raking the frame

kawman66 wrote: once you rake it that far and lenthen it that far a simple manuver such as pulling in traffic from a side street is a chore. i rode the bike in my user pic on the street and never again. you will use a full lane on the highway going around slight bends in the highway.The bike im building now has a 4 degee rake and a 3 over arm.And its just slighty slugish in the handleing compared to a stocker.

Hey Kawman, that is a lot of rake in that avatar! What is the wheel base in inches? On that chassis?
I have did a couple and never degreed it with a protractor. Just did it.
Like you say just a bar hopper, cruise night bike.
This first one I have is 66 inch wheel base. added 6 inchs.
The second is still on the welding table, similar, though.
Jordan, JUST DO IT!

The Willy's Gasser is taking up all the time! This was built from scratch. Got $ 15 grand in to that so far.
392 blown hemi with Hilborn injection. Original steel body. Built to classic nostalgia standards. 1000 horsepower easy. $75 grand done???

I just hope there is some old timers who dig this stuff too!

Sunday is beer day.

wtf?

I am one of those that love the old Willy's and 40 Ford gassers. Always thought that one of these is the ultimate street-rod. Blown chevy for me though. Liked the '33 Willy body also. I for one would be interested in any updates you want to post on it. Looks good so far. Amazing how these things eat up money!!! lol Hopefully, our fellow KZ'ers won't mind a car sneaking in here now and then.

jordan wrote: Well how many degrees of rake are on the first bike, the one in ur picture

im not sure how much rake becouse i didnt build the chassie if i were to guess i'd say 10 to 15 degrees over stock

Hey Kawman, that is a lot of rake in that avatar! What is the wheel base in inches? On that chassis?



cant remember exactly but i wanna say 70-75ish