Hot seat part 2

I made my way back to the garage and was able to 'finish' the oil box, and cut out and replace the old frame support. The tank needs a bit more work, and a ton of cleaning to get it where i need it to be.

but here is where it is right now. 

Hot Seat Oil Box

So the oils box will replace the typical 'cafe racer' cowl, which would lead one to believe thats gonna be a mighty hot seat. But i will have about 1/2" of space between the seat and the oil box that should allow enough heat to dissipate before toasting my bum. 

Within the hollow spot between the seat and the oil tank ill run some hidden hard lines, out and under the seat.

just showing off some welds. Before this build I hadn't touched a TIG welder for over 8 years. ITs coming back to me.

Starting to build up the side walls, and getting a sense of the shape.

I added in this 'mouse trap' within the oil tank, so when I'm ripping mile long wheelies or putting my right knee down for an obnoxiously long turn i will be less likely to starve the motor of oil.

Every box needs a top. I scavenged the screw top from a previously failed attempt at making an oil box from last year. (i was using a gas-less mig welder from harbor freight on that one, it was zero fun) As you can see form this photo, I need to remove this frame support so the tank can sit correctly. I will have to add a new support in inch or two back, and then i can remove this one. which would allow the tank to sit properly.

Here is a rough look at how the tank will sit. Its a bit cockeyed due to the existing frame support that i still need to remove.

The seat may have to lose 1/4" to sit just right. It still needs some rubber feet and a proper mounting point.

Seat bending

Today i bent up a seat pan and started to plan out the oil tank, unfortunatally i was running to low on argon gas to even start the oil tank. 

Paper oil tank

This could work...maybe

I will have exposed hard oil lines as well.

Hopefully afterwork ill spend some time at the garage and see if this could actually work.

Looper

I spend saturday brushing up on my tig welding attaching everypiece of scrap metal i could find together. And today i started the addition of the rear frame loop to the speed racer.

I picked up a rear frame loop section from dime city cycles, it would have cost more to buy the proper equipment to bend it up myself. Then i grabbed some steel rod that would slide right in the frame loop and could make a nice slug out of it. Chopped it to lenght and cleaned it off. 

Then i had to figure out where i wanted the loop to attach, which was unfortunatally not exactly how i sketched it out. So it goes. There is a bit of an akward space between the bottom of the loop and the shock mount. I think ill probably round it out and try to mimimize it as much as i can visually. 

To make sure everything lined up just right i left the slugs in the frame loop and supported the loop at the height i wanted. Then i cut and shaped the slugs to match the frame. 

Then tacked the slugs to the frame. After that i moved on to completing the welds. 

After everything was welded up i moved on to removing the stock fender struts. 

Now im sleeping on how to make the frameloop fit seamlessly with the stock mounts. 

After i settle on how to do that, ill weld the frame loop to the slugs.