Pics of the gas tank will be up hopefully tonight, might give you some ideas of how we remedied this situation:face-icon-small-win
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Pics of the gas tank will be up hopefully tonight, might give you some ideas of how we remedied this situation:face-icon-small-win
You guys are really taking the glory of us who try to mod our sleds. This goes past most of what guys do builds.
LOVE it :thumb:
LOVE it :thumb:
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How strong will this frame be compared to a traditional frame and tunnel?
A-arms and the drop "brackets" looks a bit skinny and weak.
What type of metal are you using on this one to make the sled light and strong?
A-arms and the drop "brackets" looks a bit skinny and weak.
What type of metal are you using on this one to make the sled light and strong?
depends which brands chassis! not quite yamaha strong:face-icon-small-win but for the weigh, your gonna be hard pressed to touch the strength.
as for arms, i broke a set off my sled last year, also hit a old growth pine tree doing about 40. they will hold up to normal bumps and bashes but are designed to fail instead of wrinkling the chassis. the drop brackets are no problem, very similar design last year supported 2 riders and a sled with no a-arms balanced on the back.(reference my tree incident)
various sizes of chromoly is our main material.
I like the concept. Always wanted to do something like this. I'll be watching this for sure...
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There was lots of thought involved. You shall see...the amount of rigidity might beat out a stocker.
J
Might... Haha
%300 stiffer and way more flickable ; )
%300 stiffer and way more flickable ; )
what?! more flickable, ill take two! hahah
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Id be curious to know where you guys learn'd how to do the carbon? It always interested me!
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self taught, read a lot, talked to some smart folks and then make small scale stuff to learn up on the actual nuances of working with it.
Looks amazing gents! Carbon layup is CLEAN. I'm hoping to make some aero parts for my car out of carbon next spring, hope it turns out as well as yours.
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Where do you buy your carbon stuff? Ive been searching lately but cant seem to find any good info on making carbon things, any pointers would really help!
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looking good. josh i will be interested to see just how many different chassis those wheels will see!
the sleds are sort of sidelined right now as we are taking a mental break on them and building a pair of snow bikes. you can only work on them for so long and do a good job before you need something else to keep you from going nuts. front suspension is a combo of a few different sleds meshed into one and seems to work rather well.
Did you try different combo's or just happen to land on one that worked?
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im guessing different combo's? i think this is joshes 3rd chassis now.
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