak monkey
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 posted on 1/2/07 at 07:11 AM |
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Chopper Parts in UK
Does anyone know of online (or otherwise) places that supply custom chopper parts in the UK? Obviously the scene in the US is huge and as such there
is a lot of stuff over there. Might have to resort to importing stuff...
While I am on about choppers, check these out...
http://www.exilecycles.com/
David 
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macnab
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 08:26 AM |
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 just look at the tyres on that bike!!
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daviep
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 08:40 AM |
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Talking of choppers.................
Here's my ride to work, isn't she a beauty? I know the wheels aren't the biggest but she is VERY powerfull !!!
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timf
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 09:21 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by flak monkey
Does anyone know of online (or otherwise) places that supply custom chopper parts in the UK? Obviously the scene in the US is huge and as such there
is a lot of stuff over there. Might have to resort to importing stuff...
While I am on about choppers, check these out...
http://www.exilecycles.com/
David
try here
A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him."
- Sir Winston S. Churchill, 1952
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flak monkey
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 09:34 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by macnab
just look at the tyres on that bike!!
Oh yeah the trike he built has F1 wheels on the back, and racing wets (with the 'not for road use' bit ground off )
http://www.exilecycles.com/index.php?section=25
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mackei23b
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 09:35 AM |
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Looks like a Super Puma to me.
Been round Glencoe in one, flying about the mountains with the door open. It felt a bit like one of those Vietnam movies.
I tell you, you get some downdraft when the thing is 10 feet above your head!
quote:
Originally posted by daviep
Talking of choppers.................
Here's my ride to work, isn't she a beauty? I know the wheels aren't the biggest but she is VERY powerfull !!!
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 10:18 AM |
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I love exile cycles. The guy who set it up is from Brum you know!
There are quite a few suppliers in the UK as the 'scene' has developed due to american chopper and biker build off on telly.
My advise is to buy BSH (back street hero) magazine as it will have plenty of suppliers advertising.
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Pezza
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 10:54 AM |
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What bits are you after? mate of mine has a lookup full of chops.
Pez
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 11:01 AM |
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Hi Pez,
Not after anything just yet, just planning the next project
Trying to find some parts suppliers really. Got some good ideas and a mock up of a frame and girder forks design in cad.
The US prices seem almost 1/3rd that of some of the european ones!
Thanks for the input so far chaps
David
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Fred W B
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 11:13 AM |
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I look all over for parts, and usually whatever the number is in Pounds, its the same number in US Dollars.
The bugger is the import duty and transport costs
Regards
Fred W B
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Hammerhead
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 11:29 AM |
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David,
I'd be very keen to see what you are working on for this project.
I had a video of Jesse James from west coast choppers (think it was monster garage) manually bending tube to make a frame.
I assume you will be making your own frame?
will you go for a beb or a ceb?
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jambojeef
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 12:40 PM |
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nice plan!
Im building one at the moment...
XV1000 motor with chopped frame, monkey hangers single carb conversion and stuff.
There is a lack of cheap bits though I agree - its hard to get the super clean chromed look of the US choppers but to be honest mine wont ever get
there so its not top of my priority list!
Aggression Performance Engineering over in Cumbria somewhere built one along the lines of the one im building so it has been helpful to look at the ir
efforts.
Any ideas of what you will build?
Geoff
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flak monkey
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 01:04 PM |
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Got a good idea of what I want, but it will come down to cost...
Would be based around Harley running gear, probably a 96 or 113ci engine. Would be nice to have belt drive for both primary and final drive but I
think cost may be slightly prohibitive. Frame would be hard tail, fat boy. Highly impractical...but who cares?!
I am currently trying to work out how much the dream machine would cost, then knock bits off from there.
Will post some cad screenshots some time when i remember.
David
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jambojeef
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 01:15 PM |
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HD bits? Belt Drive? - a "proper" chop then!
There is something kinda attractive about separate engine and tranny units and I like the look of the belt drives - I like the idea of a suicide shift
aswell - couldnt really built it into mine - will post some pics up if you're interested?
Geoff
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trikerneil
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 01:29 PM |
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Yep I'm interested in your pics
ACE Cafe - Just say No.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 01:34 PM |
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Oh yeah suicide shift is a must
Would love to see some pics...!
Sera
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jambojeef
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 02:34 PM |
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Ok will take a few tonight!
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jambojeef
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 04:18 PM |
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Slight change of plan - looks like im staying late at work!
Piccies to follow at a later date...
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jambojeef
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| posted on 1/2/07 at 10:55 PM |
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One from earlier....
Now has the twin carbs replaced by a single 1.5" SU sticking out the side, complete with ram pipe when it arrives!
Needs loads doing before its really ready but this weekends job is the tank which is still an unknown etity - I know what I want it to look like (you
can see the shape from the curved plate) but achieving it without the unearthly metalworking skills of someone like 907 it might just look like a dogs
dinner!
We shall see I guess!
Geoff
 
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Peteff
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| posted on 2/2/07 at 12:24 AM |
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Suicide shift ?
Do you mean suicide clutch? It might work if you only ride on motorways but I wouldn't fancy your chances in traffic. I'm not a fan of
Harleys, having ridden them but I live near the Rock 'n Blues site and see some poser machines. The best I saw was done by a Swedish bloke who
made his own barrels and pistons to take it to 3 litre, and he still kick started the bike.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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trikerneil
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| posted on 2/2/07 at 12:51 PM |
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Cool
I like that, very nice 
On a W plate - the best year!
Keep up the good work.
Neil
ACE Cafe - Just say No.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 4/2/07 at 09:14 PM |
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Very nice!
You can have a suicide shift coupled to a normal shift too if you want to, just complicates matters somewhat. I agree though, they are really for
american roads...
The best place i have found so far are these people:
http://www.harleycustom.co.uk/
The prices are enough to make you cry though 
Still I reckon you could do a pretty nice HD chop for about £8k if you fabricated most of the stuff yourself.
Thinking of making my own frame and forks, so thats a fair bit of cash saved already. The engine, primary and transmission is the very pricey bit!
Looking at £4k for a complete ultima 127ci engine, £100 for a 3" primary belt drive and £1500 for a 6 speed box... But obviously thats the dream
spec
Anyway heres a cad shot of the girder forks... based on 40deg rake and for use with a narrow glide wheel. But a doddle to modify. Need to finish off
the frame model. Cant decide what width rear tyre to use at the mo... (should point out the forks are compressed in that drawing. The links are
horizonal at ride height...)
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Peteff
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| posted on 5/2/07 at 12:23 AM |
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Harley world is about 6 miles away from here in Chesterfield, look on Autotrader they have loads of bikes for sale. I don't go there but they
must have some contacts for parts. Tim has one for sale in his shop but I don't know what model it is, I'll have a look tomorrow. Watch
out for the raked forks, they make the handling interesting to say the least.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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chrisf
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| posted on 5/2/07 at 12:10 PM |
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Have a look at Mutant Buells. One can build a bike like that for under $4k. If you don't like the Mutant Frames but insist on big American
V-twin, check out the Buell's motor. It is HD made, but they do not keep their value as much as the regular v-twins.
Your budget of 8000 pounds is certainly doable. My friend built a chopper from a kit and it cost him around $15k. It included everything from a 115
billet motor to fork fluid. We basically painted it and assembled it. Email me for pics if you'd like.
--Chris
PS Ironically, I live in the US and I'm building a Brittish-style cafe racer!
[Edited on 5/2/07 by chrisf]
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jambojeef
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| posted on 5/2/07 at 12:59 PM |
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Flak - that is dream chop stuff - Id really like to do a seriously raked out chop at some point - its a lot easier that a car overall, but its a lot
more work since everything has to routed well and polished or coated to keep the looks clean.
Ive pretty much given up on the idea of mine being a top notch chrome plated show thing and am aiming for a mainly black powder coated and polished
work horse.
Should still be fun - I was revving it up at the weekend and I couldnt actually see straight when I was on it and had tinnitus through most of my tea
breaks - its looks like its a petrol station hopping machine!
Geoff
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