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Showing posts with label Custom. Show all posts

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Veikko Sikiö hand made one cool bike. He cast the bronze and aluminum parts, wow!


"... make a liquid gas furnace, big enough to melt necessary amount of aluminium. I also had to make myself all the other tools which were to be needed in the casting-work. "





The usage of the clutch and the brake works with the same pedal. The system works as following: when you press the pedal, it first frees the clutch and when you continue pressing the pedal, the brake kicks in. I made a test version of the leverage system at first, so that I found the right relations


"First rim was a failure, but the second and the third were successful enough. On the front rim there were made places for 24 magnets, which are producing electric current for the lights when combined with a self made coil. I lathed the rims to the final size with a big lathe from at my workplace; the rims were too large for my own lathe. After some polishing and grinding I balanced the rims. One rim took 35 grams extra material and the other 50 grams, so the rims were a great success."




Found on http://www.dwrenched.com/2016/01/dwrenched.html  via  http://www.bikernet.com/pages/CASTING_A_FINNISH_WINNER_.aspx

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Dick Dean Kustom Bug: 1971 Shala-Vette Hardtop


A customizer by trade, Dick went on to run George Barris' famous Kustom City, where he did much of the dirty work on classics like the Batmobile, Munster Koach, and others -- but he also built a few custom VW based buggies, about 10 that were called the Shala-Vette.

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1631935880418477/

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