Making a GIRDER (Not Springer) Front End From Scratch | Part 2 | LEGS!

This is my first series following the work I do everyday in my shop at One-Up Moto Garage. In this video I cover the fabrication of the legs of this from-scratch GIRDER front end. I'm building it to suit a Honda Shadow VLX600 frame (for now- custom built frame to come) with a Honda NT650 Hawk engine. It also has a VFR800 custom Kineo wheel mounted to the Hawk's single sided swing arm. Subscribe to follow this build as I go!
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00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Design goals
00:58 - Rake and Trail
01:24 - Bending legs
01:46 - Cutting end angles
03:15 - Dialing the angles in
03:50 - Welding leg ends
04:46 - Shaping leg ends
05:13 - Welding end tubes to legs
06:33 - Making cross braces
08:26 - Fixing warpage
09:00 - Test fit
09:18 - Making axle
09:28 - Shock info
09:50 - Outro

[@bwlyon]

Beach Bar for the handlebar. Love this fork design.

[@luke_b1150]

Finally a clear, high quality video of someone making a girder. This channel is quickly becoming 1 of my favourites

[@oneupmotogarage]

🥳 thanks! Love to hear it

[@georgebarnes4410]

Impatiently awaiting part 3…

[@oneupmotogarage]

😅 I know me too

[@mrmarcocecchi74]

can't wait for part 3

[@oneupmotogarage]

So much to do! I just got the brake calipers in, I have to figure out how I’ll mount them.

[@sleethmitchell]

looking good! i've had lots of girders over the years; always liked them. the way you split the curve makes me think of those crocker girders.

[@oneupmotogarage]

Thanks! I’ll have to check those out!

[@ximan09]

Good stuff. FYI to those looking to buy a tube notcher the BuildPro ATN100 tube notcher is way more adjustable, and cost is 1/3 of a Baileigh.

[@oneupmotogarage]

Yea the Baileigh is stupid expensive. Really the limitation I had was with the cut depth of the hole saw more than anything.

[@dhananjaydahariya576]

Finally some good video keep it up, i see you uploaded previous part of this video "1 year later" i recommend you to speed up.

[@oneupmotogarage]

yea haha at this rate it's gonna take awhile! I sure hope I can get the girder done in the next part, then it's on to making the frame.

[@MikeMiller-fc2cc]

Where is part 3

[@oneupmotogarage]

I just posted part 2 yesterday so it will probably be minimum a few weeks before I get part 3 put together. I still have to figure out brake calipers, and handle bars.