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LeMad Hatter

LeMad Hatter

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Just finished the old girl this morning. Rode over to the park for some pictures and got stopped by a large group of people and every one of them wanted to know if I was going to restore my bike back to original condition. Naturally, they were all shocked when I told them I made it look this way on purpose😋
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He's a link to the build thread
https://ratrodbikes.com/forum/threads/girthy-gerty.115688/
 
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Of all your builds, I think I like this one the best.

That said, those shiny bars and white grips...
there's still time.

When I thought for sure I was done on my Beer Boy Delivery build in BO 10, I got poked, proded, and provoked into adding RaT-ina to my cranks and a couple of other shiny bits that didn't quite match up with my natural and surreal rust. So I went whole hog on it,and boy am I glad I did!

First photo before final rustification, shiny bars, cranks, rims, etc

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And after the additional rustification...

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OddJob said:
Of all your builds, I think I like this one the best.

That said, those shiny bars and white grips...
there's still time.

When I thought for sure I was done on my Beer Boy Delivery build in BO 10, I got poked, proded, and provoked into adding RaT-ina to my cranks and a couple of other shiny bits that didn't quite match up with my natural and surreal rust. So I went whole hog on it,and boy am I glad I did!

First photo before final rustification, shiny bars, cranks, rims, etc

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And after the additional rustification...

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That's a good suggestion. I've been more worried about just getting the bike finished so I can work on getting my daily driver drivable again. Now that the much more pressing issue is resolved, I might go back and do a little more to the bike
 
Very, very nice. I was sad to see the rear tank rack (track? trank? trank???) go away. I really liked that. (RRBO18, here I come....), but, this bike rocks! Those extensions are so cool, and the fauxtina matches perfectly. They look like they have been there since day 1. Love it.
 
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Ravenshurst said:
Very, very nice. I was sad to see the rear tank rack (track? thank? thank???) go away. I really liked that. (RRBO18, here I come....), but, this bike rocks! Those extensions are so cool, and the fauxtina matches perfectly. They look like they have been there since day 1. Love it.
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Thanks for that. The rack is very much still present, I'll just toss it on when I need to go on a longer trip. I'm making leather saddle bags for it soon as well
 
OddJob said:
Of all your builds, I think I like this one the best.

That said, those shiny bars and white grips...
there's still time.

When I thought for sure I was done on my Beer Boy Delivery build in BO 10, I got poked, proded, and provoked into adding RaT-ina to my cranks and a couple of other shiny bits that didn't quite match up with my natural and surreal rust. So I went whole hog on it,and boy am I glad I did!

First photo before final rustification, shiny bars, cranks, rims, etc

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And after the additional rustification...

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Brain belt beer, was a favorite but I don’t think it’s made anymore. I haven’t seen it for years. Bo ho.
 
us56456712 said:
Brain belt beer, was a favorite but I don’t think it’s made anymore. I haven’t seen it for years. Bo ho.
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Yep! Still made in Minnesnowta. The Schell Brewing company makes it in New Ulm, MN.

Let me know if you need any.
 

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