80s Huffy Good Vibration. The Honest Rat

[Nocash18]

I posted this bike a few months back kind of in a mock up form. I had pretty much abandoned the project because of some personal problems I had to resolve. Well, in the last week, I decided it would be a good idea to get started on it. Honestly, I finished this thing a lot faster than I anticipated.

So I had a thrown away 80s Huffy Good Vibrations, a thrown away 70s Schwinn Continental??, some old Nishiki fork and all of the old parts I've refused to get rid of. I figured I had enough to build a bike from scratch, and I was right.

It's done to the point of being rideable, and I took a few timeline photos. I'm definitely not done with it, and my plan is to put a motor on it, so I'll try to remember to post progress as it comes.

The pictures are taken at night as I just finished it. I'll take post some tomorrow of it in daylight. The last photo is of my step son who was brave enough to mount a bike bigger than he was.

I named it the "Honest Rat". Here it is.

General info
Front wheel - 27" x 1 1/4
Rear wheel - 26" x 2.25
Gear - 44x16

 

[LukeTheJoker]

I like it!
My vote will always be to not put a motor on, I just like knowing that I am the power source for the bike!
But that is just for me and does not take into consideration what you think or need...

Luke.

 

[Nocash18]

Added a few things to make the ride more "comfortable". Went for a ride with the wife and took some pictures.

So far just the front hub needed a smidge of adjustment after maybe 15 miles on it. Debating on lubing the chain or leaving it dry and rusty brown.

 

[Nocash18]

Also, can anybody give me some insight on how to service these integrated kickstands found on all the old bikes?

 

[OneHorsePower]

nice bike! i always vote no motor unless it really ressemble a vintage board track racer , but thats just me

 

[sprocket]

Thanks for posting the kickstand removal video, I was wondering the same.

 

[RustyGold]

Bike looks good

Jason

 

[Nocash18]

So I've done a few little things. I cut the bars and plugged the holes with some corks. I've also added a front fender and rear rack. Mainly because I just wanted to put more parts on it. The front fender matches the overall feeling of the bike, and the fender does not (in my opinion). The color is from a very sporadic friend who "painted" some parts, which ended up at my house. I'm going to sand it down and bring back a scratched up version of the old paint. Pretty sure it was white. I also threw a set of bags on the rack that I acquired when I used to build Walmart bikes. Cargo options are usually high on my list of needs.

I haven't riden it yet, it's raining outside. I hate rain. I'm pretty sure the shorter bars will be a positive change.

My phone is pretty much my only media generator, so sorry for grainy pictures.

 

[Nocash18]

Fully loaded

 

[deorman]