1940? schwinn ratty truck kustom ALL DONE PICS ARE UP!

[fast eddie]

that things is tough lookin, like it might steal lunch money from lil 20 inch bikes!
fast eddie outty

[Boneshaker]

The clip ons look great, especially the way they turn down. Are you gonna drop that seat? Oh, and good decision on the tire swap.

[karfer67]

thanks guys yes the seat has already been slamed that was so i could hang it in the bike stand. actually the ridding position is not nearly as dangerous as it seems and if i want to sit up more when cruising i just rest both hands on the top crown and sit up. it is funny you mention the tire clearance it is very tight. see when i first set it up i did so for the smaller diameter red tire which was 20 x 2.125. the new one is 20 x 3 and is taller. i actually had to cut a small relief in the lower front part of the crown to make it fit. the flip side is now the crown actually curls around the tire. the other night i took it out for a shake down slash beer hop ride with a fellow hooligan of mine and at one point the front tire picked up a rock. when it got caught between the tire and the crown i saw it go shooting out in front of the bike (think baseball practice machine).
there is much to be done and more pics to come next will be the rear wheel which is going to be redone with a very special and rare bendex 2 spd hub. a friend gave me a really cool kickstand for it off his prewar rollfast cruiser so i have to make a mount for that. stay tuned and thanks for the comments. as many of you know i was not able to finish the last build off bike so for me this is redemption.

[Schwinnspastic]

Karfer thats looks awesome but I have to admit I am cringing ...not that I haven't cut up a Schwinn or two in my day somehow I just can't anymore
well 'cept for a bent girly frame

[karfer67]

well to make you feel better i did it that way so if in future i wanted to make it stock i could weld the brackets back on. the nubs were saved and are hanging on my bench sort of a reminder of the carnage. new pics uploading as we speak.

[karfer67]

new pics. first off that rare bendex green band 2 speed. as the story goes these were a short run of hubs that were intended for the stingray and have heavy duty springs and close ratios but the cost of building such a hub out weighed the gain so they went with the 5 speed derail setup we all know. i got this hub from a long time schwinn collector so here it goes.



second photo shows the cool top caps my buddy helped me make for the fork. he had a lathe and saw the ugly caps that i had in there before. we stuck in a chunk of aluminum and this is what we came up with



third photo shows her as she sits now. the chain guard is on and you can see the new and final sprocket i came up with. it is of unknown orgin but it is 52 teeth and is made out of aluminum. you can also see the first brass clamp that i made for the tank plate.

[sensor]

looks like the old roadmaster or maybe a silver king chainring..........couldnt say for sure though

[karfer67]

well because it is aluminum i thought silver king as well which follows this build as far as lets see how many rare parts we can rat into this bike .

[sensor]

just trying to piss off all the collectors are ya?

[tartosuc]

man that thing looks tough!

I will now be looking for one of theses! gives me some ideas...i think i saw one brokenn in front of depaneur near by!

if you can, post pics of you riding it!!

how does she ride?

[xddorox]

I guess I will keep an eye out for something like that as well. Tartosuc, where is that depanneur???;)

[Clothespin n]

Very cool so Far Karfer!

Kev.

[karfer67]

on the shake down run we rode a bit over 10 miles and all is good. it will be better with the two speed once the drive train is all taken care of i can concentrate on a few other things i have planned. everyone who looks at it wonders how it rides so i tell them to just try it and they are very supprised. cycle trucks are rather short so you are not as bent over as you would think. now if i had done this to a normal cruiser i would recommend keeping your head up at all times when ridding.

[VicXsaN]

Really cool!

[fsjaak]

KOWABUNGA! This thing is BADTODABONE![/b]