Delboy's Garage, Fighter Build # 110, Seat Unit Begins.

After a short break, Time to start the new Fighter Tail build.
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[@michaelmclarney1994]

Nice job Del, very neat and solid. Looking at your older videos im amazed at how much stuff you have and the jobs you do in a single garage, it puts me to shame 😂

[@michaelyiannett4515]

Totally agree about trying to use existing parts to incorporate into your mods. Nice job so far Del!

[@Moonfleet41]

Thank you my friend, costs are mounting up as time rolls on, so it's great to re-use old stuff!

[@Ratqueenbikes]

Well done and a perfect job hun. Great to see you back on the build having fun. Looking forward to seeing what you do next 👍😀x

[@Moonfleet41]

Thanks Hun, got to make the lower brace next so i have a full and strong frame to weld the sheet metal onto... Keep warm, soon be summer aye.. xxx

[@CookingwithChefDai]

back to the fighter build, woo hoo! I can't wait to see what you've got in store for the seat and rear Del... Many thanks and big hugs to you both p.s. lovely welding btw.....

[@Moonfleet41]

Ha ha, How spooky is that.. i didn't check in on the messages as i was catching up with other admin correspondence,, one of which was sending you a proper catch up message in FB... Great to hear from you brother, i hope you are all well.. and thank you for you kind words.. (Id still swap you for half those knife skills..lol! )

[@djstumpy31]

Awesome job there del, love it 😎🤘

[@Moonfleet41]

Thanks Gary, much appreciated..

[@MackieBass]

Nice to see different approach. I created my sub frame first, and mounted the tank as a last thing...but then again I was changing the tank position completely, so it's a different story altogether. Executed with precision.

[@Moonfleet41]

I LOVE how you did yours brother, i can usually tell what a design is gonna be after the first few mock up stages.. but you had me guessing all the way through, and it looks awesome.. i wanted to do just a tiny suspended seat here. but sadly i have to contain thew battery, and all the loom in there too.. so its a task of minimal containment and disguise.. next i have to mount a second lower brace that will pick up the central frame platform that holds the top of the shock, thats a strong enough seat for the weight of the whole tail to stand on.... and its off center too.. wish me luck.

[@MackieBass]

Good luck ;) Maybe use (thick) sheet metal fabrication method, like I did, as oppose to metal bars/tubes etc. This way you can create a little tray for all the electrics and relays and shit... You got man!

[@springy-2112]

Your welding is looking like tasty stacked quarters !! Nice ☮💓

[@Moonfleet41]

Why thank you most kindly good sir.. they dont always go like that, and its a lot easier with this ere thick stuff... but practice ever practice aye..

[@chrisrag1346]

Nicely dodidged Del. Cracking bit of welding there 👌

[@MotoMirius]

Now that's a bracket!

[@ad7ft]

I used to have a really nice drill press until my Son borrowed it. Haven't seen it since!. I still love him!.

[@Moonfleet41]

Oh my, the dangers of lending out tools.. if I still had the tool I ever bought I wouldn't be able to shut the garage door lol

[@ad7ft]

Have a Blessed Sunday Friends.

[@Gus-cg9yp]

Hi, good job Del, great start for the new tail !!

[@mikestewart7322]

Dam that is skill Del. Nice support bracket fabricated.awesome.👍🏻👍🏻

[@Moonfleet41]

Thanks mate, "From Little Acorns" aye.!

[@RenchRanch]

LMAO! We are beginning almost the exact same project! I will be soon welding up a subframe similar to this for Melly's 1987 Honda Rebel CMX 250 Barney. I have to make it up to mount the Street Tracker seat & tail unit. So will be highly interested in watching how this progresses. Love watching the fabrication. Welds lookin pretty good too. Hope mine end up nice. Still got to set up my Hobart Handler 140 Mig welder. Take Care! Mike & Melly

[@Moonfleet41]

Hey Both, great to hear from you.. and im glad you're finally getting to grips with the fabrication.. maybe get some practice in with a garden sculpture or make a BBQ grill or something.. just to get the power and wire speed settings right first... most Jap bike subframes are made from no more then 1mm wall tubing, and its so easy to blow through.. it helps if you;re struggling with it to just stack tacks rather then try to seam weld it.. those smaller machines are restrictive on the power levels, you end up between settings so its all or nothing..!.. good luck with it buddy, and have fun.. Del & Pennyx

[@ronalmon3319]

Wow... sounds like your still getting the crappy weather... beautiful 75 degree day here with little humidity 👍 hopefully it shapes up for you soon... take care my friend

[@Moonfleet41]

Damn i knew you'd say that... Yeah, it seems winter wont let us go yet.. give me dust and tumbleweeds any day.. :-)

[@scottsabin2245]

Yes Dell starting to get back to the build roll on Saturdays video

[@garya3056]

Amazing, Dell... and you have such incredible energy to do stuff between shifts! Good on ya! 🏍🏍👍

[@Moonfleet41]

Thanks Gary.. Just effective use of time aye brother..

[@garya3056]

Moonfleet41 you put me to shame, Dood! 👍

[@Drummerdad61]

Sorry Del I forgot to say hope you both have a great easter mate even though it's supposed to rain the whole time lol bank holidays huh!!!

[@Moonfleet41]

yo too James, take care and have a great weekend.. D&Px

[@MrAlmar07]

Beef, Proper Beef!! Nice one Del. Good to see you back on this mate. Awrabest mate. Dutch. 😉👍

[@jmichaelsed]

i'm excited to see how this is going to turn out, Del. Once again, love the vids and really appreciate the time and effort you both put in to making them. 🤘

[@Moonfleet41]

Thank you my friend, as Penny is away from the limelight these days, people forget the time she puts in.. the editing is now longer than the filming in most cases, but it's worth every minute, as it's great time we spend together ...thanks for watching...!

[@paulharast1958]

Awesome, Beautiful Job,,,,,, Have a Great day and Safe Riding You & Penny

[@Moonfleet41]

Thank you Paul, first step went well, and strong enough to never have to come back to it..

[@ownyourworld]

Nice little magnet props 👍🏻

[@suzuki750stu]

Superb piece of fabrication buddy, welds are getting better with every piece of work you do, regards Stu 👍👍

[@Moonfleet41]

Thank you Stu, you're most kind my friend...

[@ronalmon3319]

Nice work brother 👍 your the man!

[@Moonfleet41]

Great to hear from you Bother.. i bet its not 7 degrees and wet where you are..! :-(

[@robbotes9165]

Nice one Del...I love watching your vids with my morning cuppa Joe... looking forward to seeing how it progresses, keep up the good work 👍

[@Moonfleet41]

Cheers Rob, happy to be back on it..

[@christopherbowers2264]

Delboy. You inspiration keep these videos an ideas coming please

[@TroubadourJuggernaut]

Some "proper beef" there !!

[@christophershirley1303]

(P) I'm really looking forward to seeing the new direction you take this... I actually really liked the previous tail and overall look of the build, but now feeling like this could be something more radical..... PS... that weld looked perfect! Skills Del..!

[@Moonfleet41]

Hi Christopher, great to hear from you - really enjoying it now... and it feels like I'm finally getting the weld settings right, it's a lot easier with this 3mm stuff... take care, D&Px

[@TheSweetasanut]

Hooray back to bike stuff

[@ichi1977]

Nice job mate...i run a luthium battery on my fighter bandit for 2 years now. It saves a lt of weight and space.

[@Moonfleet41]

You read my mind, I literaly just took delivery of mine, it's a lithium YTX12 equivalent, and yep, weighs as much as a jam doughnut and it is, indeed, smaller ! I don't need it yet, but I got it now for the size so can make the battery box around it...

[@suzukietc1373]

Will a steel subframe end up a lot heavier than the ally or is there going to be less material? Not criticising just curious as a lot of weight has been saved anyway so not like a few of would matter. Love watching the fabrication videos. Maybe one day I'll actually get a welder and give it a go.

[@KevDoogan]

suzuki etc - I was thinking the same myself. How will the steel subframe, belly pan and nose affect the overall weight . SF looking great so far can't wait for the finished product 👍

[@Moonfleet41]

suzuki etc - Hi mate, in a recent video, I weighed all the body work against what I'd removed from the beginning, and the bike is 7kgs lighter with the old tail I built, I've removed the big sheet metal tail now, the frame had never come in to it, as it was staying on the bike, but now it's gone, I've weighed it against the other removal parts, and even though it's ali, it weighs 5kgs just by itself, it's made from 3mm thick square well box tubing, and it's braced all over the place... this little steel bridge, and second one I'm making to go below it for Saturday, will be all the steel frame that there is.. from this point, I'll be welding thick sheet metal to make a battery box and electrics carrier, which will be small and then, finally, some small decorative thin sheet metal round the outside... all in all, it will be way lighter than the existing 7kgs saving, so am on the right side at this point!

[@suzukietc1373]

Moonfleet41 oh so it's going to be a monocoque tail, soinds really interesting, Looking forward to it, thank you for the detailed reply!

[@jimb1783]

I must say, nice weld!

[@simonstorck125]

Good work

[@d.fresh.750]

(P) Good start! Hopefully all will come together nice & quick!

[@Moonfleet41]

Thanks so much buddy.. you know how it is, one step at a time, and before you know it.. its done.

[@8ball903]

The call of the saw was just to much ? 🤣 looks nice and solid bud

[@Moonfleet41]

Cheers buddy, you know how it is, strong foundations and all that.. Its gonna be stumpy..lol

[@mikestewart7322]

Looks like a bloody great scaffolding don’t it? Maybe a springy single seat suspended invisibly? Looks miles better without that stuff, probably 5 kilos lighter. Nice vid again mate.

[@Moonfleet41]

You know it buddy, that aluminium tail frame was 5kgs by itself, so they'll be some big savings... a suspended seat would be cool, but this bike offers absolutely nowhere else to put the battery, ECU, fuse box etc., so gotta cunningly disguise it all inside the tail... and still keep it small lol !

[@rsbharley4766]

Great bit of fabrication Del, I am looking forward to seeing what you have planned for this. Personally I dont mind you breaking off to do other projects, but that's just me. Penny and you have a great week. Cheers

[@Moonfleet41]

Thank you brother, I was gonna do just one more helmet stand, but I think people wanted to see this... so here we are, back on the build! Lovin' every minute of it - have a great weekend yourself, D&Px

[@wendyduncan9544]

great to see you back on the build del cant wait for this atb m8 iain

[@Moonfleet41]

Thanks Iain, happy to be back at it..

[@eaglestrikes1]

Fantastic work really great job. What is your day job Del out of interest? Wonderful videos. Thank you

[@74bikes68]

Hi, to save more weight you can perhaps use a LiPo-Battery. I use one in my 955i Speed Triple Fighterbuild and it woks nice...

[@Moonfleet41]

You read my mind buddy, I've just took dlievery of exactly that... quarter of the weight and half the size - don't need it yet, but got it now so I can build the battery box around it !

[@geoffozevans4500]

Job well done 🖒😎

[@MattRiddell]

What an awesome piece!!

[@Moonfleet41]

Thank you most kindly Sir, it gets better !

[@tinks43]

(P) Definitely Beef! A good start 👍🏻

[@janwoodworth5072]

Hi del mike here where did you get your little heater from in the old garage cheers mike ;-)

[@Moonfleet41]

Hi Mike.. ten quid from the DIY store mate.. !

[@janwoodworth5072]

@@Moonfleet41 thanks del all the best to penny as well bro thanks again ;-)

[@Moonfleet41]

@@janwoodworth5072 You too mate, have a great weekend,,

[@ownyourworld]

You could have put a piece of metal bar with threads st either end to go between the two bottom nuts ? Or just over kill

[@Moonfleet41]

As you'll see on Saturday, I need a second bridge to go across lower down , it needs to rise up to the brace platform on top of the shock, so whilst what you say is logical, I can't go straight across with it, I need to pick up that central support for strength... check in Saturday and you'll see !

[@ownyourworld]

Moonfleet41 awesome 👍🏻 always good vids mate !

[@AndreLaranjo]

what happened with that amazing job you've done in the tail unit a few episodes ago? and the seat?

[@Moonfleet41]

Still have them Andre, ill probably cut them up to use in the new tail im building now..

[@mufinman1987]

Are you taking that pipe stuff off the bars like you did on the forks?

[@Moonfleet41]

Dunno yet, I can't afford a fat bar conversion, so they may do for now!

[@banditBrian]

could you add on to the frame you have just made looks about the size of a battery already, just and idea as i am not sure were your seat will be placed.. cheers for the video welding looking spot on now m8

[@Moonfleet41]

It's all planned that way my friend, the next video is the build of the lower bridge, which has to pick up the support platform in the centre of the frame for strength, then I have to brace the two bridges together in to one, and from there, yes I can bring a battery box straight off the back of that, also a space for electrics etc., ECU, fuses, relays and whatnot... then a sheet metal tail round the outside of it...!

[@rebel_ltz]

How hard is it in the UK to get a heavily modified bike like this on the road legally? Awesome video!

[@Moonfleet41]

No problem at all Tom, it was already a registered bike, the existing registration papers are still valid, all it has to do is conform to MOT standards, and im good to go.. Its a little harder to get a total scratch built bike on the road, something with no frame number and an obscure engine with no papers.. then you have to jump through a few hoops.. but its all doable if you are determined and do everything to a high standard..

[@MattRiddell]

I'm only halfway through the video but beautiful welds man! You must be super proud!!

[@Moonfleet41]

Hi Matt, so good to hear from you again... you know what? I don't mind saying that I've surprised myself in the last few videos at how I've managed to pick up the knack of getting all the settings on the machine right , along with the wire speed and passing speed, they're not always perfect, am still making mistakes now and then, but it seems that it's a lot less often, and in the two videos this week, you'll see they're getting even better still - these ones to come this week I am proper proud of - thank you for your ever present kind support, it makes so much difference... all the best, your friends in England, D&Px

[@MattSaysSmile]

👍

[@softailfun]

Memories of a certain FJ!

[@Moonfleet41]

Oh yeah, what ever happened to that... or have you turned it in to a fire pit??! Hope the Harley's coming along, about time for another breakfast soon, wouldn't you say?!

[@softailfun]

Moonfleet41 Always up for brekkie mate. Still got the FJ, doing the Harley this week hopefully. Got the gaskets! Dive in! RSMB

[@woodysambusa]

wtf

[@boac2006]

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