I would like to make my bike a street fighter.

[asf135]

I am thinking about taking a whole bunch of old street signs i have laying around the house and welding them up and making fairings out of them.  If i were to drop it that way it will act as sliders and if they scratch up the bike will just look more badass.  Only problem is i dont know anyone with a english wheel for bending sheet metal.  Nor do i know where to buy one.  Anyone have one or know of a place to get one.  In the Atlanta area preferably

[makenzie71]

I use a grinder to score the signs then you can fold them nd the material breaks.  Road signs are usually pretty brittle.

One of my favorite projects was something like this...it was a battery cover for an old yamaha.  Before installing it I shot it a few times with a .22 to give it character haha

[Smokebombb]

Make sure they are old street signs because using current signs may be considered vandalism if the cops think you stole them from somewhere.

[makenzie71]

that's funny because I use a rather modern stop sign for the tail on my wind turbine haha it's 45 feet in the air and it glows in the dark.  No one says anything.

[asf135]

The street signs were all retrieved in a legit fashion.  I got them when they replaced the street signs in the hood. 

[ducati_nolan]

A sand bag and a hammer works well for forming metal. It'll take some practice though, of course so will an english wheel. A leather bag full of birdshot wors even better.

Streetsigns are pretty thick though, you may be better off getting some thinner alluminum sheet.