fabioonachopper

after i'm done painting my plastics i want to make my own cage.. i have a f4 and i wanted to go with the 3 point design cage.. but i'm not sure how far out to go with my points... does anyone have this cage that could measure the lengths of the cage on the points...or does anyone have any suggestions at how i should attack this

louisvillerider

i attempted to make my own cage when i first got into stunting.... more trouble than it was worth, and the cage turned out to be garbage... save yourself the headache and just buy one

Malicki

Im not sure

fabioonachopper

winter time is coming and i have the abilities to make one.. and i dont want to spend the money... i'll just make my points longer and cut it down to what i want

ptcspotweld

box tubing is easy to make one with, you wont have to fishmouth it. Make it stick out as far as frame sliders or w.e u want. you have time to kill so you can make one and put it on, kick your bike over and then see if it needs improvement. lol.

fabioonachopper

i have box tubing but i plan on using i think 1" dia. steel and making the 3 points and just welding the braces in the middle... i have access to a few machine shops so if i want to get serious i could " fishmouth " it but i'll probably end up just taking a wizzer to it and putting a radius on the tube

Danger_Dave

sounds like a good idea. so if it ever breaks you can fix it yourself and not have to deal with downtime.

1ST GEAR

I have made 3 different designs for mine and the MXD/Powers design seemed to work the best. Just make sure you get good steel and not some home depot $hit.. I have a style of race railz on mine right now but honestly I am buying a powers in the winter while it is down cause I like there design the best and I'm too lazy to build another.
If you have access to a tig chromemoly is the only way to go!!

fabioonachopper

ya.. my dad welded my 905 for me and i watched him do that.. and he tought me how to weld aluminum and i've been practicing arc welding and i think i could weld my own cage and have it work... i'd rather make my own and spend 5 bucks on welding rod and free piping my dad uses for his buisness. instead of the 215 on the mxd cage

Malicki

sounds like your hooked up then!

fabioonachopper

all i have is pipe steel.. thats what my 905 was made out of...

ptcspotweld

you mean tig welding aluminum? arc is steel.

fabioonachopper

we have a tig that does both... pretty sweet... i love that thing

louisvillerider

why you asking for help then? sounds like you know what your gona use, how your gona do it.. you have access to a shop, and daddy welds also.... why havent you built it yet?

fabioonachopper

i originally wanted to know if anyone had a mxd cage or if anyone had any ideas about lengths ... y hate?

DerekS

might sound ghetto but i put bike pegs on and than welded 1' metal from peg to peg, **** was sturdy as **** though..


plus it only cost me 30 bucks

eazenutz33

I would make the lower point wide enough to keep the pegs off the ground or you're gonna destroy your rearsets......then design the top as well as you can to keep it from rolling over onto the clip-ons.....then be creative! Plasma cut a life-sized picture of your face into sheet metal and weld it onto the open area of the cage! lol

-RYNO

i you are questioning that you can tig steel you are probaly lost in the wrong forum..........

jowalskiMO

everyone is always talking about making their own cages....
pssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh
just go to an industrial store buy like 123344565222333 steel heaavy duty springs and super glue to fairings... duh

silverstunterR6

isn't chromemoly $$$ I have a friend that welds his own BMX frames:YEAH