THE LEMON STING

[Rat Rod]

A friend of mine, Jim McSweeney....aka Queasy Rider on RRB built this super cool Schwinn Sting-Ray chopper called "Lemon Sting." He decided it was time to let it go so now I'm the proud owner.

Jim built many of these back in the 60s as a kid and still builds them today. He takes a girls Sting-Ray frame and chops off the head tube, flips it upside down, welds it onto a boys Sting-Ray frame and this gives him the rake he needs for a chopper. It also gives him a longer neck tube which gives him the ability to run a 26" fork steer tube.

He then scrapes together whatever tubing he's got around to make the fork leg extensions. What he ends up with is a really cool little chopper that is fun to ride once you get the hang of it.

 

[kingfish254]

SWEET!

 

[KJV]

Oh Yea !

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Those forks are awesome!


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[QUEASY RIDER]

I see you dropped the seat for the girls! Steve when you get good at riding that, we should get the two brothers back together and go cruising! Now if we could find about 4 guys with the old school choppers, I would feel like I were back home lookin' Kool with the gang!

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[LukeTheJoker]

"Once you get used to it" hey? I take that to mean there is some wheel flop, which is unsurprising with that rake!

Looks very cool, nice work Queasy Rider!

Luke.

 

[Rat Rod]

It took one of my daughters about 15 minutes to figure out how to ride it.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Cool!

Luke.

 

[QUEASY RIDER]

Steve, I'm so glad that I told you to come pick it up. I rebuilt it to be used. Love the video.. Both my sons learned quick that straight was the easy part. Gotta plan those turns a little ahead of time. Ike turning a Semi around! I heard Lemon Sting crying last night the whole way from McKinney "What happened to my AC?"


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[Rat Rod]

Ha Ha...yeah, definitely toasty in my garage now.

This daughter of mine is pretty persistent. She kept on trying until she got it going and then kept riding until it started to get dark. She was annoyed when I told her it was time to put it up for the night.

 

[QUEASY RIDER]

As soon as I can get back to riding, ask if I can come over and ride together.


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[CRASH]

That is a very cool ride QR! Well done, and good video Steve.