There are hundreds of different motorcycles out there,Īnd hundreds of different ones yet to be built - I can't cover them all. A teaching guide for someone who can't weld or has never tried to buildĪnything ever, particularly a motorcycle frame build.This guide IS a detailed explanation of everything you need to know about how to build a chopper frame. What This Chopper Frame Guide Is and Is Not! Naming The Frame: Rigid and Swing Arm (Softail).Things in life, the theory is easy, the practice is much harder. Things, then I suppose it could be thought of as easy. Working with metal, are a pretty decent welder and love measuring You make no mistakes, which is unlikely if it's your first time). Time as free, then building a frame can cost a hundred bucks or so (if Someone with all the gear who'll let you use it, and you count your own How to build stuff you can some save money on this as well. But you'll need some equipment toīuild the thing, and that's going to cost more. When it comes to a chopper frame build, most people start with two questions - is it cheap and is it easy? Is It Cheap To Build A Chopper Frame?Īs the frame is concerned, the raw materials cost about $100. If you choose to do this, this guide will give you more than enough confidence to get going. And best of all you could build one yourself! Many experts recommend buying an old chopper or cruiser, even one that doesn't work, as a first project, because then you'll have most of the bits, and you know that they'll fit. Knowledge is power, as Francis Bacon said, and this site will put you in a position to ask the right questions and to talk intelligently about a how a frame is built and how the work that goes into preparation, fabrication, and assembly. Of course it's pretty interesting to know how chopper frames are built, and in theory it's pretty easy.

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