Hippie Hippie Shake Wäinö Chopper. Kawa Vulcan 800cc.

[BobberFreak]

Moro.

I had a hard hippie chopper fever and the only "real cure" for it is to build such a chopper.
I bought a suitable Kawa Vulcan (Wäinö) 800cc -96 for it, quite cheap.
Kawa was cafe racer style build and really awful to drive.


After disassembling the unnecessary parts, it was ready to change shape.


Sometimes it is good to take a test drive


At the moment, rake is ok and work continues........i´ll be back

[BobberFreak]

At Solidworks, I modeled a girder fork to its current frame change. The trail seems to be ok.
Need to buy material. A pipe with a wall thickness 3-5mm is probably ok because otherwise the fork will become too heavy when the material is, for example 22mm iron shaft.

[deezboltz]

cool looking bike, man. that huge rake is looking awesome. love the vn800 for a donor. nice v twin, nice wheels, single carb, chain drive.

[BobberFreak]

I designed a pic of my possible coming Chopper.
In the summer you can see what the end result looks like
So, next i have to move on to the practical work because there is still a lot of work to be done.

[BobberFreak]

Thanks for the boost Deezboltz
I know Kawa is a really good motorcycle, so i have them two.

Br,
Janne
Loud Pipes Save Lives

[BobberFreak]

Last night i started making a proto model of a girder but i got really hungry and had to go home
Next time, I have a large number of snacks maybe the girder proto will be completed ready then.

[deezboltz]

couple tips if you need em.

Last night i started making a proto model of a girder but i got really hungry and had to go home
Next time, I have a large number of snacks maybe the girder proto will be completed ready then.
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cool looking upswept pipes on your mock up. when I made mine, I went to my local bike shop and dug through a bin of takeoff exhaust pipes. I was able to find the angles I wanted out of some old harley headers. welded em to my own headers and cocktails. I left them natural and hot blue

[deezboltz]

don't know how that skateboard ended up in there. anyhow, that's my 02 vulcan.

[BobberFreak]

Damn good looking Vulcan bobber, man.
Here is my second Kawasaki which I customized about a couple of years ago.

[BobberFreak]

I finally got the prototype girder fork ready.
I think it seems quite reasonable. The fork material will be 22x5 E355+C tubes.

[farmall]

Nice aluminum build fixture. Light, won't rust and spatter won't stick to it.

[deezboltz]

hey man, looks like your last vulcan had very similar lines to mine..... beauty looking little kawi. nice job.

[BobberFreak]

I made a 3D-model of the upcoming girder fork.

[BobberFreak]

I made a 3mm walled hydraulic tube (22mm) model version of the girder fork.
The final version will be made of a stronger tube E355 22x5.

[BobberFreak]

Here is the current situation but this weekend is supposed to start making the right one.