• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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Bike frame building stand.

Bigbill

Bigbill

Husqvarna
Pro Class
With the colder weather arriving it's time to get started prepping everything. I need a bike building stand. I have some 20" high "I" beam that's 75lbs per foot sitting here in 10' lengths. It has a 3/4" thick wall. I'm thinking about a 18"/22" length of it should work. I figure a big "H" with the crown cut into it should lighten it up enough to be used as a bike building stand. I'm thinking of fabricating a few "L" shaped clamps so the lower horizontal frame tubes can be lightly clamped to the top of the I beam.
This way the complete bike can be assembled on a solid stand.

With it being too cold to paint I can prep everything now a little at a time.
I can get the engines bored, cleaned, the correct gear sets installed and assembled ready to install.

One last thought is to install casters with brakes on the build stand. I'll need out riggers on the lower part of the stand. Then the bike can be moved out of the way. If I use a X frame design for the casters they should be positioned near the front and rear wheels so there out of the way for working on the mid section of the bike.

I figure to make it easier to work on the bike from a bare frame up build.

Watcha thunk?
 
I say build it!

Nothing worse than building a bike and have it fall off a stand.

While you are at it! Go to Harbor Freight and get the mega zip ties!

They are great and you find a million uses for them.
 
I wouldn't bother Bill. The time (I reckon) is better spent elsewhere. I bought one of these (ebay)when I started the 390 Auto build. I wish I had bought one years ago !
It has wheels and brakes. Mine came with two long hooks and large threaded knobs to attach the frame by the foot pegs. Just bolt those on first and you are away. You can see the U bolts in the picture. The Auto is nearly finished, and today I lowered it to the ground for the first time to check the spring rates on the rear shocks. Took 2 minutes to put it back on again when I had finished.

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Bought this one for a 100 bucks used. It stays in the garage ready to go and I just drive right over it every night. Simple enough...
 

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I built an adapter for my Automotive Engine stand to do my Motorcycle Restorations, It was quick a easy and the stand will never tip over. A couple of long bolts or all thread threw the Foot Peg Holes and everything is secure.
 
My Wife bought me a Craftsman motorcycle jack a few years, i thought great more crap to fill up the garage... It's the best tool i have, & i use it everytime
i need to do anything...plus you can strap the frame to the jack while you roll it around....

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Yes Troy, you guessed it . Thats my real scrambler ... lol It's a never ending project got all the good stuff 14 bolt rear , 44 up front both with lockers , T-18 trans. AMC 360 built 1/2" cam , 4.56 gears. Its fun to drive but like most projects I almost over did it .
You must know cj's too ?
 
if it has tits or tires im all over it:thumbsup: i gotta buddy with a CJ7 dana 70s ,5.13 :1 gears yukon axles ARBs & 44"Boggers
 
Nope, not factory its from a 1 ton 2 wheel drive ford . Using a advance adapter works really good has a 6.32 first gear. I still need to save up and get some new tires , those are off my truck but they work for now. Had swampers on it but they flat spotted so bad I could'nt even drive over 40mph. Its a long term project I had it since nine teen hundred and 99.
 
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