Silent Blue Fellow

[ncherguy]

so I started practicing my Pinstripe pattern for the forks, took a break then a wind gust lifted up the carboard my full can of 1-shot bright red was sitting on and emptied it onto my back patio table. I salveged about a half can of paint but now I have red fingernails. Nothing like washing my hands with acetone.

[ncherguy]

Pinstruped my frame, fork, and chainring. Not superawsome at pinstriping and some of my lines are a little shakey but its done by hand with a brush, no tape-cheating here. I used a scroll brush until my pinstripe brush is reformed.

my back patio studio


had to start over a couple times to get this right


may do the top part of the fork over, my lines started to get a little shakey towards the end


This was totally free hand. Flat peices are easy for me, sometimes the hardest part in striping is getting my hands in a good position


Razor blade and a screwdriver...looks like a murder scene

[ncherguy]

Going to go visit the ol' folks this afternoon and salvage some parts from the barn for the bike. I have a pre-war columbia that has a skiptooth chain with my name on it and some headset parts off of a Wally-world cruiser. My folks have an old barn where most of my craigslist finds end of going for storage. My dad encourages my hoarding because old bikes look cool siting in an old barn next to the tractors.

[Peatbog]

That looks cool. I especially like the stripe on the chainwheel. That's a good idea.

[kingfish254]

Chainwheel is looking good!!

[ncherguy]

So the clock is ticking and I still don't have a saddle picked out yet. Was going to make one but not sure.

[ncherguy]

So I had a few design changes. I took some Fat Franks off of a motorized bike build instead of the red tires I was going to use. Looks alot better. I screwed up the paint on the tank and not sure what to do but I will figure it out.



heres a closeup on my scratch built tripple tree fork. I have always wanted to try this idea of using quiled stems as "Motorcycle-like" risers. without some kind of clamp attatched to the top to section of the tripple I get a little play.


My junk saddle box. Which one will take the most work?

[SCHWINNRAY69]

Great work, looks like a true HD!

[ncherguy]

So I got enough skiptooth chain from an old girls Columbia I have at my folks barn. Now I need to attatch a skiptooth sprocket onto a shimano style sprocket. If I had more time, I would just pay the $20 and buy the shimano-compatible Skiptooth sprocket from Memory lane, but running out of time.

The old sprocket fits perfectly over a modern shimano coaster brake (drive side). I will tack weld it to a smaller 3-prong sprocket while it sites over the hub (keept it centered), then remove it from the hub and finish the welds. I will have to cut the teeth off the shimano spocket first so it won't interfere with new chain.

[ncherguy]

I almost was going to rig up a crazy jackshaft setup like one I had seen on this forum before, but just don't have time to fab up all the parts (trying to get another project done too).

[kingfish254]

I the part of the builds where the assembly starts.
Too cool!!!!!

[ncherguy]

So the hour glass ran out and I didn't finish but theres always next year. I had some complications in the jackshaft (should of welded it to the frame) and the top of my tripple tree needed some kind of clamp. I'm going to part out the bike and keep the frame and use it for something. I like the pin stripes on it and the fork I and handlebar I will use in an upcoming motorized build. I just sold my motorized bike and got an amazing amount of requests for another. See you guys next year.