Voodoo/Kensington Bike
Build
I've been invited to be part
of a custom bike build team with a handful of guys from
Kensington Church. Well known master bike builder Eric
Gorges, of Voodoo Choppers, has offered to build a one of a
kind Voodoo Chopper motorcycle to be auctioned or raffled
off when finished. The proceeds will go around the world,
as well as the inner city of Detroit, to help people in
need through Kensington's Transformation program. Since
most of the guys on the build team are novices like myself,
Eric will be teaching us as we go. I'm hoping to contribute
to the overall project, as well as machining some wicked
cool one of a kind parts!
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I
proposed building a one off springer for this bike. Eric
suggested we design something with an "I-Beam" look to the
legs. I was able to spend some time talking with Gary
Weishaupt in California. He has a wealth of knowledge on
this design and was able to shed some light on the
direction project. I then talked to CAD wizard Wendell
Pehlemann (Wendell designed the Fire Fighter wheels I made
last year). Wendell offered to do the CAD design on this
front end pro-bono! Not surprisingly, my good friend Rob
Van Gorder of Grease Rag Customs fame has offered to
assemble and weld the entire front end together, also free
of charge. Thanks Rob and Wendell!
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We meet every other Wednesday to work on this bike. Check
back often!
Sept. 17 '09
I took a couple pics when I got to Voodoo Choppers yesterday. This is how the bike looked at the start of the day. Mike's son Jacob joined us again and did some power hammering on the oil tank side pieces. That was cool! Eric started welding the oil tank/battery box together. I tend to hang out in the machine shop. What a shocker that is! Whew. I finished up a couple small pieces. Jacob took some video, so hopefully I can add a Youtube link in the near future. I can't wait to fling that front end out and put on something worthy of the Voodoo Choppers name. Still a ways away on that.
