26" Muscle/cruiser build from the new guy! (DONE!!!!)

[The Renaissance Man]

Looking good!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Love the Binford 9000! I have the 6100...

Luke.

 

[Chad T]

Thought I was subscribed to this thread. This is a cool one.

 

[topnotchlsx]

Thought I was subscribed to this thread. This is a cool one.

It should be getting way more cool very soon as well. I haven't disclosed all of the details but this week the bike will come a long way.

 

[Bob Malkowski]

Nice job so far. Looking forward to see it painted and finished. I really like the speed hole treatment and your seat placement.

 

[topnotchlsx]

The frame is painted - drumrolll....

The color is an old school Wimbledon White but.....I used matte clear to cover it for an old AND new school look.

A good shot was hard to get but I will have some of the bike assembled tomorrow after I give it time to cure. In the light it has hints of yellow, sometimes brighter white, and more. Think vanilla. I hope it looks great with the different color parts going on. Stay tuned!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

I like vanilla it's the finest of the flavours...

Luke.

 

[topnotchlsx]

I like vanilla it's the finest of the flavours...

Luke.

HAHAHA, right there with ya!

 

[Kevin Kanouff]

Diggin the paint!

 

[topnotchlsx]

Roller status achieved! Before I show pics, here is a shot of my inspiration.....DRAG BIKE!

Low and agressive is the goal. Although I wont be doing much fabrication to the frame I feel I can get the basic look. The biggest part to that look IMO is a triple tree style fork. Forks were easy to find but the hurdle was a headset that would fit both the steer tube and frame tube. 1 1/8"...fit the frame but not the fork. 1" fit the fork but not the frame....UGH!!! I ended up cutting the original bearing cups to act as a spacer which worked PERFECT!

The lower parts pressed into the frame as normal and acted as the perfect spacer for the new 1" headset bearing cups.

Triples on

And roller status!

The color is either shifting in different light or is actually darker in areas but looks rad regardless. I still can't get a pic that does it justice. Here it is next to another cruiser of mine that is bright white as a comparison.

Hopefully in the next days I can get some more parts on it once I decide on their color piece by piece.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

That fork and skinny tire looks great!

 

[topnotchlsx]

That fork and skinny tire looks great!

Thanks, it was a roll of the dice but I want that "biggs and skinnys" look

 

[Chad T]

Looking really good! Love the black with that white. I've heard of that Wimbledon white somewhere. Awesome color.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looking very cool, love the inspiration pic too!

Luke.

 

[topnotchlsx]

Looking really good! Love the black with that white. I've heard of that Wimbledon white somewhere. Awesome color.

Thank you, the color was popular in the 60s when Ford was using it a lot.

 

[kingfish254]

I like the vanilla color, the forks and that rear tire.
That inspiration drag bike pic is super cool.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Oh, this is just cool! Keep going!


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[jasper87]

Love everything about this bike! Especially the color. But I might be bias as I happen to have a 67 Mustang in Wimbledon White

 

[topnotchlsx]

Love everything about this bike! Especially the color. But I might be bias as I happen to have a 67 Mustang in Wimbledon White

heck yeah dude!!

 

[topnotchlsx]

I wish I had some updates today but I am waiting on parts to help continue mock up. I did however build a rat bike today from spare parts and should have that build up tomorrow!