WELL HERE IS THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME...THE SPECIAL ADDITION THAT MIGHT SET THIS BIKE APART FROM THE REST. A TOTAL CAGE BUILT AROUND THE BIKE. THIS IS A SHOT OF IT IN THE STARTING STAGES. I MUST ADMIT IT IS GOING TO BE MORE WORK THAT I THOUGHT BUT THEN AGAIN....WE DO GET CARRIED AWAY ...
WE HAD TO TOTALLY MODIFY THE FRONT FENDER AND GIVE IT ADDED LENGTH TO ATTAIN THE LOOK WE WANTED. THEN THE CAGE WAS BUILT AROUND IT FROM THE FRONT TIP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE REAR. WHEN THE CAGE IS CHROMED IS SHOULD LOOK WILD!! ZEKE HAS ASSURED ME THAT THE PAINT WILL FOLLOW THE THEME OF THE BIKE THROUGH OUT AND WE ARE CONTINUALLY DISCUSSING DIFFERENT PICTURES AND SKETCHES TO GET JUST THE RIGHT ONES FOR THIS RIDE.
CENTERING EVERYTHING AROUND THE GAS CAPS BECAME ONE OF THE NEWEST CHALLENGES WE ENCOUNTERED IN THIS PROJECT. THE PROBLEM LIES IN THAT THE CAGE MUST BE TOTALLY REMOVABLE. I HAD THE WISH TO BUILD UP THE AREA AROUND THE CAPS, AS I DID ON A PREVIOUS PROJECT (FRUSTRATION), BUT I ALSO WANTED TO USE THIS AS A STRENGTHING POINT FOR THE CAGE. WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS A CAP WITHIN A CAP, SO TO SPEAK. I MADE THEM IN TWO PIECES SO THAT THE TOP ONE WOULD FIT DOWN INTO THE RAISED PORTION AROUND THE CAP..THERFORE SORT OF LOCKING INTO IT AND BEING AS DEEP AS THE RAISED AREAS SO THAT WHEN IT WAS CHROMED IT WOULD GIVE IT DEPTH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE CAPS.
THIS PROVED TO BE EASIER SAID THAN DONE...FOR WHEN THE CAGE BEGAN TO TAKE SHAPE AROUND THE CAPS THE LONG PIECES THAT STREACHED FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAPS TO THE REAR OF THE BIKE HAD TO BE FORMED OFF OF THE BIKE AND THEM PUT ON. BUT WHEN THEY WERE COMING TOGETHER IT WAS WELL WORTH THE EFFORT.
HERE'S A SHOT FROM THE TOP OF THE TANKS WITH ONE HALF OF THE CAGE ALMOST COMPLETE AROUND THEM. IT IS VERY CLEAN....AND VERY STRONG. GLAD TO SAY IT WORKED OUT PERFECTLY!! THE CAGE..AS IT MOVED TO THE REAR...PROVED TO BE EVEN A BIGGER CHALLENGE. IT SEEMED TO CONTINUE TO GROW THE MORE I WORKED ON IT. BUT THE SHAPE OF IT ONLY HELPS TO ACCENT THE LENGTH OF THE BIKE.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS SHOT WHERE THE TANK MEETS THE SEAT....IT'S GROWING. WELL WE ALMOST HAVE ONE SIDE DONE NOW , JUST AROUND THE REAR FENDER TO GO AND THEN IT'S ON TO THE OTHER SIDE....JUST ONE MORE PIECE.....AND ONE MORE BEND.....AND ONE MORE........
Page 1
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5 (The Frame Gets Preped)
Page 6
Page 7 (She's Bad in Black!)
Page 8 (The Front End Gets Worked)
Page 9 (The Paint)
Page 10
Page 11 (The "Cage" Itself)
Page 12
Page 13 (The Spoiler Cage)
Page 14 (The Belt Gaurd Cage)
Page 15 (The Shift Lever and Chain Gaurd)
