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Here is a perfect example of why the tank needed help. This Ass is wearing a thong

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Still riding after more than 40 years and still never had a bike accident on road and only a few falls offroad- worst bent a clutch lever. That includes racetrack fun and even been a Monkey on a ballistic racing LCR sidecar. Current beasty is a 167hp BMW k1200R, only 121,000 km so well run in. For it's 21st birthday it's getting a diff rebuild as a O ring was leaking, plus new rubber and rear disc. I got through the early silly years by always having a mature attitude to my skills development and knowing every car is probably trying to kill you. I always use the Piano principle- "unless a piano falls from the sky and hits you in the back of the head - I should have seen it coming". No amount of skill overcomes a poor attitude.

Let's not forget the only army that actually scared the Japanese and German soldiers were Aussies. And the first to stop both in their tracks. Same as Vietnam war, the Vietcong were shit scared of the small group Aussie patrols. The yanks were just hopeless. Movie and TV from US is generally propaganda eg U571 a bullshit movie about yanks getting the Enigma machine first when it was the British. Or the recent series Landmen which glorifies oil. Or Topgun heavily subsidised propaganda by the military. The list goes on...

My first was Honda Elsinore 350- the first 4 valve single enduro bike, a 73? Model. I was a small 13 year old and it had huge compression and no decompressor lever, as such a absolute bastard to start, a renowned ankle breaker from backfires. My first legal was a Yamaha RX 125 smoker then a RZ350R ex Swann race series. Then at 21 a BMW R100CS.

Sounds good, a Aero themed bike sounds cool. A Ejector seat is a great gag, when racing a sidecar it certainly felt like you would be ejected if not hanging on for life as the monkey. A good anvil is valuable, the cheap Chinese cast ones suck and crack easily.

Sweet Mad Willie the beast. A friend did the bikes from the latest Mad Max movie, he is a chair specialist.

I had a english wheel, great machine but not needed to do guards or any other part to a good quality. A basic stump ground into a dish and some basic hammers will do lots. A leather bag of sand or lead is also useful. A guard can be done on a old curved steam pipe or cast large diameter curved water pipe etc. just grind smooth and hammer away. If you have a angle grinder you can modify almost anything to shape metal on, custom hammers are easy. YouTube can basically teach you everything you need. It does not require big bucks and lots of tooling. Given you intend on building a sidecar, you obviously have tools, skills and lots of possible shaping tools hiding as scrape.

Love the idea of the copper tank, maybe hunt for a bigger version? Or you could modify the shape with some fillets of copper or even stainless to make it more oval shaped. I once had a Stieb Zeppelin sidecar, a thing of beauty. With a bit of imagination you could make the tank like that style as a chair. If you got a hold of another tank or two, you would have plenty to make as you desire and also the 3 wheel guards from the copper. Old copper pipes are also very useful for hand hold rails etc. Metal shaping copper is extremely easy compared to steel , alloy or god damned hard stainless. Would be very cool 😎 with a hand formed copper tank. Any worries on shaping me Metal with simple home tools and I can help, it's not rocket science- guards are surprisingly easy. I would favour a registered motorbike to heavily mod, then you can ride it to the pub etc and have the fun of riding beyond the farm. Pick a BMW k1000 from 1984-1986 and it's club rego, sidecars are common so no rego hassles and they are extremely tough with shaft drive and car strong dry clutch. Pick up a ratty looking one cheap and you can easy modify to your hearts desire. The motor is called the brick and renowned as almost unkillable. Just some thoughts.

Cool go Willie go... Full build log please. Phil

I know the ones you are talking about, but we are not all bloke that. My workshop is at my brother's, also storage for motorbikes. My mooring is way over engineered and has never moved in huge storms. Life's a compromise, sea life for me. The life Aquatic.

I can do a rebuild series if anyone is interested, it will even have aerospace technology in the build. No it will not be a expensive to build Resto mod.

Nev, Spread the word far and wide, boats are a terrible waste of money, endless days can be wasted on the water seeing birds, dolphins, whales, lots of fish and watching sharks feed on dumb tourists. It's a horrible life and no one should suffer such deprivations. The number of times I have been almost blinded by bikini babes is astounding. Tell the world to stop been silly and never come to Port Stephens, it's horrible- like a frozen gulag. So bad in fact , I am restoring a half cabin 15 ft Cruise Craft, a mere 50 years old. My tortured life continues...

Bream are just seachickens, everywhere but not that tasty and a lot of bones. Bream are extremely slow growing a plate size can be 20 years old. The Snapper are awesome tasting, Gar etc lovely. The Jew is extremely tasty if bleed and gutted on the spot, many don't and this effects the flavour and shelf life.

Here one I caught, it's 71cm and was succulent and sustainable if the rules are followed.