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.