500R subframe is complete!

**Billy Golightly** · 07-06-2005, 07:43 PM

Material came in yesterday...got it partly layed out and welded together. I'm gonna put in another brace further in up front tomorrow, and make my seat mounts. And then I'll make the bottom braces and maybe get to weld them in. A few pictures of the progress. My welds aren't perfect but neither are yours

**Billy Golightly** · 07-06-2005, 07:45 PM

Last picture.

**Tri-ZNate** · 07-06-2005, 07:58 PM

So a couple of braces and seat mounts and we'll be able to see the almost finished project?

**Billy Golightly** · 07-06-2005, 08:02 PM

Yup...Hopefully be done by this weekend unless I run into a major problem.

**250r'en +TCB** · 07-06-2005, 08:05 PM

awsome as usual Billy!!! just keep on making me jelous man...........someday when I get my 500r I'll have to drag race you!!! Till then keep up the good work!!!

**BIGCRIP28** · 07-06-2005, 08:22 PM

looking good.
you MIG'n or TIG'n?

**Billy Golightly** · 07-06-2005, 08:24 PM

GTAW (tig

) I'd love to have a MIG but I can't afford one

**kilabeez0** · 07-06-2005, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by HondaATC

GTAW (tig

) I'd love to have a MIG but I can't afford one

dumb question but what is the difference?

**Billy Golightly** · 07-06-2005, 09:58 PM

MIG is wirefeed. What most everyone on TV is using. Tig is where you have the little torch and you have to manually feed the rod in yourself. This is not to be confused with Oxygen and Accetylene welding, which uses the gas mixture from a cutting torch outfit. That is mostly for steel though, not aluminum. Although you can weld aluminum with an oxygen accetylene setup, it requires some very special welding rods.

**Jason Hall** · 07-06-2005, 10:17 PM

Hey Billy Those Inside 90s Are Fun With A Tig, Don't You Think? Looks Sweet So Far. How Many Times Have You Contaminated The Tungston? Those Aluminum Migs Are Sweet, But They Spatter Alot & I Always Have Trouble With The Wire Balling Up Inside, On The Rollers. It Takes A Long Time To Get The Tention Rite On The Feed Rollers. If Its To Tight & The Wire Doesn't Burn Instantly The Wire Balls Up. Keep Up The Good Work & Don't Make It Too Light,Cause Your Gunna Make Me Work Too Hard Trying To Keep Up. I'm Gunna Have Trans Gears Worked So I Don't Have To Search For Third & Fourth. No Clutch Just Holder Wide Open & Shift.

**Derrick Adams** · 07-06-2005, 10:41 PM

HEY! What are those foot pegs from? Did they fit right on there?

**Billy Golightly** · 07-06-2005, 10:43 PM

Yeah those are a pain in the ass. The one I'm using also has the larger diameter hood which makes it really hard to get into the nooks and crannies. I probably should change that tungsten too...I've welded steel and stuff with the same ones

Thanks for reminding me haha. If things go well by Trikefest 06 I'll have it ported, drag piped, and be running on alcohol. So you better find a blue bottle to tuck under that seat! haha.

**Billy Golightly** · 07-06-2005, 10:45 PM

Derrick the pegs are either 200x or 350X ones removed from the mounting plate and the spring return assembly. Then I just took them and ground a big wide gap on them where they fit over that angled part that the original dirtbike pegs go on. They kind of flop a little bit...I need to shim them up. I can get a picture tomorrow probably if you need me to, so you can see what I mean.

**MTS** · 07-06-2005, 10:47 PM

dont kid yourself weldin alum with a MIG is a chore in iteself....spatters alot....takes some goofin around around too to get the voltage set right so your not burning through **** ...ect ect....lol

**Jason Hall** · 07-07-2005, 09:46 AM

Yea Man & If Its Not Clean As A Wistle, Won't Weld Worth A Darn. Little Blue Bottle Sounds Sweet. But I Think The Old SRX Snowmobile Motor Is The Cure, Just Trying To Set Clutch Up In The Trike. As Soon As I Can I'll Post Some Pictures.

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