I FORKED UP THE PLASMA BIKE

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[@owenwalters7186]

This bike is being built as an advertising piece for the plasma table and Matt's epic talent , look at the beauty and skill , stop telling a legend about things he knows , you wouldn't tell Usain Bolt how to run the 100 meters. Epic work dude , Thanks for the vid

[@deadprivacy]

If Usain bolt went slightly mad and decided to run blindfold with his shoelaces tied together, one would hope someone would say "excuse me Mr bolt"...

[@pistonbroke]

You need a front brake mate, how are you going to do a celebratory burnout?

[@jagharingenyoutube]

That is what walls are made for

[@deadprivacy]

to be fair, with that TRAC system on those forks, its legitimately safer without a brake making the "antidive" not ever able to activate itself.

[@theyetti8811]

put a chain on the back of it like that dude did with the mustang

[@bob900868]

Great job Matt, but as soon as you said "no front brake" I thought comments will be busy! Go easy guy's this man knows what he's doing!!

[@Crunklefloop]

There are things you can take a safety call on with bikes and weigh up the risks, i.e not running mirrors, small lights etc. However when a decision leads to the risk of others it's a step too far. If a child ran out in front of Matt and he's got no front brake and killed it I would hate to think how the courts would react to that.

[@DeeJayEll]

It’s is never going to get an MOT without a front brake is it? So I have to assume it’ll not be used on the road. It’s an advertising tool. Probably be pushed around at shows and such. If I remember it’s for Extreme Plazma isn’t it?

[@bob900868]

@@Crunklefloop I'm sure you're correct, but Its not going to be used on public roads.

[@MartinMcMartin]

@@Crunklefloop Did you watch with the sound off? It isn't for road use, just shows and trade days, those sort of capers.

[@garylee4141]

No front brake , you crazy ? Cracking vid

[@tomnwoo]

@@crispindry2815 Don't need an engine either, but if you have the engine you need the brake.

[@markclough4854]

No front brake is a big no no

[@Reman1975]

Depends what its being built for. As a road bike I'd agree you need a front brake for the safety of everyone on or near it whilst it's being ridden (Too many twats happy to pull out in front of ANYONE these days to risk not having one ), but if the most it's getting ridden are short hops from a trailer to a display area at bike shows, it's perfectly fine to go for form over function.

[@888johnmac]

@@Reman1975 .. agree , this is deffo not a road bike

[@baydenkauiers785]

Dose matter if it’s a road bike or trailer queen... you have to make it dick head proof, because you don’t want liability coming back act you...

[@totalutternutter]

No rear suspension to keep the rear wheel in contact with the road and no front brake, are you going to fit a suicide shift gear lever?

[@joolsfreeman4359]

No, its just a waste if time really, no point building a bike you cant ride.

[@stefanhegarty4508]

No front brake.... you'll end up regretting that and not in a messy way I hope

[@MartinMcMartin]

@Jota Rider Hello... it is a showcase for Extreme Plazma, that's why it is predominantly cut flat sections welded together. For trade shows and the like, as a conversation starter.

[@NewmanRacing]

The bit at the bottom of the one fork is the Anti-dive system. The brake caliper was mounted on a hinged bracket that would depress that plunger when the brakes were applied and stiffen the fork to counter the front end dive. The adjuster on the other side was to adjust the anti-dive. It was a terrible system and there is a reason it was not around for long. Without a front brake it will do absolutely nothing. You also have the forks in backwards. The anti-dive fork would normally be on the left side with the adjuster knob facing forward. The nutted side of the pinch bolts should be on the back side. Looking forward to the finished product. Keep on keepin on!

[@janeblogs324]

Now I want more tech stories

[@Urchfab]

Ahh interesting and weird! I may get another pair of forks so I can run a pair of right legs once I've flipped them around. cheers for the info.

[@tomnwoo]

Those collars need fixing to the axle shaft, the idea is the clamps on each fork leg clamp the axle, so both clamps and the axle nut need to fail before you loose the front wheel, the way you've done it only the nut needs to come undone, probably unlikely, but now orders of magnitude more likely to fail than it was, you are very much capable of achieving the holy trinity, Beautiful, functional and safe

[@mattdodds2954]

Matt, you're not building an ornament. Be proud and build something that you can ride anywhere.. Get a front brake on that thing like others have said.

[@martinsteele3259]

Dude, another great video to another great project. I feel pretty confident in your ability and judgement. Anyone that has negative comments, just wait and see what he does with the bike. Keep making great videos and great ideas! KZbin award for effective use of 3x video speed goes to, URCH FAB!

[@someonesomewheresomdeday]

you should have made some bowl shaped or wider parts to the axle spacers so that they covered up the bearings. you'd have to insert them from the inside of the fork legs, but it would shroud the bearing and meet your rotor block off plates much nicer and without such gap. it looks kind of funky having that giant looking hub with the rotor deletes, and then a tiny little axle poking through in the gap.

[@Whatsupwithme]

What good is it if you cant ride it (big Papperweight) Boat anker maybe

[@MrButtonpresser]

Forking hell! Nice work Matt.

[@TheRacer1X]

Best part of that video is Matt rolling through the workshop on the bike at the end 😅😅

[@paulwhite7475]

I was expecting a really involved and very complicated plasma cut braking arrangement

[@grahamparr3933]

That’s a wheely good forking job.

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great video, love the ending. : ) Mahalo for sharing! : )

[@adamgibbs4306]

Love the mongrel since the beginning, I've learnt alot from following all your vids!! Keep it simple, what about fitting the good legs to the old bodies and keeping the breaks? Win win. Keep the great work!!!

[@vapenful]

Why not do a web fork cut out in the plasma cutter. And more rake.

[@mikedmt]

Pretty cool idea to put those fork legs in the lathe. Something in the old memory banks is telling me those old Honda's had an anti-dive feature where the brakes influenced the forks somehow. I could be making that up though. Im sure a gray bush will chime in with some wisdom .

[@buildrestorefix]

Your right about the anti-dive

[@Work_G]

It's coming together nice

[@fargogemini694]

I can’t imagine riding or building a bike without a front brake, back yeah why not it’s pretty shit, but front! No way

[@chascain1]

Dude! 75% of braking power comes from the front tire..,,dangerous motorcycle

[@evie8143]

It is a shame he did that.

[@Lfig012]

He is not a biker so wat do u expect

[@osumo]

As he said its not going to be ridden.

[@bus249a9]

@@osumo that is what he said. it wont be really ridden on the road

[@joolsfreeman4359]

Total waste of a nice classic chop.

[@joolsfreeman4359]

What's the point of building a bike you can't actually ride?, May as well have empty crankcases with no internals aswell!

[@Urchfab]

That would lighten it up too and make pushing it around easier!

[@888johnmac]

it's an advertising tool , nothing more .. and it works because is is really eye catching

[@leslieaustin151]

Jools Freeman That’s the trouble with “custom bikes”, they are meant to look at, not ride. So in effect they are just “sculptures”with wheels on. With that frame it would probably ride like a drunk pig anyway. Les

[@sedulousdabbler5468]

A bike that isn't going to be ridden is utterly pointless. That is the trouble with sponsors, you have to sell your soul to the devil for some free kit. It's 'American Chopper' all over.

[@stevecox2530]

A friend of mine just sold a VFR800 which had an Anti Dive system.... the forks were linked to the front brake. That might be what that odd bit on the fork bottom is. Anyway, you could always mount 2 calipers on the rear disc if you wanted to get an MOT :-)

[@glynprice3815]

Will you add 2nd caliper to the rear disc? Wasn't sure about this in the beginning but it's growing.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Hi Matt. What’s fantastic about your channel is the ingenuity of how you get around things 😃 Great stuff cheers Stevie 😎

[@shanewright6958]

It's looking good. Great video 👍👍🇨🇱

[@donfinch862]

Nice work matt

[@sjv6598]

Looks pretty clean without the font calliper and brake disc.

[@davec200i]

That's it for this one, see you on the next one.

[@harrymottram2599]

Love the work, would you know the brand / make of bandsaw you are using, looks perfect for what i need in my workshop?

[@bearwood85]

This video made me subscribe to your channel.... Looking forward to binge watching the previous episodes

[@joell439]

great result - love the sound effects at the end!!!! 😜 👍😎👍

[@micheltebraake7915]

How handy if you have a lathe and CNC plasma cutter!

[@trevorjarvis3021]

What a cool job you made of that Matt. Absolutely brilliant! Shame the bike won’t be going on the road ☹️😒😩 - perhaps just once? 😉😉😉😉

[@philtucker1224]

Will it have lights then?

[@hangtight71]

Don't hide that frame with a conventional tank. It needs a fire extinguisher either side of the frame with funky plasma cut brackets that arch over the top of the spine.

[@anyscaleclassics6880]

That has to be the most comfortable riding position ive ever seen on a bike. Looks cool too, im not remotely into bikes, but that could swing it for me.

[@dmcarpman]

doing this is one thing showing what can be done with the plasma. now if the bike was fully functional would of been so much better.

[@tomscustomshop]

Love the lathe work dude

[@knightime14]

With the plates that you made for the wheel centers, don't you need to insulate the steel from the aluminium alloy wheel to avoid galvanic corrosion?

[@Urchfab]

They will be powder coated.

[@knightime14]

@@Urchfab Awesome! that thing is going to be amazing. Keep up the good work buddy.

[@chrisskelhorn5727]

I'm not into bikes, but this series fascinates me from an engineering point of view! :-) Good one Matt! :-)

[@simonelomax7465]

Please don’t worry about the comments so far, they don’t seem to understand at all what you’re actually doing. Anyway, I always enjoy and appreciate watching what you do and that you have taken the time to film, edit and share. Many thanks, stay well;)

[@deadprivacy]

we know, hes constructing a viscious death trap, in the grand tradition of custom bike builders the world over

[@beezo2560]

We know. You can bet, somebody will ride it at some point. oof

[@100Jeanluc]

Hi Matt, Great work, keep it up. I love how you keep chopping and changing between your different projects. Never know which you are doing next.

[@glenville2497]

Watching u work on the bike Give me motivation to work on my own honda GL 500 Great work

[@MakeItMetal]

The bike is coming along nicely Matt...it's going to look awesome on the Xtreme Plasma trade stand

[@TheOldaz1]

Forks came out nice, really cleaned up well in the lathe. The fuel tank/s still have me curious. Thanks Matt.

[@tomthompson7400]

looks great

[@ronnyinwaxhaw]

Great job, Matt! They put six ads in the video, I let ‘em all play so I hope it pays well! 😂 Waaaaaaaaa! (mimicking your mimicking motorcycle noises)

[@Urchfab]

Much appreciated mate, I thought they usually put 2 in there. I will look into that.

[@terryfleming7084]

😂😂 Loved the ride by at the end!😂😂

[@IanFrancisco-CAPianoman]

The extra bit might be TRAC anti-dive, which never worked well anyway. Early Interceptors with the 16 inch front wheel were not the best handling bikes

[@grahamparr3933]

Is it legal to have no front brake on the road?

[@jamescunliffe9872]

The plated cavity in the front wheel could possibly be used for aesthetic wheel balance? Could even imagine an electric motor but haven't a clue how it would synchronize rpm?:)

[@piperdoug428]

If the bike had tattoos they'd say "stick it up yer tailpipe"

[@MegaProstreet1]

love it made me chuckle , cheers matt

[@bigkev0350]

It looks tuff, your work is amazing.

[@riderzinc]

I guess old Urch doesn't need brakes where he's going lol

[@beezo2560]

The stance is good. Really good.

[@wrathofbod]

Shed loads of talent, love what you do, Mungrel going to be a beast, cant wait to see it on the road.

[@maniac7067]

Matt relies on Fred Flintstones updated braking system. Yabba Dabba D`oh!

[@ArronAdams1990]

More videos on this project please! Love it!

[@brettcox8143]

I wonder how many of the people who have commented in a negative way have actually built a bike ... or indeed built anything!

[@Lfig012]

stick to yar fishing bub ya no nothin bout brakes or motorbikes

[@vespadavidson2315]

I have been building for 45 years. All extreme chops and bobbers. No back brake....not important, no front brake, un useable death trap. Take that from a 65 year old, with a bobber and 120cm wide bars.

[@richardsmith139]

You’re not actually using that kettle to make a cuppa are you?

[@Urchfab]

Every day.

[@billywhizz98]

Incredible nicely done Matt

[@lesprudence374]

I think no front brake is a bad call on this one mat 🤔

[@mikediamond257]

LOVIN it !!!

[@alanlinthwaite2670]

Health and safety out the window (NOT THE BRAKES) Your belt hanging dangerously next to the linisher, I have a friend we call odd ball, and not for no reason 🤔🤔🤔

[@Sennaxm71]

@Urchfab, I saw that and thought similar, if you've never seen what happens to a person that's been grabbed by a spinning tool, trust me, you don't want to find out the hard way, keep your belt away when using your lathe or linisher, please mate, we like you, and don't want to see you get hurt. ;)

[@markjefferyes9623]

front wheel/tyre the wrong way?

[@deopersad2915]

Awesome 👍🏾👍🏾 looking great 🤗 I really want tools like yours 😀🤙

[@pucman1]

I see what you did there forking with us LOL

[@fleyboy99]

love this industrial look mate

[@deadprivacy]

vfr 750? interceptor? thank god its never going to be ridden...that thing on the bottom is an anti dive system i think, to be attached to the brakes, possibly the scariest aspect of motorcycle design in the eighties, unpredictable as fuck. suzukis version was bad, hondas even worse... ive got a set of cbr 600 forks if you want em free, need new stanchions but you can get a wheel and calipers easy enough. the springs prolly arent man enough in those vfr ones either thats a heavy bike! better option is as set of upside downies off a vn15000 kwak i have , but for those you would have to gibs me money.

[@ianspicer3885]

You've done forking marvelous hehe

[@zeeeend]

We need more merchandise !

[@gregworkshop5713]

hi bike is looking good

[@deviatorst]

Given the circumstances, I can kind of understand the lack of a front brake. What I find odd is, it seems like more effort to remove the mounts, repaint the forks and then sort the wheel hubs covers as well as trimming the wheel down. Why couldn't you just buy the matching caliper for the forks and then space the disc to make it work? Less effort and more safety, to me it's a no brainer.

[@vicious0005]

Hey Matt, what brand is that attachment for your bench grinder that turns it into a sander?

[@Urchfab]

Its from multitool products mate.

[@ernieleithes6545]

Cant wait to see your petrol tank ideas

[@Ltbookum]

Not too many people with some history in custom bikes here I see. Remember all the extremely stretched Harley's aka "the easy rider" Socal customs. They all ran without front brakes. Even helmets where a big nono in that era of customs.. Nor did the old school high speed wooden oval race bikes(they ran no brakes at all) or dirt trackers for that matter. And It's not like it's a crotch rocket that will ever do 200kp/h. So even if he where to run it on the road; it's not that uncommon. The more you know..

[@vespadavidson2315]

Ltbookum I have 50 years experience of custom bikes. All kinds. Built dozens. All had a front brake. What you don’t seem to realise is a bike like Captain America’s was considered a joke even back in the day. No front brake is for posers. As for board racers and dirt track bikes...everyone’s going in the same direction, no blind old ladies at junctions.

[@dielauwen]

Sure is Funny looking? Never seen I have turning downlegs on a lathe. Neat Idea. Triangulated the backbone for torsional stiffness.

[@Leofred2000]

Looking real good!

[@chopperhehehe]

It's your chop do what you want it will be cool cause it cool the now 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦄🎣😁🤞✌️

[@bryansenulis2975]

Make some fenders 4 bike...water splash up on back and face

[@peterwall9896]

Was the VFR a RC 34 the rebound control is on the bottom of the fork. Top job Matt looks the business 😎

[@deadprivacy]

RC24 or RC26 second gen of the TRAC system, otherwise known as the terrible racing accident causality forks.

[@peterwall9896]

I should have known it was in rc24 I've got an old one in the garage collecting dust the exhaust has rotted....lol

[@argee55]

Neat build.

[@lofty7180]

ive loved this build from the very start ,,,BUT (yeah, theres alway a "but") could you not have bastardized both set of forks to build one set so you retained the brake calipers ? i know this is going to be a showbike to demonstrate the plazmatables talents but i cant help thinking keeping the bike road safe and legal would be a mahoosive plus point.

[@BrianSmart1959]

Noice. Coming together!

[@rondejoux8006]

Great work

[@realnutteruk1]

I'm disappointed.... A bike you can't ride on the road isn't a bike... it's a toy, or art...

[@imouse3246]

Art, as a result of inspiration.

[@peteledwidge3631]

This was always going to be a promotional tool for Extreme Plasma to show on their stand at Expo's, it'll never see any real use.

[@chriscoulthard4947]

It is near impossible to legally put it on the road in the UK. It is art, so he might as well make it look exactly how he wants it too.

[@eulerizeit]

I'm kinda digging it.

[@denis9450]

Looking good

[@DustinSeiger]

Best ending ever

[@jays_metalworks9399]

What software are u using to do them plates?

[@iguanabelga8028]

Love your Bike vids, wish you do more? Like a modern version of an early 1900 vtwin racer?🧐

[@TheMrStotty]

So many comments from people who don't understand that it's a show bike for Extreme plasma to stick on their trade stand and will never see road use

[@joolsfreeman4359]

What a pointless waste of time, skill, money and resources, not to mention the classic bike that got fucked up in the process.

[@Urchfab]

I know, I've said it so many times and people still don't get it.

[@Urchfab]

I'm getting paid for my time, learning new skills, providing advertising for the company that has asked me to build it and as for fucking up a classic bike, did you see what I started with?

[@chriscoulthard4947]

Exactly. The only reason it's a waste of time is we can't go to car shows! Great work. It's art.

[@harryballzack]

Cheating ass! Wish it had been that easy for me to clean up my forks!! 😂😎

[@neilfrisby5688]

I was expecting a Girder front end!! Lends itself to being plasma cut very well. No front brake is a NO NO!!! Sorry.

[@tompirozek4490]

Not sure OCC or Paul Junior Designs have anything to worry about just yet