been working on this for a customer recently. full ground up build.
cheers jamie - i appreciate the business
VintageChop bars for Xmas
another set of belly bars going out the door today. get your order in before tomorrow [tuesday] night and ill get them away before xmas. later than that and i will do my best but cant promise
cheers all
VintageChop Bars online now
My new bars are online now for you good people to purchase. for the time being its just my Simple Gibbons and my Belly Bars.
All bars are made by me, by hand, to order. Please bear this in mind. Each and every pair is made with love so takes a little time. Custom bars are generally dispatched within the week.
click the link to the right or here
All bars are made by me, by hand, to order. Please bear this in mind. Each and every pair is made with love so takes a little time. Custom bars are generally dispatched within the week.
click the link to the right or here
custom bent bars made in the UK
if you arent lucky enough to be the winner of the custom bars competition. Heres the lowdown
Custom bars are bent to spec & bent to order. 1" or 7/8. My custom bent bars cost £75 in raw steel or £90 powder coated.
Win FREE custom handlebars
To help promote my new custom bar bending service im giving away a set for free in the UK.
just click this LINK like vintagechop & share the picture to be entered
shop xs250 moving forwards
xs250 in a japaneasy stylee. bit of turning and welding to be done. sort out rear guard. decide the question of "to sissy or not to sissy"
xs250 shop bike
started work on the xs250 shop bike. stripped a fair way. now need to get the angle grinder out and start hacking away at the frame. theres a lot to come off. going to convert to a single top tube.
rigid panther frame on the jig
another rigid panther rear end on the jig. stock lok but to accept swingarm bike wheel axle etc.
i make these to order so if you want your panther to loose about a ton in weight, gain MPH and look more like an earlier rigid m100 get in touch.
i make these to order so if you want your panther to loose about a ton in weight, gain MPH and look more like an earlier rigid m100 get in touch.
pegacorn pretty much ready
few jobs done on pegacorn so shes nearly back on the road with the '33 motor in. might even finish her off tomorrow
Biltwell Gringo medium
gringos available in medium now. limited stocks in all colours at the minute but there will be more when they are gone
new shop progress
things are still moving at a rate. mezzanine floor in giving me 50% extra floor space - hello storage :) and started moving the bikes n stock in. also picked up a bigger lathe to do customer jobs on.
ive been kinda quiet
been quiet on the site. im working like a crazy man trying to get the new shop setup as quick as i can.
its coming together now though. nearly finished with ripping stuff out. should be starting to put things in tomorrow with a bit of luck.
Saltster Race panther at Pendine
shaun is running at Pendine this weekend
some people might remember i build the rear section for his frame, and lent him my testbed race motor.
well.. so far today he's running at 74.74mph. im pretty made up with that
Vintagechop Instagram
the eagle eyed amongst you might have noticed an instagram feed appear above the blog on the vintagechop website now. i might manage to keep up a little better with take a pic and upload.... maybe...
moving house, moving workshop, moving shop all at once is pretty daunting and time consuming. as soon as im back up on my feet and operating at full speed ill try make more effort to update the site with vintagechop goings on, projects and news. till then - bear with me and keep me in mind if you need any bits n pieces for your badass freedom machine
knucks coming on nicely
spent a little time doing a few little mods to the knuck. general service, got the buddy seat fitted and a splash of colour to keep me entertained.
biltwell gringo helmets
yes they are coming soon. within a couple of weeks at a guess...
ill have all the colours. they will be £145 plus postage. to be found in the SHOP
ill have all the colours. they will be £145 plus postage. to be found in the SHOP
Panther m100 for sale "If steve McQueen rode a Panther"
im building this bike to sell, anyone interested drop me a line, vintagechop@gmail.com
planning at the minute to build it up in a desert sled / green lane type style
stripped to basics, knobblies, maybe lighting maybe not, solo trials type seat, maybe ali rear guard etc.
if you fancy owning this drop me a line and we can discuss building / completing it to your taste and preferance. its early enough on that it can change completely, go pretty stock or whatever. you decide which way it goes
planning at the minute to build it up in a desert sled / green lane type style
stripped to basics, knobblies, maybe lighting maybe not, solo trials type seat, maybe ali rear guard etc.
if you fancy owning this drop me a line and we can discuss building / completing it to your taste and preferance. its early enough on that it can change completely, go pretty stock or whatever. you decide which way it goes
stump puller drive train
linkert for the knucklehead
switching out hte super-e and yep. I bought the wrong manifold. but it's only metal. bit of lathe time and its done... the whole lots a hell of a lot narrower now.
salster panther for pendine
spend the weekend with my mate shaun at my place working on his race panther. my test race motor is going to have a run out in it at pendine this summer. i built the rear frame / race seat bit onto the stock front loop. he took it home with him this morning. still plenty for him to do but its moving along nicely now. jap front end to go in and mag wheels front and rear [with some more appropriate rubber on them ha]
lowbrow fork shrounds in the UK
lowbrow customs great looking 39mm fork shrouds are on their way [along with loads of other goodies and restock items] and should be with me in the next week or so.
saltster LSR panther
im helping a mate out getting his panther together for racing
single engine but fun none the less. im lending him my race motor for the first meeting just to save him having to deal with that on top of everything else
jig is completed now so im ready to start bending some tubes
standard panther rigid frame geometry [so really short wheelbase - not ideal for racing but nearly period correct ha]. laser profiled axle plates with the same profile as the original cast plates, set up to take full width hub wheel axle and spacers complete out of a swingarm.
i might make a couple more if it goes easily...
single engine but fun none the less. im lending him my race motor for the first meeting just to save him having to deal with that on top of everything else
jig is completed now so im ready to start bending some tubes
standard panther rigid frame geometry [so really short wheelbase - not ideal for racing but nearly period correct ha]. laser profiled axle plates with the same profile as the original cast plates, set up to take full width hub wheel axle and spacers complete out of a swingarm.
i might make a couple more if it goes easily...
pendine land speed racing 2013
i did a logo for the pendine land speed racing club the other day
the meeting is officially on now and im looking forwards to it massively
the plan is to run the stump puller dual engine panther there. fingers crossed everything goes on schedule for me. would make for a hel of a first meeting
mark the date - june 20/23rd its looking like it'll be a blinder, lets hope we can make it yearly
the meeting is officially on now and im looking forwards to it massively
the plan is to run the stump puller dual engine panther there. fingers crossed everything goes on schedule for me. would make for a hel of a first meeting
mark the date - june 20/23rd its looking like it'll be a blinder, lets hope we can make it yearly
33 panther oil pump
old bikes are sent to try us.... but if it was easy everyone would do it
i got the 33 panther running on xmas day. the oil pump packed in pumping 3 days later and screwed things
sooo, this weekend i grabbed a more modern pump [bottom one] out of the spares pile, but they have different oil routing so modified it so it should work fine
but that leaves a big hole in the engine case that the pump adjuster would go on the 1933 motor. i could have just made a bung and be done with it but i had a hour or 2 to kill so i made dummy adjuster so it looks right. couple of o-rings and it fits nice
so new pump fitted and done, now just need to sort barrel and piston and i should be good to go again hopefully
i got the 33 panther running on xmas day. the oil pump packed in pumping 3 days later and screwed things
sooo, this weekend i grabbed a more modern pump [bottom one] out of the spares pile, but they have different oil routing so modified it so it should work fine
but that leaves a big hole in the engine case that the pump adjuster would go on the 1933 motor. i could have just made a bung and be done with it but i had a hour or 2 to kill so i made dummy adjuster so it looks right. couple of o-rings and it fits nice
so new pump fitted and done, now just need to sort barrel and piston and i should be good to go again hopefully
safe sailing, please
waiting on the philadelphia express to land in sunny old england in a couple of weeks, its got my bike on it so fingers crossed for a nice smooth crossing
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