ENGINE No.9 (completely complete!)

[fenderhole]

Whoo Hoo! RRBBO5 begins! My entry this year is this Greenline frame i've had floating around the shed for a couple of years now. I've got some great ideas for it that i hope everyone will like.

[fenderhole]

Okay, so the first thing to do was figure out the front suspension. The springer parts are from a Schwinn style 20" fork and I used another fork from a 70's Huffy girls bike because it had the longer head tube i needed. It seems to work very well, kind of like a reverse beehive. You can expect the rear to have a similar set up as well.

[CCR]

all ive got to say is i would buy a fork like that !!! are the truss rods beefy enough with that set up for big bumps ??

killer start man, i like it

[xHOBOPHOBIAx]

all ive got to say is i would buy a fork like that !!! are the truss rods beefy enough with that set up for big bumps ??

killer start man, i like it

i agree, i have some truss rods like that and they bend really easily

[fenderhole]

all ive got to say is i would buy a fork like that !!! are the truss rods beefy enough with that set up for big bumps ??

killer start man, i like it

i agree, i have some truss rods like that and they bend really easily

when the spring action works it pulls on the truss rods, it doesn't push them up like a beehive does. i can't see how they might bend as long as it's pulling on them. i bounced the front end with all my weight and it seems to work great. i'm sorry the pictures are fuzzy, it makes it a little hard to see exactly how it works.

[CCR]

i can see what your saying, "pull" wont bend the rods but "push" might, and it doesnt look like there would be any "push" involved in that setup. its like a columbia fork in a way. love how how you came up with using what you had around, i dont think my brain cells could have pulled it off successfully

[fenderhole]

here's a link to a short video of the springer in action. it shows more detail on how well it works. and yes, i know i need to cut my grass
http://s679.photobucket.com/albums/vv152/fenderhole/?action=view&current=springer1.flv

[deorman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCEexG9xjw

[fenderhole]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCEexG9xjw

deorman wins! first person to match the name of the bike with the song it came from

[fenderhole]

i worked on the rear springer set up today and thought i'd post some pics to show how it's gonna work. i made both pivot plates out of a heavy duty hinge pictured below. i still need to finish them but so far it's working out great.





and here what it looks like at the end of day 3...

[Gold Street Customs]

Great start....I wouldn't mount that seat too low......get yourself a nice boy howdy on the rear

[icyuod2]

slick! very slick!

[onelesspedestrian]

... best fork setup I've seen in ages. that would work well with a lot of rake/offset too, definitely one I'll keep in mind for the future.

[fenderhole]

... best fork setup I've seen in ages. that would work well with a lot of rake/offset too, definitely one I'll keep in mind for the future.

glad you like it. when the idea first popped in my head i couldn't believe i hadn't thought of it before. it seems like a really good way to turn most plain cruiser forks into springers. i'm sure someone somewhere thought of it first but i've not seen anybody do it like this before.

[bighit]

backyard brilliance.