First new shop project in June will be to create a final of this for the XS. It's a sissy/passenger backrest that also serves as a reserve fuel tank. The wassel tank that's going on here is 1.4 gal. Any reserve fuel is a benefit on a chop. It will be grafted to a sectioned wassel duck bill rear fender that's 4.5" width. So it won't look identical, but pretty close.
Will also be finishing up framework and getting tank mounted so I can start working out the linkages and pivots for the tank shifter and foot clutch.
Dude that's fucking RAD. I had no idea people did that with making a reserve tank into a backrest. That's awesome. Hopefully you'll never get shot at from behind you or whoever's riding bitch is gonna go up in flames lol. You got serious skills bub. Looks like you're going with a late 60s or 70s style chopper style judging by the backrest? You gonna paint it something groovy like burnt orange metallic or root beer with gold flake? Looking forward to how this turns out Jammy Jams!
This was a tank shift setup I designed for my preunit bonny. I'm thinking something like this that uses bell cranks for the tank shift. It would be small, easy to hide along the frame, easy to maintain and infinitely adjustable.
That's crazy. Its kinda hard for me to tell what moves where to move what but I bet it'll be cool as fuck to see on a bike. Like watching the whole thing kick off when you win at the board game Mouse Trap lol.
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