We have launched a new website! Though it is not completely done it is about 98% finished. We decided to put it out there and let you see it because it is already completely superior to our previous web store. There are more options for drop down menus to select product options while you are shopping for our parts. On our previous web store (bigcartel) it became difficult to navigate and confusing to select what you need. So far the new website has become a great place to showcase who we are and what we do. We had been split between two sites, selling our parts online in one place and talking about who we are and what we do another place (here).
We have only a hand full of products left to list on the new website and when we have it will become the only place to purchase our chopper parts and services directly. Swing by and check it out! This blog has been archived over there and has everything ever posted here on it. We will not be posting on blogger any more so if you would like to keep up with us check out The New Blog for interesting news and info! What are you waiting for? Run over to DeepSixCycles.com and check out all the great content in one place!
Ladies and gentlemen you can now have a look at our new website. It is far from finished. We still have to revise product descriptions and add a few products and services. How ever it is so much nicer than our other web store I wanted to start using it now. We are still a few days away from accepting payments through the site but you can email us or order through our big cartel site for the time being. Hopefully you will not find too many typos. If you do feel free to let me know about it.
Check it out at DeepSixCycles.com
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If you have decided to ditch that front fender, front brake or both then send us your fork lowers and we can remove those unsightly and unused mounts. It does not matter what you have for a front end we can remove the tabs, turn and blend the legs on the lathe leaving them looking better than new. We often do 35mm, 39mm & 41mm Harley Fork Lowers. But it is not uncommon for us to do Triumph, Yamaha XS650's, Honda CB750's, and Kawasaki KZ forks. We can remove just the fender mounting tabs and leave the brake mounts or shave it all off. We can also rebuild your forks with new seals and dust caps and fresh oil, polish, or add decorative grooves to the lowers. The most affordable package is a full shave for both legs romoviing all the tabs and feature a brushed finish that matches the finish available on our other products. So go ahead and send those things in for a little touch of custom!
Here is the before shot. Look at those battle scars!
One down and one to go! These will be going on the raffle bike so they get some extra grooving treatment!
There you have it. Just a little more work before the final polishing job!
The long hard winter may have you feeling a bit stir crazy. But I'm here to tell you that warm weather is on the way and that bike show or run you have been looking forward to is right around the corner! We have a bunch of irons in the fire right now. We are still making progress on the raffle bike. We are sponsors of The Melt Down vintage motorcycle show where the drawing for the raffle bike will happen. We have tons of new parts rolling out on top of our day to day and custom one off orders. And we are making progress on a whole new website!
Don't get down get busy! Forge ahead, make, modify create!
You know we offer a wide variety of products. Check out those pull back bars with the brass center piece!
You do know all our products are made in the USA by the hands punching these keys right?
Who else offers hand built brass and stainless handle bars? Thats right you will only get them here!
So Swing over to the Web Store already (Click Here!) or shoot us an email to get your self some thing some custom radness or help with your project.
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We have been hard at it turning brass and zapping together bars! It just so happens we have a new design for all you Chain Slingers out there! Love em or hate em we make them... They are over the top and here to stay! Check em out in the Web Store now! These Low Rise Pull Back bars will also be available in the Web Store with out the chain cross bar.
No way! Those awesome new brass points covers are on the webstore? Hell yeah go get one! These points/ ignition covers step down towards the center with each step. The class these exude is nearly impossible to capture in photos so come by the shop and check em out or just buy one already and see how rad they are for yourself! By the way these fit all Sportsters and Pre Twin Cams that use a 2 hole cover!
Oh what? A sneak peek at the bike we are going to raffle off for charity at The Melt Down this year! More up dates to come so stay tuned! You can purchase $10 raffle tickets here at the shop or online through the PayPal button below!
I came across a few photos of Dave from East End Motorsports cutting the rear seat & shock section off the budget build. He hacked it off and got it ready for us to fab it back together. See the previous post to see the bike about as finished as the customer will let us.
Here is a Honda CM450 that we cut the seat section and shock mounts off and gave it our own touch. We also mounted the fender to the swing arm. Just an affordable little neo bob job or brat bike . If you would like your bike to under go a similar treatment contact us! We can do partial or full builds. We will modify any make model or brand.We can also supply new shock mounts and frame end caps for you to weld in if you want to do it your self. Don't hesitate to contact us about any thing you may need.
One of a kind.
Hand built tag mounts, Fender Struts and more.
Our good friend Zac made the bad ass leather battery bag
All new upper shock mounts too!
This solo seat pivot mount was a fun piece to make.
Deep Six Cycles Sweat Shirts, Long Sleeves, Tanks and Tees! Yeah that's right you can order them here! Go on and show that you support American hand crafted motorcycles and parts!
I made a run to the scrap yard with a load of old junk bike parts, frame sections, machining chips and unusable drops. While I was there I found a 3 ton Arbor press on the factory stand. I dragged it to a slightly less muddy part of the yard where I hoped I could get the truck to it with out shredding my tires (which was still a gamble). I know I like to see stuff like this so I thought some one else may be interested. I also check it out in the short video I made!
We recorded and edited this video to give every one an idea of what we do and the care that goes into our products. We learnt a lot by the time we finished filming and editing the first half and made some adaptions while making the rest of the video. Part 2 kind of slays part one! Still a lot of room for improvement, but considering this is the first video I have ever put together and edited I am pretty happy with it. The second part is a lot more fast paced with multiple camera angles and such. I learnt a lot by the time I was half way done filming and editing. It was fun and we will be trying to add more content to our channel for all of you who are interested!
We have been cranking out the same old awesome while adding some new products too! Check out the new kicker mod we are offering for XS650s! Send us your kicker and we can hook it up to match the other pegs we offer! We know you have been having a hell of a time finding a cool XS650 kicker pedal and pegs, we got ya covered...
Please sign this petition. I am a firm believer in white lining and lane splitting as long as it is done in a safe and responsible manner. It is legal in California and most if Europe just to name a few! If you have ever been caught on the free way on a motorcycle especially an air cooled one or while trying be some place due to some sort of emergency you will want to sign this. Just being able to move even 10mph over the vehicles that are stopped or at a crawl will get you home or the next off ramp much sooner and it is one less vehicle sitting there idling blocking traffic needlessly polluting. Please repost this on your blogs and social media! The link to the petition is below! http://legalizelanesplittingwh.gov/i1D3r
Man I can hardly believe it my self! Deep Six Cycles has a New Letter? Isn't that for the super corporate wallet humpers just looking for another credit card swipe? Actually no. The truth is we are excited about our products and what we do. In the ever changing world of social media trends it is some times hard to keep up and make sure we are reaching the people who would be the most interested in what we do.
So that is where a News Letter comes in. If you are interested go ahead and sign up, it's easy as heck. Then we can let you know what we have been up to and you may even find a special offer or discount for subscribers only. Who knows? Sign up below!
We have been working on a video of our brass hand grips being machined. We just released an unfinished sneak peek on YouTube. Personally I watch stupid boring (to most) machining videos on YouTube when I can so I thought others here may like to see it. I am still learning the editing software as I go and since its shot by us in house it wont be too polished. But I hope it is fun to watch informative and some one will find it interesting... Check it out and be sure to subscribe to our YouTube Channel to see the rest of the video when it is finished! Check it out!
We have added brass key chains to the online store! We have some set designs but a lot of our key chains are made from scraps and left overs. We may experiment with different designs or features. These key chains vary in design, many are one off and have different features from each other. We will not be listing every single one off key chain separately, but you can always come by and see them here in the shop! They are manually machined right here in house in North Carolina with pride. Or take a gamble and get a surprise! Check out the store or come on by and get one!
Can you believe it? We are giving away a set of bars or a set of these crazy foot pegs! All you have to do is repost the first photo below on Instagram with @DeepSixCycles #ChopperifficContest as the comment. That is all it takes to enter. The winner gets their choice of these bars or pegs! The drawing will be held on January 31st.
I have been working on modifying a Honda CM450 (Bobber/Chopper Custom thing). I am in the middle of mounting a fender to the Swing arm. I wished to weld the mounting bung for the fender struts to part of the lower shock mount on the swing arm. The only problem became the fact that there is a metal sleeved rubber bushing pressed into the lower shock mount. Heat from welding will absolutely result in this rubber catching fire. Since no reasonable amount of hammering with a punch or drift would budge the bushing I had to come up with another solution. I did not wish to take the swing arm off to press out the bushing in the H Press. Nor did I want to just weld it and have a melt down. Time to search through the scrap bin!
I was able to locate some 1"360 brass and a bit of 1-1/4 6061 aluminum. Game on! Please note some of the steps taken may have been skipped as this is not meant to be a tutorial for turning and lathe work. And some of the basic fundamentals were not photographed.
Here we have the 1" Brass and 1-1/4"Alum drops left over from another project.
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I started with the brass first by taking a facing cut to true up the end of the part and eliminate saw marks.
Here is the finished facing cut.
The part was then Center Drillled.
Next drilling with a 5/16 drill bit in order to be threaded with a 3/8-16 tap later on.
Next I added a heavy bevel to the outer edge. This will help the puller enter and find center of the i.d. of the shock bushing mount as it begins to displace the rubber bushing . It reduces chances binding.
Counter sink before tapping to eliminate the bur caused by drilling and ensure the tap enters concentric and on center to the drilled hole. This can reduce tap breakage. Others may find the tap creates a bur and prefer to counter sink after tapping. Both ways have worked for me. Next I threaded the part using the slowest turning speed with the back gear of the lathe engaged. Unfortunately I was in a rush and failed to photo the tapping operation.
On to the aluminum. After facing, center drilling, I selected a W size drill bit. The letter size W bit is about .011 larger than 3/8. This will ensure that the 3/8 bolt that will be passing through the aluminum block will rotate freely with out binding or friction. Next I selected a large drill bit just under the od of the brass part I turned and began drilling the counter bore. Do not drill all the way thorough you only need the counter bore to be a little deeper than the lenght of the brass piece and the bushing you are removing. The goal is for the bushing and the brass to be able to enter the counter bore of the puller completely. The roof or ceiling of the counter bore will support a washer and bolt head on the other side (outside). This set up could have been done with the bolt passing through the brass and the threads in the aluminum or using a nut on the outside to draw the brass puller through the shock mount. But this would have required pulling the rear wheel to perform the work. Which I saw as an unnecessary step at this time.
Next I bored the counterbore out to .020 larger than the O.D. of the brass portion to allow for a nice friction free slip fit. This way I would not have to worry about the bushing binding and becoming caught inside the body of the puller once removed from the shock mount.
Here you can see the heavy chamfer entering the i.d. of the counterbore. This helps guide the bushing into the counterbore.
Here you can see the other side of the aluminum body a 3/8-16 bolt will pass through. The head of the bolt will ride against a washer on this flat surface. The bolt will pass through the aluminum puller body then though the rubber bushing and thread into the brass puller. Be sure you have the heavy chamfer on the brass puller facing the bushing. It is also imperative to make sure the bolt is long enough to thread all the way through your puller body before pulling begins. This will improve the wear of the threads in the brass and decrease the likelihood of damaging the threads. This tool is a great once in a while item. In daily use I would find another option for pressing a threaded top hat bung into the brass body of the puller. But I believe otherwise brass and aluminum are the perfect materials for this tool. They are soft and will not mar or score the shock mount itself. Aluminum could have been used in place of brass but you will likely have problems with the threads stripping. So if that is all you have on hand you will probably have to modify this design.
Here it is ready to extract the bushing. It worked great and did exactly what I needed it to.This tool could have been made a number of different ways. With the tools and materials I had on hand this was the easiest way for me to get it done. Hopefully this will spark an idea for some one that will help them out in a pinch some day. I am also aware that I could have bought a puller of some sort to do this or made a tool to work with my slide hammer. But again this took under 20 minutes and was completed with scrap and cheap material I had on hand.
