'MOONSHINE ??? ( Express or Bandit )'

[Funkme]

Another Italian shopper folding bike.
This is how it came to me. Rode it a few times,made me laugh. Felt like i was a clown in the circus.

Started working on it a few years ago,and it has been sitting like this in storage.

Just want to get it back rolling, without spending any $$$$ on it except paint.
Going for a moonshine theme, light and fun.
Still have to decide on the whole name yet.
Moonshine Bandit , Moonshine Express , Moonshine Rebel?

 

[Fv2]

I have the twin to that in my garage, can't figure out what to do with it either.

But I vote for moonshine express.

 

[Missing Link]

+1

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Cool frames those! I saw one where the builder had cut the rack off and added twin top bars all the way from the dropouts to the headtube, looked awesome!

 

[Funkme]

Cool frames those! I saw one where the builder had cut the rack off and added twin top bars all the way from the dropouts to the headtube, looked awesome!

Something like this Luke?

Defeats the purpose of it being a folding bike,but it does look great.
The price range for these are all over the place,depending where you look.
In UK cheap as. Here in Greece the old ones go for whacked out prices.Also in Germany & France. Go figure.

I could also do this:

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Yeah, no more folding, didn't think of that!

 

[Funkme]

Yeah, no more folding, didn't think of that!

Well I could make the top bar folding?
There is also this.

 

[Funkme]

I like it with the rear rack still on?
Without it,it looks like a speed demon.
Suppose to be a hauler of some sort.

So I either I give it a cycle-truck style
or
Pick up style ?

 

[LukeTheJoker]

I like the two baskets!

 

[Fv2]

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I like it with the rear rack still on?
Without it,it looks like a speed demon.
Suppose to be a hauler of some sort.

So I either I give it a cycle-truck style
or
Pick up style ?

I like this look.

 

[Mtn Goat]

I'm with Luke, really cool with the 2 baskets- cycle truck style. Looks like it should be hauling some moonshine.

 

[OddJob]

Like the theme / name. You could also fab a 'still' on rear and have your bottled 'shine in the front basket.....I know wild idea. Or, keep the foldability and make yourself a Bar T.A.B. (Take Along Bar). Shape it to fit down in the step through frame, and make it easy attach with cut out handle on top to carry like a briefcase in one hand and bike in the other.
Here's mine I built on Instructables.com:

http://www.instructables.com/id/BAR-TAB-Take-Along-Bar/

 

[Funkme]

Like the theme / name. You could also fab a 'still' on rear and have your bottled 'shine in the front basket.....I know wild idea. Or, keep the foldability and make yourself a Bar T.A.B. (Take Along Bar). Shape it to fit down in the step through frame, and make it easy attach with cut out handle on top to carry like a briefcase in one hand and bike in the other.
Here's mine I built on Instructables.com:
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http://www.instructables.com/id/BAR-TAB-Take-Along-Bar/

Ha ha, no issue with a still. You can get them everywhere here. Seen the bar idea,maybe on a larger frame,I have one that takes 27" wheels. So could be another bike to be made... NO STOP IT. I have tooo many bikes now.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Hmm, I've got two crates full of moonshine now I gotta swing my leg over somewhere... Wish this was still a step thru...

Guitarl.

Wooden crate is a nice place to do a wood burned "moonshine" label.

sent from a banana phone...

 

[Funkme]

Where I grabbed the Moonshine idea from.
Found these also when cleaning the storage place out.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Another thought, you might try a bend in the bottom tube to kick the forks out just a bit. Probably wouldn't take much. Looks like a hefty tube tho...

Guitarl.

sent from a banana phone...

 

[Funkme]

Hmm, I've got two crates full of moonshine now I gotta swing my leg over somewhere... Wish this was still a step thru...

Guitarl.

Wooden crate is a nice place to do a wood burned "moonshine" label.

sent from a banana phone...

.
Redneck thinkin for ya...
Don't forget that it is only 20".

 

[Funkme]

Another thought, you might try a bend in the bottom tube to kick the forks out just a bit. Probably wouldn't take much. Looks like a hefty tube tho...

Guitarl.

sent from a banana phone...

I have this fork from off a kids 12 or 16 ?
Could extend them and see if they work on this?

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Guitarl.

 

[Funkme]

This is the original set of wheels that came with the bike,had started to paint one red.
And this is the set that I was thinking to go with...

So originally I was going for the typical rod look black & red.
(But the orange does not seem so bad)

Any ideas on what color I should do this ride?
Think of running booze all around town in stealth.
Bootlegger