█★█ starsNbars █★█ 38 Hawthorne Twin Bar 5 Bar ☠ - Red White and RUST - Tied for 7th Place

[kingfish254]

I picked up this lot of vintage tobacco tins today. I really was just buying the Uncle Sam Union Leader one, and got the others in a bundle. I was thinking of using it to make a rear cover for the shifter. Who knows, it would also make a great battery pack. I still haven't decided if I will try to incorporate a tailight of taglight on starsNbars yet. Just keeping my options open. (The older Prince Albert actually still has a full plug of tobacco!!!).

 

[char]

I picked up this lot of vintage tobacco tins today. I really was just buying the Uncle Sam Union Leader one, and got the others in a bundle. I was thinking of using it to make a rear cover for the shifter. Who knows, it would also make a great battery pack. I still haven't decided if I will try to incorporate a tailight of taglight on starsNbars yet. Just keeping my options open. (The older Prince Albert actually still has a full plug of tobacco!!!).
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Ooooo.. I like those a lot! Very cool!

 

[Funkme]

I'm with char pretty cool,I have one sitting here.

 

[Jake Sensi]

Prince Albert in a can?!? Well ya better let him out!! Hahaha (Come on ya know ya thought of that too)

 

[kingfish254]

Prince Albert in a can?!? Well ya better let him out!! Hahaha (Come on ya know ya thought of that too)

Yep, I did. Who knows how long that full plug of Prince Albert had been in that can too.

 

[karfer67]

Awesome bike that in my opinion nails what this is all about, build cool stuff out of ordinary items. Perfect

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[whitefiretiger]

Prince Albert in a can?!? Well ya better let him out!! Hahaha (Come on ya know ya thought of that too)

I resisted the temptation to put this.

Always makes my want to say...

Is your refrigerator running? Well then you better go catch it.

Nice collection you picked up.

 

[kingfish254]

Awesome bike that in my opinion nails what this is all about, build cool stuff out of ordinary items. Perfect

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Thanks Adam, That means a lot coming from you. Still wish you were in the build off.
You still owe us a photo of your latest RAT!!!!

 

[karfer67]

this is one

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[kingfish254]

this is one

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COOL! I love the stretch you got from those rockers!! I can't think of a better member of the upside down rams club to join Gold Street Customs and I.
Nice work on that Hornet!

 

[kingfish254]

Had some fun in the shop after work. At the beginning of the build I had plans to use this jeweled tag light that I got from @ozzmonaut with a tag on the left seat stay, but every time I mocked it up, it just wasn't working for me.

Tonight I decided to try it under the seat between the bars.

Then I cut the trim ring from one of the belt concho stars.

 

[kingfish254]

Still need to work out the details on the tail light, but started playing with the tobacco tin. I love the graphics and patina on this tin.

Sliced back down the middle and bottom.

I was planning on covering the back of the shifter,

But I tried it on the front and liked it

So I sliced open the aged Prince Albert tin too and placed it on the back.

Then I cut a slot for the shift arm.
I still need to tighten it all up, mount it, cut the tin top to fit back on, etc

 

[jasper87]

Sweet tail light! the star makes it uber cool

 

[whitefiretiger]

Nice starry light.
Digging the shifter cover too.

 

[kingfish254]

Last night when I was working on the tobacco tin shroud it was pretty cool up close. But today when I stepped back and looked how it worked with the rest of the bike, I hate it. Oh well, you never know until you try. It was fun to build and I'm sure I'll be able to re-use the tins on a future build somehow.

I am going to end up painting the existing shifter housing in the rust/polished rust starsNbars pattern.

 

[SoulGarageOH]

Yeah…that tail light is sweet.

 

[kingfish254]

Sweet tail light! the star makes it uber cool

Nice starry light.

Yeah…that tail light is sweet.

I very pleased with the light too. Did more work on it today. I found another modern taillight that fit better and used more of the spring steel to make up some bracket pieces.

I still haven't glued the star inside the lens yet. I also still need to paint the light shell.

Forgot to flip my RRB Calendar to July. Here is Ian's (@ifitsfreeitsforme ) Western Flyer Super from BO8.

 

[kingfish254]

I wasn't sure what to use for top caps on the lower front springs. After a few trys with different items I ended up up with handlebar end plugs. It's like they were meant for this use. The spring screw right onto it.

 

[kingfish254]

Well, most of the fab work and mechanicals are done now. I am almost at the point to start breaking it down to clean it up, paint the forks, apply the stripes, complete the cosmetic stuff, and final reassembly. I have a few biz trips in the next few weeks, but 22 days should be plenty of time to wrap it up. I would probably start disassembly tomorrow, but fellow RRBer @bfelt is in town and we may meet up for a ride.

 

[jasper87]

I wasn't sure what to use for top caps on the lower front springs. After a few trys with different items I ended up up with handlebar end plugs. It's like they were meant for this use. The spring screw right onto it.
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Don't you love it when things are just meant to be Btw you should consider changing your name to LightKing254