cleaning up the frame and welding new tubes in

[Ridiculous Fabrications]

hey guys im new to the forum iv heard lots of good things about bansheeHQ. i picked up a frame last week and plan on cleaning it up a little bit and welding some new tubes in. could anyone tell me what size moly there using to replace some of the ugly tubes in the frame already. from a visual it looks like possibly 7/8 - 1" tubing on the stock frame. would 65-75 thousands thick moly work or are u guys using thicker tubing? also i thought about doing a subframe which im guessing i would use 3/4 moly with 65-75 thousands wall? any help appreciated. thanks guys.

 

Moe Laub

[Coupelx]

omg big werdz.

[locogato11283]

What are you going to be doing with the frame? Duning, dragging, MX?

[Ridiculous Fabrications]

duning and dragging. it wont see any jumps.

[m671054]

Your pretty close. should be fine

[fappy'97]

Too thick of wall IMO. How much do you weigh?

[n2otoofast4u]

What all are you looking to replace? Remember, your building a bike not a bridge!

[Ridiculous Fabrications]

i weigh about 200. i was looking and some pictures of cleaned up frames on this website and am kind of going off mainly one that (finch) built? heres the link to the picture.

 

http://bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=171188

[sprinklerman]

i weigh about 200. i was looking and some pictures of cleaned up frames on this website and am kind of going off mainly one that (finch) built? heres the link to the picture.<br /><br />http://bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=171188

<br /><br /> 1st of all. Welcome. <br /> 2nd , it's great you informed yourself via the search function. <br /> 3rd , finch doesn't build anything but time bombs. Haha. <br /> I'm using .065 wall tubing but a lot of guys recommend thinner.

[Ridiculous Fabrications]

ya thinner would be nice but i still want my bike to be strong you konw. i like to ride the dunes mostly but there may be a few times when i go to the powerlines and some of that terrain is not that smooth. main reason im doing this is to make the frame not so damn ugly. but i figure id use strong tube to make up for the lost material im taking off. then again my buddys going to paint it so i think it should look clean. any suggestions are greatly appreciated

[trickedcarbine]

Tuned in

[Finch]

<br /><br /> 1st of all. Welcome. <br /> 2nd , it's great you informed yourself via the search function. <br /> 3rd , finch doesn't build anything but time bombs. Haha. <br /> I'm using .065 wall tubing but a lot of guys recommend thinner.

hey dick the frames held together!

[Finch]

ya thinner would be nice but i still want my bike to be strong you konw. i like to ride the dunes mostly but there may be a few times when i go to the powerlines and some of that terrain is not that smooth. main reason im doing this is to make the frame not so damn ugly. but i figure id use strong tube to make up for the lost material im taking off. then again my buddys going to paint it so i think it should look clean. any suggestions are greatly appreciated

im 200 and both of my bikes have seen some rough terrain and even some air. held up so far.

[possum]

take ALL unneeded tabs and gussets off!

[sleeper06]

1" od .068 wall I use on stockers .058 on draggers

Er70 s2 rod works nice on both moly and mild steel although everyone has there opinion