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hi ray
the rails look good.
how did the mounts go?
i cant wait to see this bike finished

Over on the left where it says "img code for forums and message boards" just right click in the box with the text (it should highlight the text) right click again and select copy then come here and in your reply box right click again and hit paste.

If you click it, it "copys" automatically.

AlisoBob wrote:If you click it, it "copys" automatically.

oh ok

"Aussie Style" conversion.... Love it!

Shaggy, Thanks. Your headstays they work great mate, thanks again. I have not done final assembally only only mock up but they are the goods. Saved me a lot of work.

sabreguy / Bob, thanks for the info on posting pics.

Sweet looking ride! Could you take a close up pic of your bends on your rails? Thanks
Red

Your rails look like mine

Cool. Those Aussie kits sure are nice! Please keep us posted!

RideRed wrote:Your rails look like mine

No way, yours are much more pronounced....

Thats what I want to do with my frame is that hard to bend the tubeing.

AlisoBob wrote:

RideRed wrote:Your rails look like mine

No way, yours are much more pronounced....

Yes they are, however I like the outcome of both. Looks
great Speedway!

King of the 500 wrote:Thats what I want to do with my frame is that hard to bend the tubeing.

Well in my experience, 6061-T6 wont bend without heat. The process is called "annealing". I used 6063-T6 and it had just the right amount of elasticity to bend without cracking. No heat treatment was needed.

I have looked at alot of the post here an most people cut and weld in a little tube i didnt think that would look as good as doing the hole cradle.

from what ive seen the little tube method looks good. thats how i was going to do mine. im not in a mad rush to get it done so i decided to pull the whole cradle instead. im gonna have new tube annealed, bent, welded, then treat evrything back to T6.

the cut and shut method is crap to many joins

whats the point of buying 6061 t6 if it needs to be annealed so you have lost the t6 if it isnt heat treated

gregrobo wrote: whats the point of buying 6061 t6 if it needs to be annealed so you have lost the t6 if it isnt heat treated

im not aware of any 6061 T0 1"x1" with .125 thickness and .125 radius, unless im looking in the wrong place. only option ive found is T6. anneal the new tubes, then bring the whole chassis back to T6 after welding, sounds logical to me

100hp honda wrote: i decided to pull the whole cradle instead. im gonna have new tube annealed, bent, welded, then treat evrything back to T6.

That would be the 110% correct way

My welder has been in the aluminum working / welding business for 24 years. He builds sprint cars mostly, but does many other things as well. He said that the only time aluminum needs to be heat treated is after the initial annealing. So in effect, the only time it would need to be heat treated for strength is after its been heated to bend. If that makes sense.

Quick facts from my welder himself:
1. 6061-T6 needs annealed to bend, 6063-T6 does not.
2. 6061-T6 is stronger in a straight line, but not as strong when bent.
3. It will run you approx. $70-$150+ per rail to anneal 6061-T6 just so that you are able to bend it. 6063-T6 is NOT easy to bend, but responds far better to bending then 6061-T6. At $150+ each, you better be darned sure about your bends.
4. And for the biggest reason for why he recommended 6063-T6 over 6061-T6 is that after you go through all the effort and cash to anneal, bend & heat treat the 6061-T6, it will end up weaker than it was before the process began, effectively making the 6061-T6 equal to or lesser than in strength to the 6063-T6. Once it has been through both heat processes and has been bent, it will never be as strong as it was before. So its a waste of your money to go through the process and have almost the same exact thing as the 6063-T6.

I made my cradle out of 6063-t6, and it bent easy. I would post a pic if I could figure out how to...

An easy way to post pics (without changing image hosting service) is to:

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I used the 6061-T6 tubing. They were bent using a mates manual pipe bender. The bender had no problem handling the tubing using 4' or 5' handle. The die was a square tubing type with no crushing knob.

Took about 10 minutes to make up two sets. I think when they are welded and motor is bolted in they will be plenty strong enough.