It's not done yet...(Naked bar Buddy)

Lagerhead · Post by **Lagerhead** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:13 am

But it's starting to come together.

bigbropgo · Post by **bigbropgo** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:19 am

looks sweet. diggin it. did you lower the front end a bit?

bigbropgo · Post by **bigbropgo** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:21 am

i looked at a few others and they look the same.

what ya got for the headlight?

Howardr · Post by **Howardr** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:46 am

Nice, I like it. I, too, am wondering what you're using for a headlight.

Howard

Lagerhead · Post by **Lagerhead** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:54 am

Thanks.
The headlight is a single "driving light" that I bought at the discount mega mart, bolted to the upper horn mount. I then had to create a hole in the chrome piece to let the light out.

The light looks just like this---> http://www.rivcoproducts.com/products/p ... 404&page=1
But I paid less than $20.00

loodieboy · Post by **loodieboy** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:05 pm

Love it!

Lostmycage · Post by **Lostmycage** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:47 pm

That's fantastic! Is that the Rattler clamp and bars?

You didn't pull the engine and rear wheel off of BG's new BJ, did ya?

Lagerhead · Post by **Lagerhead** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 6:39 pm

Rattler clamp,
Bikemaster "Drag Bar",
BG's rear wheel and tire, (front goes on tonight)
It's my engine though, the Black Jack is only a 150

JulietFitzie · Post by **JulietFitzie** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:01 am

that looks AWESOME.

Skootz Kabootz · Post by **Skootz Kabootz** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 3:52 am

Man that is nice. It is such a big yet subtle difference. Well done.

Kaos · Post by **Kaos** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:17 pm

Sweet, you just answered a question for me

I was hoping the Rat clamp fit the Buddy forks, as I'm working on modding the headset on my Buddy for drop bars. I want to keep a semi stock looking headset on mine though.

Good job!

Lagerhead · Post by **Lagerhead** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:41 pm

Kaos wrote:Sweet, you just answered a question for me I was hoping the Rat clamp fit the Buddy forks,

It fits but it's not a drop in. There isn't any clearance below the clamp to clear the Buddy body work, I had to buy 4, 8/1.25 x 30mm flat head bolts and countersink them into the bottom of the clamp, 3 of the holes were easy, one of them had to be started at an angle and hand finished.

Also, the pinch bolt that indexes into a groove cut into the steerer tube is "clocked" a little different than stock. (about 30* or so). About 25 minutes with a die grinder and a rat tail file fixed that problem.

Stock bolt on the left, countersunk on the right

pinch bolt notch

Some more pictures of the project.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lagerhead/ ... 606641487/

Kaos · Post by **Kaos** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:43 pm

Lagerhead wrote:
Kaos wrote:Sweet, you just answered a question for me I was hoping the Rat clamp fit the Buddy forks,
It fits but it's not a drop in. There isn't any clearance below the clamp to clear the Buddy body work, I had to buy 4, 8/1.25 x 30mm flat head bolts and countersink them into the bottom of the clamp, 3 of the holes were easy, one of them had to be started at an angle and hand finished.

Also, the pinch bolt that indexes into a groove cut into the steerer tube is "clocked" a little different than stock. (about 30* or so). About 25 minutes with a die grinder and a rat tail file fixed that problem.

Stock bolt on the left, countersunk on the right

pinch bolt notch

Some more pictures of the project.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lagerhead/ ... 606641487/

Sweet, thanks for the info!