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My R80 Custom Adventure Bike
I will be starting my R80 custom adventure bike soon. I will be posting pictures of my progress and ideas that I have. I hoping to get some tips and feedback along the way. Here is a picture of my frame. It is a monolever frame. It was made in August of 1986 . It has a title. Hopefully it is straight!?! $210 Shipped.

I have rented a 10,000 square foot warehouse. It might be a bit overkill for this project but here is where I will be building it.

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I'll definitely pitch in to help you with this in Philly...maybe we can stick a classic K-bike motor on there!

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That's an interesting start you've made and quite a novel idea by attaching a large fan to the bottom of the frame . Will you get enough lift from that to get it to hover and what are you thinking about for forward propulsion ?
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Here's a few sugestions. Start by tossing the rear sub-frame and build one out of Chro-mo, be sure to gusset and triangulate properly to the main frame. Look closely at how BMW welds attachment points to the tubing and copy it. Re-enforce the frame Ala HPN.Good time to start thinking about a new tripple clamp and some real forks. KTM stuff is a good option. WP 4860 forks are an excellent fork, found on E-Bay sometimes for cheap and easy to customise. Marazzocci 50mm Extreme is also a good bet, but not as plentiful. Make sure you use parts that are common and easy to find. Wish i were there!
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Don't screw around, if you plan on spending good money send the damn frame to HPN and have it reinforced. They will provide mounting points for the 43L tank, larger fairings etc. and the sub frame will be redone with new gussets and extra reinforcing. While you do this let them also add the pannier frame kit. I will also consider the option of fitting the long travel forks with lengthened swing arm. All and all you would need about $9500 for this lot that should include the frame mods, WP 48mm forks to fit your G/S front wheel, rear shock and the longer drive shaft. This will also include a new crash bar set modified with longer side stand and the small carrier frame for single seat use.
The only downside to this is that you will have to find something else to do for the next one and a half years as this is how long you will have to wait for them to get your job done.
But time flies and before you know it you will be ready to start assembly of one of the greatest machines ever built
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Getting it done by HPN would be awesome but I dont really want to pay the euro. I love working on my bike at every level too. The hardest thing hpn does is change the angle of the headtube. Sending a frame across the seas and to get powercoated and welded and for it to take a long time isnt practical. I think the US has a lot fabricators that can do what I need done. I am still debating whether or not to get all of these upgrades. I need to decide soon so I can continue with my project.
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