Custom Steering Neck for Custom Dirt Bike / Motorcycle Frame (Edger Bike Project Part 10)

Welcome back to the Edger Bike project! In this video, I show you how I made a custom steering neck for my custom dirt bike / motorcycle project. Yes, you heard that right - I'm making the steering neck itself - not the stem. Since my entire frame was made out of pipe from scratch, but I decided to use a manufactured triple tree and forks, I needed a neck for the frame itself so that the front end will actually fit in my custom frame. I bought a piece of tubing that was close to the size I needed, but I had to use a boring bar to increase the inner diameter on both sides so that the steering stem bearings would fit inside. Enjoy!
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[@aaronheron4962]

I need one of them for my bike i ovelised my neck

[@JonathanCalkins]

Sweet! I may have missed it in the video, but how did you determine the correct head tube length?

[@Ryan45678]

I actually don't remember to be honest. I think I just ordered the length of tubing that was enough to fit from the outside edges bearing to bearing as they sit on the triple tree. I believe the threads stop just at the top of the bearing, you can kind of see it in part 11 when it goes on.

[@CharlieH_design]

what was the wall thickness of the wall at the bearings?

[@Ryan45678]

Do you mean the brackets for the bearings, or the pipes? The brackets are made of 1/4" steel, which is kind of overkill. I believe the pipe walls are around 1/8"