Pulled the bike down off the bench to check how everything is working out so far. Will be finishing off everything that has been done so far before moving onto the next details.

Mid controls all mounted up tight underneath the motor.

After machining all the material, the extra pieces needed to complete the mid controls were cut and shaped and all welded together. Keeping everything natural and curvy shaped to match the other curves on the bike.

On this build i wanted to spend a little extra time and machine some hopefully unique looking material for my controls, shifter, mounts etc. and wanted it to match my springer rear leg shape.

Started out with round stock in various diameters and began by machining two flats somewhat like DD shaft. After i figured out where the material was going to be bent and machined groves so that the outside radius of each piece would have the groove detail facing out.

Last major part of the frame to fabricate was the cradle 'gussets'. We used a forge to evenly heat the 1/4" plate steel and then shaped it out over the same die that was used to bend the downtube to ensure the correct shape.

After the gussets were tacked onto either side 7/16th round rod was bent to shape on the edges to give it more detail.

It will all stayed tacked together until i layout the foot controls and where they will mount. Once sorted out it will all get welded together.

The Turquoise Terror. Full build i finished early 2015 to take to Born free 7. 

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Photos by Josie Farrior, Mark Kirkland, and Colin Nearman.