The King-Ray (done)

[JoKeR63]

Acquired another 24" Schwinn, this one was a Typhoon. Been wanting to build an overgrown Ray to match my overgrown form.
Westwind Tire is still in great shape so that's going on the front. I'll relace a new rim for the back and stuff the biggest tire I can fit back there, it measures about 2.8" where the tire is, so a 2.5" tire is what I'm looking for. Big seat, big sissy bar and big apes are on my shopping list.

I'm fresh off the Revs build so the going may be slow.
Green for Money, Gold for the Honey paint scheme. The green tested very similar to the original color.
I'll try to be tasteful on the gold, it's a very hard color to pull off.
Here's what I'm starting with..........





Fenders will get bobbed. These are from my Phantom.

[bigblockthing]

green for the money gold for the honey isnt too hard to pull off..that was the paint scheme when i built my swing bike





the green is a custom mix that i made from about 6 different kinds of green including 54-ish nash paint, the gold base was from something like an 01 or 02 ford and the clear has house of kolor abalone and gold flakes in it

[ej599]

Awesome paint work!

[bigblockthing]

thanks im glad you like it..that was the first bike i ever made actually haha

[FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS]

JoKeR63, I've got four 24" frames & they are bad-*ss & very fun to ride....good luck with the build!
Here is one of my 24" bikes....Daily rider! 1955 schwinn.





P.S. I love the name ! KING-RAY ! BAD *SS !

[aka_locojoe]

I've always wanted to do a 24" muscle bike. That color combo ought to be cool. Anxious to see whow this turns out.

Flatblack here's my similar swing bike along with a diagram of the swing part.
Swing bike 1
Swing bike 2

[bigblockthing]

i think you most definitely need a crazy tall sissy bar and some kind of home made suicide shifter

and i dont by any means want to be a thread hijacker but heres my swingbike thread
viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8830

[FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS]

KING-RAY RULES !

[JoKeR63]

7000,.....6000,..... We're at five Mav! I can't reach the ejection handle Goose, you're gona' have to punch us out.........*

Seriously, somebody got to get this train back on the tracks. No real work done, I'm just working on getting the parts together.
Bicycledesigner has some of the stuff I need and ChoppersUS has the rest. Looks like I'm going with a 22"x38" apehanger.
Sissybar will be a 35"er and a 22" long banana seat.





*Hopefully somebody gets it.

[Markm]

[FLAT BLACK KUSTOMS]

You should think about a 24" Krate style....Go with a suspended sissy bar. That would look killer! I am going to try that eventually ! Maybe re-think the 22" banana, they are long, but the hole pattern is basically the same as a regular seat, it just sticks out past the sissy bar more & the front of the seat is just longer, but the seat post still attaches in the same place.The longer 22" seat doesnt give you any more room. The distance from the sissy bar and the seat post attachment are the same, I think a regular sized seat would be just fine. Just my .02! GERRY D. FBK.

[JoKeR63]

You should think about a 24" Krate style....Go with a suspended sissy bar. That would look killer! I am going to try that eventually ! Maybe re-think the 22" banana, they are long, but the hole pattern is basically the same as a regular seat, it just sticks out past the sissy bar more & the front of the seat is just longer, but the seat post still attaches in the same place.The longer 22" seat doesnt give you any more room. The distance from the sissy bar and the seat post attachment are the same, I think a regular sized seat would be just fine. Just my .02! GERRY D. FBK.

Unfortunately, the Krate thing has already been done. It was called the King Krate. Awesome bike, I should have bought the thing when I had the chance. This is just going to be a single speed, hence the name King-Ray. A suspended bar would take me way over budget. The big 'naner is more about proportion in relation to the frame than how far back it goes, plus they're supposed to be a little wider, we'll see.
I could always relocate the front mount if it's too far back.

[JoKeR63]

Got the King his Midas touch, gold base coat applied today. All gold is still an ugly color, I'm bettin' somebody can change that someday.

[karfer67]

bling bling

[bigblockthing]

put some flake on it and it will make it look nicer haha