Black bike

[deorman]

Special "rat" features:
Rattlecan paint over raw stripped frame, no filling or sanding.
Stick-on vinyl pinstripe and darts.
No head badge.
Rusty seatpost covered with hi-way tape also serves as rear reflector
Parts from 5 different decades, including wacky muscle-bike era "buccaneer" grips, mismatched tires mounted without regard for label positioning or removal, 2-pc bmx crank sprocket.

 

[Terry66]

I like any color bike as long as it is black! :mrgreen:

Nice job!

 

[yoothgeye]

More riding less building, that is a throw in the back of the truck and go kind of bike whereas I can hardly get mine out of the shop. I like it!

 

[mitchelangelo]

Simple yet elegantly RAT! and BLACK is just a mean color... goes with anything. Looks like a cool rider too. I had a black bike very similar that I called "Snow Ball" just to see the puzzled look on others faces :lol:

 

[texasbigjon]

"no regard for label positioning"! how will you ever find the valve stems? :lol: another well thought out rider rat,deorman. great job...and a happy belated birthday to ya,old man! :wink:

 

[jerrykr]

dang... sometimes simple is just best!!! Love it. I need to make me one of these!

 

[raggedjim]

Nice job, I'll bet it rides great. I have a bike that looks almost like it and I grab it to ride more than any of the other bikes.

Rg

 

[kingfish254]

Cool Klunker rat.
I like those flame stripes.
Congrats!

 

[jats]

cool crank arm with the changable outer ring love the flames too!!

 

[char]

Cool build. Real nice! Great work! 8)

 

[Turtlesixfour]

I had those same grips when I was a kid! We called them "cobra" grips and I had to have them for my Huffy with the "bubblegum" seat. Not quite a banana seat. I still don't know what the real name is. Awesome bike!