Project Bike Budget Drag Bike

PART 2: TIDY UP FRAME AND DRY BUILD The mess is starting to look less like a mess and more like a motorcycle – before it becomes a disparate collection of parts again. But things begin to fit (where they touch).

- Gary Hurd & Alan Seeley

We’ve kicked metaphorical tyres, twisted an imaginary throttle and in our heads staged in front of a Christmas tree only we can see. As the parts required to build our £1000 drag bike have been acquired, the ambition of the project has grown too. Where at first Gary’s target was to get into the 10s, he now sees no reason why we shouldn’t tilt our long and low drag bike at the 9s.

However the time for talking is over. There’s work to be done, starting with getting the frame ready for blasting and powdercoating. It’s a pleasure for the big man to be working on his own bikes for a change, much as he loves sorting customer bikes.

Gary’s acquired a single-piece glassfibre tank and seat unit from Sean Biddlecombe at Biffo Bid on eBay taking just £150 from the budget. He’s made a rough cut from the front of the ‘tank’ area to fit over the headstock so the exact position of the unit can be established. It will be secured under where the seat pad will sit and by a single fastener at the front, a small alloy tank being mounted on the frame under the glassfibre bodywork.