Fender

Step one

Bagger filler panels

Custom saddle bag filler panels. I whipped these beauties out for my buddy Scott at Shark Performance Art. I will have an update with the final paint.

Lucas’s Rocket Chopper Frame

41 deg. 8up 2out

Rocket Chopper

Our new Century Rocket Digger frame can be special ordered to fit any style. This customer wanted us to build his frame to fit his 18 over Gurfee girder.

Durfee Girders

I’m building a frame for a customer and he already has a 18” over Durfee Girder. Eric at Toxic Choppers is doing the bike build. Eric is in Colorado and I am in Texas and Paul Durfee is in Cali. Eric and I worked out some numbers and had it figured out but I didn’t feel comfortable not knowing how much sag their would be. I had spoken with Paul before on other customer projects before and knew he was a pretty cool dude. So, I called him and expressed my concerns. He asked me a few questions and said he would get back to me in a couple of days. Well a couple of hours later he emailed these CAD drawings. Well, shit if that’s not customer service I don’t know what is. I didn’t even buy anything from him. This is totally awesome. Eric did a great job at getting us in the ball park but, Paul hit a home run. Now I can build the frame in confidence knowing the final outcome.


So Lucas. Take your pick.
The moral of the story is Paul Durfee is the man.
 http://www.durfees.com/

The Shed Party

And the party’s over.

Frame Restoration

This was the main purpose of my trip to Milwaukee. I helped Ben and the PCI Group (Cook Customs) build their own frame jig. They flew me out for the week to help finalize the jig and give Ben some pointers on how to utilize the jig. It’s not like they don’t know how to use it but, there are key reference points and assembly procedures that are unique to every jig.

Ben started out by media blasting the old cast frame parts.

Here’s Ben cleaning out the old bondo.

Tacking the down tubes in.

 

Notice the piece of tubing in the loops hole to keep it all square to the table.

 

A shot of Ben’s welding skills.

The finished product.