Tuesday 29 March 2016

front wheel.

Front wheel is all laced up - I genuinely took over 40 mins trying to put the tyre on - what a tool!




Thursday 17 March 2016

modelling - finer detail

Thought i'd post an update on the Lion. Not sure if it'll make it onto the bike, but i'm having fun making it. trying to work up the finer points, and then it'll be more refinement after there.





Thursday 10 March 2016

shift knob

Started moulding up a shift knob for the knuck the other day. roughed in the shape with milliput and will next add more detail and possibly a mane...

I've always wanted to do sculpture, it always amazes me how good people are with their hands. I tried a few times when I was in my early teens, but struggled to make what I was seeing in my head. 

I'm hoping that; as experienced with other things in live, I might be a bit better now I'm a bit older. experience, patience and maturity definitely do seem to help. I certainly enjoyed roughing out this part of the head - underneath is a ball of foil, and now this is dry I can start adding to it / fill in gaps and work on the overall detail. 

The ultimate plan is to cast it in metal....



First Commission - Motortechnic MFG Knucklehead chopper

Our first commissioned bike is a Motortechnic MFG Knucklehead. This is a replica motor, but looks just like the original. 

The motor is currently with our engine Guru Baz, getting ali heads fitted. the customer wants a strong running bike, and the ali heads will prevent the overheating that can be an issue riding in hot weather with the cast iron heads. 

The frame is a repro V twin frame, and most other parts are going to be hand fabricated by Tom. The tank has already been worked on - its a lowbrow wassell tank with the handshift and through tank fuel tap pressings grafted in. this should be a great looking long chop when its complete. 

Its also entered into the UK bike building competition - The Trip Out Bike Build off.... Make sure you check out their website for more great builds http://www.thetripoutbikebuildoff.com/

We'll have the bike ready for the trip out in September this year, and it will be ridden down from the North of England. 






Open for Business!

Exciting times for us; Deathcat Parts Co will be opening its doors to paying customers from the end of March 2016.

Tom is slowly Turing his passion for old bikes into a business and will be working on customer bikes along side his current job. Hopefully this will be the start of something amazing and the shop can be opened full time in the future.

We are currently taking on full builds after the success of Tom's "345" which went from the UK to the states for Born Free 7 last June.



If your interested in commissioning a build, make sure you speak to Tom on 07540 722 423 and see what we can come up with. 

Wednesday 9 March 2016

Seat T Bar and Pivot and the kindness of others

I sent out a plea for a harley seat T bar a few weeks back on insta, and a dude sent me (from the states) one  that he had chopped the front mount off to use on his project.

True to my roots I foraged about for something to use to sort it out and another conrod came to the rescue (again donated from another guy stateside). Plenty of welding and grinding to get the oval bar stock and the I profile rod to match up, but its getting somewhere. the top of the rod was used with some turned parts to make the pivot. Its still to be welded to the frame, but hopefully you get the idea....

This may be a big buck motor but no expense will be spent on making things that I think are cool, and the best thing - most people wont even see all that work. Some pictures to indulge yourself on... 










Sissy bar and light mount

More progress from last week - tardy update due to work and home life commitments! made up some bungs to mount the sissy bar to the stock axle plates, made them countersunk so the head of the bolt sits inside. plenty of weld and die grinder action to get it all smoothed out...

Also made the mount for the light - again using bits I had around - this time conrod ends from WLA rods.