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Last Edit: Sept 8, 2016 6:38:39 GMT by Stigian
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Morning all a bit of a MadTrax update for you.. The coils, regulator etc have been mounted under the gas tank, you might say space was tight! Photo's to come when I remember to take some To make enough space to get the ignition barrel in the right place and to stop my thumbs being crushed between the bar and the gas tank I made this handle bar riser thing.. The riser thingy in place. While in the handle bar area I thought I should have a look at getting a rev counter, temp gauge and a couple of warning lights mounted. With a bit of trimming of the mounting plate the temp gauge shrunk a bit in size. Some thick-ish flat steel was needed so I decided it was time the last remaining part of my first Mig welder found a use.. I do have plans for the louvers Not a bad fit, I just need to weld the cut marks up. The plan was to mount the temp gauge in a box, I even started to mark out the sheet to do so.. Then Nigel asked if I had thought of fitting the gauges in tube? Not a bad idea I though and went of the search for a couple of big enough bit's of steel tube.. It was at that point that I found a pair of Gutbrod headlamps that have a rather nice shape to them Who would of thought a Honda rev counter would be such a good fit in a Gutbrod headlamp!!! I just need to make them a bit longer Making the head lamp bowls 1 1/2 inches longer has been fun, here's the second one after tack welding. And the first one part way through having the welds cleaned up.. As well as a temperature gauge the pod on the right will have a couple of warning lights fitted.. Neutral and low oil. Only balanced in place here, but the shape and look of them do make me grin
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Last Edit: Oct 1, 2016 8:20:30 GMT by Stigian
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Oct 15, 2016 19:55:07 GMT
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Evening all progress on MadTrax's gauges continues.. The temp gauge face plate had all the cut/other marks welded up.. To stop me blowing any holes through with the welder the face plate was clamped to a lump of brass. The rear side, you can see where the weld has filled the gap without sticking to the brass plate. Once the welds were smoothed a couple of small brackets were welded on which bolt to the temp gauge backing plate.. Quick, easy and does the job a treat. It all started with a cardboard template. The steel version with 4 captive nuts and two bit's of threaded stud welded on. The threaded rod is for bolting the ignition barrel on. The gauge pods/bowls gained a flange thingy, only tacked on at this point.. To bolt the pods on I needed a M8 thread but with a bolt head smaller than 10mm, so I dug out a few allen key bolts.. Clamped one in a drill chuck then put the drill in the vice.. With the drill tuned on I fired up the grinder and totally failed to get a good photo of the allen bolt head being ground down to size! A quick test fit, me likes.. Working out how to mount the bracket that the gauge pods bolt onto has been fun! In the end I made a couple of brackets that use the same bolts as the headlamp. Other than cleaning up a few welds and adding a couple of captive nuts to stop the pod tops from opening, and adding a couple of warning lights the gauges are done. A view from the seat.. You may of noticed in the above photo that the front brakes have gained a bigger master cylinder.. An upgrade that's needed me thinks.. And of course Part 6 of the build videos.
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Oct 15, 2016 20:03:49 GMT
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Monday MadTrax went back up on the bench to do all those little jobs that I couldn't do on the ground. Thank you Rob and Nigel for your help. The exhaust system gained a guard to stop any legs from getting burnt.. The system will be heat wrapped also. Recycling time.. This was part of a Wheel Horse cutting deck.. Lot's of chopping and welding later a battery box bracket was born. A couple of captive nuts were welded to the bracket so the battery box can be bolted on. To hold the battery in the box I welded a couple of bike straps together. Finally fitted... Yes the battery does come in and out easy, and no the swing arm does not hit the battery on full compression despite how it looks in the photo
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Oct 15, 2016 20:21:51 GMT
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The foot peg mounts needed some strengthening.. They won't move now but I will add a bit more strength underneath. Due to the engine being offset to the left, the frame rails are not the same which meant the left side foot peg stuck out a bit more than the other side.. Chopped.. Push the ends together.. And weld it up.. I have welded the joins inside as well. With the foot pegs now sticking out the same amount both sides I needed to think about something to stop me running over my own legs with the rear wheels... So more recycling, some steel mesh and a mower handle.. The section of small louvers I will use later.. I needed to bend a couple of slight but long bends in the tube (mower handle now swapped out for a better one which also turned out to be Honda.. In keeping eh). Running it over with the quad and even my Gt-14 didn't work, so something heavier was needed.. Please note Nigel busy eating to add to the weight I'm sure there was a length of tube there a second ago I think Nigel's truck did the bending trick As it turned out we decided not to use the long bends in the end and went for something shorter. Mostly welded on each side. The photo's do make the angles look a bit strange.. The tube heads towards the wheel before bending up.. It's hard to tell but I think they both look the same each side.. Once some steel mesh is welded in the feet shouldn't go through. And that's this thread up to date again other than.....
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Oct 22, 2016 11:28:06 GMT
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Afternoon all, a bit more progress for you all. Both er... foot/leg guards have had an extra bit of tube welded in making sure the shape matched the outer tube. And one side has been treated to a coating of steel mesh... That should do the trick. While busy welding the mesh on the left side I thought I could feel my right leg getting warm! For some reason I forgot to tuck my jeans over my boots this morning, the foam in the tongue had caught alight and was taking my jeans with it!! Oops! Fire put out and the mesh welded on.. With MadTrax on axle stands it was time to start making something heavy.. A engine/sump guard made from some rather thick and heavy diamond plate.. The diamonds are on the other side. A big thank you to Nigel for offering me the plate to use. A test fit after cutting it to shape. The front of the guard needed to be bent up a bit, after cutting it part way through and beating it with a big hammer it was time for some heavy duty welding.. Me like my Murex TradesMig. Another test fit to test the... er.. fit.. I needed something nice and strong to mount the heavy sump/engine guard to the frame... So I started slicing up some nice thick angle iron. Sliced, cleaned up, drilled for a bolt, and a captive nut welded on.. Welded on. Although my welding is getting much better, I just can't get the knack of welding upside down for some reason!! Which is why the mounts will be fully welded on when I can turn MadTrax on her side.. One of the mounts had to go on the side rather than under the frame tube... Nice welding eh I think the engine/sump guard is strong enough
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Oct 22, 2016 11:36:19 GMT
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You may of noticed a gap between the top of the leg guard thingys and the frame.. Which is why I made a couple of these.. They slot in here.. Welded in.. That looks a lot better now. I had to find some storage space for a lot of parts, so the "rack sort of thing" under the bench was turned into a big shelf using er.. metal shelves.. So why do I need parts storage space? Well.... This started happening. Followed by even more of the same. Until finally I had reach this stage by the end of play yesterday. On Monday that last parts will be stripped off, then some serious welding can begin Thanks for taking the time to read my ramblings, comments and questions are always welcome.. To finish up this update, here's the latest video fresh off of MooTube where you can see MadTrax being stripped down and even two of me at the same time... What more could you want eh
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Oct 29, 2016 17:15:57 GMT
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The strip down continues.. Right side A arms and hub. Left side and rear shock... Quite amazingly I have had no problems getting any bolts out, a few were very tight to say the least, I think only 2 small ones have broken and they only held the original bodywork on anyways so they are not needed now. Lot's of welding has been happening, you may remember the sump/engine guard mounting brackets that I couldn't weld on upside down.. Ground back... Ok, this is a different bracket but you get the idea And fully zapped up.. It ain't gonna move now Speaking of welding, you will now see why I didn't want to get the engine running before fully welding the frame up... Lot's of bit's to weld that just couldn't be done with the engine in! There has only been two bolts that were a right pain to get out, but that was only because I didn't have the right tool was the swing arm bolts with "big ar$e" 17mm Allen key bolts! But I was able to borrow the right tool, a 17mm Allen key thingy that fits on a ratchet (Thanks Karl) and after a lot of force that bolts freed up with a loud crack.. Of course the swing arm bearings are shot.. An almost naked frame.. The sump guard is doing a great job of keeping the frame steady on the bench
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Part of things
thats what i do
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Oct 29, 2016 17:38:38 GMT
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i like the sign on the wall in the last photo!!
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whip it, into shape ........ go forward
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Whenever I've needed a bigger than normal allen key, I've always used the appropriate sized hex-head bolt and 2 nuts. locking the 2 nuts together on the bolt will allow you to turn the inner nut and use a spanner.
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i like the sign on the wall in the last photo!! Thanks Ash, that was painted many many years ago.. It still makes me grin when I look at it Whenever I've needed a bigger than normal allen key, I've always used the appropriate sized hex-head bolt and 2 nuts. locking the 2 nuts together on the bolt will allow you to turn the inner nut and use a spanner. I did try that but all I managed to do was to twist the bolt... Them Allen bolts were in very firm to say the least! As I've been going round welding up MT's frame there has been the odd weld or three to tidy up... This was gone with my old MigMate hobby welder, and even though I was welding from underneath it looks horrible and not very strong! But once it was all ground back and hit with my Murex TradesMig 165 it looked like this So there ya go boys and girls, bin the hobby Mig and get something more trade like but nothing new (Made in China) and cheap... My Murex is at least 20 years old and will outlast me I expect A heat shield has been made from some thick ally to stop the exhaust cans from melting the seat.. The rear mounts are just captive nuts welded onto the seat mounting plates.. The fronts were mounting brackets that I think used to hold the bodywork on.. Strong with a threaded hole.. That will do nicely Slowly the frame is getting weled and cleaned up.. Some more strength was added a the front where new tubes meet old... Yes the square plate is offset, but so are the lower tubes.. By this point I was starting to get bored with the "weld, grind, weld, clean off some rust, weld, grind, weld, grind" side of things, so I dug the fuel take out and bolted it in place.. Even with the bars, gauges etc bolted on you could see down inside the tank from the front which really bugged me.. So it had to be covered over but I still wanted some air to blow under the tank.. The last bit of my first (and very rubbish) mig welded came in handy once again, this time donating some louvers. Some cutting and welding later... Welded on the tank though a bit of trimming is needed.... The tank will fit in place as it should, you just can't get it on And of course...
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Never realised there were shades of satin black. I've heard of dark black and light black, but nowt in between. You live and learn don'tcha?
Always in two minds at this stage of your builds. 50% of me wants to see it finished but the other 50% knows the brilliant stuff is coming to an end.
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Last Edit: Nov 6, 2016 10:57:32 GMT by georgeb
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Never realised there were shades of satin black. I've heard of dark black and light black, but nowt in between. You live and learn don'tcha? Always in two minds at this stage of your builds. 50% of me wants to see it finished but the other 50% knows the brilliant stuff is coming to an end. Hi George, you have got me worried now.. I was aiming for a mid satin black, hope I've got it right Don't worry, there's plenty of this build left to go. Then there's always the next one Evening all, after a short break from MadTrax to build the camera panning jig thingy I'm back on the case now.. With the frame painted it's time to start on the smaller parts, starting with these nice crusty A arms.. After thinking for a while I decided the best way to clean the crud off was to use one of these....... Well, use a Hoover as dust extraction for my blasting cabinet Unfortunately, due to the cabinet beings so small and bad arthritis in my shoulders the pain got too much after just a min's use, so I had to clean the A arms up the old fashioned way with a wire cup brush on the grinder! The very shot ball joints in the upper A arms came out without to much of a fight.. The lower ball joints however refuse to come out despite plenty of WD40 and huge amounts of pressure in the vice.. I think I'm going to have to grind the base of the ball joints away and try and bash them up through the A arm rather than down as normally would be done.. I'm sure my 12 ton hydraulic press is going to some in handy Four (mostly) cleaned up A arms waiting a few mods.. With the A arms having quite a bit of rust pitting I don't 100% trust the strength of them especially as they will have to cope with a lot more power and forces.... So template time it was. Which turned into a couple of these.. One of which fit's in here.. I didn't like the look of the inside straight bit, so something had to be found I could draw around to give a nice gentle curve. You can also see the lip welded to the underside of the strengthening plate to er... Strengthen it Fully welded up and hit with some Red Oxide.... I think they should be strong enough now and will hardly notice after a coat or two of satin black.
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Here's the latest MadTrax video, I've had a bit of fun with special effects and being a bit silly, let me know what you think..
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Last Edit: Dec 21, 2016 9:28:32 GMT by Stigian
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Dec 21, 2016 10:23:03 GMT
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Dec 21, 2016 11:02:35 GMT
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Don't know why but this looks strangely other worldly. No? Maybe just me then, that or the Empi and coke. Lovely pre-Christmas update.
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Don't know why but this looks strangely other worldly. No? Maybe just me then, that or the Empi and coke. Lovely pre-Christmas update. I see what you mean George, it's kinda looks like a mechanical spider/cockroach sent from another world to come and cause havoc by chewing through rail lines and taxi ranks... No? Maybe it's just me then, that or I'm only on my second coffee and my brain hasn't woken up yet Not a great deal to report as I've not been up the workshop apart from a few hours yesterday where my body needed a break from all the festive sitting around! Trying to follow a wiring diagram on a smart phone (printer out of ink) was interesting but I did manage to remove a few more un-needed wires from the loom... It's starting to look less frightening now Just before silly season hit I pulled the gauges out of a box to finish them off.. The glass "eyebrow"/top/bit that actually holds the gauges in (the pods were make from ride on mower headlamps remember) needed a little something to stop them from flying apart during high speed jumps/crashes (delete according to taste/fear/bravery). A bit hard to see from this photo snatched from video footage, but there is a small Allen key bolt that screws through a hole in the lip thingy into a threaded insert welded to the pod body. Gauge pod body's and trim/eyebrow top ring thingys hit with the black stuff.. And that boys, girls and small furry creatures from alpha centauri is the last update of 2016, you never know I might even get round to getting this build finished next year To finish this update off here's the latest MadTrax video where I play around some more with special effects and a few sound effects as well.. I even do some work on MadTrax
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You have some serious skill mate. Just read your thread (again) from start to where you are up to now. It is awesome. Keep it up!!
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