Looks awesome!
Loving the idea of the stripes on the guard!
Luke.
Loving the idea of the stripes on the guard!
Luke.
(MBBO #4 Class 2) Mustang Phatty -(FINAL MOCK UP PHOTOS)-
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Wheel looks good.
Like the stripes on fender idea.
Like the stripes on fender idea.
Still thinking about the stock front end? A super skinny tire and some regular apes, and it's wheelie time! It's just a neat idea to have two front ends... But, the Lester mag front and the beefy triple trees really do look great.
As far as the stripes, I'd mask it off, steel wool whats left, and check out some translucent paint.
Carl.
Mag turned out great.
The stripes and Carl's idea might look really cool! Mags are tough!
I meant the taping off and steel wooling and translucent paint....It's not my idea... Roadie has had that stock front end stashed for a while.
Carl.
Love the mag! Like the striping idea, I recently found a product by Rustoleum that's a 'matte' black auto paint. It seems fairly durable once dry.
Build on brother!
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Thanks for the input, fellas, I do appreciate it! I did get the sissy springs adapted for the sissy bar(photos later), and also have the pattern made for the caliper bracket done. I need to keep moving on this, I don't want to get backed up in the end... it's turning better than I imagined, so, that's a good thing!
Crazy work schedule and waiting on parts forces me to race to the end on this one. I have no internet at this time also. I will try to catch up on some of the other builds as time allows.
These are the adapters I fabed up for the sissy.
Here's the tab for the disc brake.
It welded up nice!
Got the suicide brake welded up too.
Here's the way I decided to run the brake cable. I drilled through the seat stay and tapped the holes to 1/4". The adjusters aren't 1/4" 20, but they thread through the pipe easy and firm.
This is the final set up.
I did final mock up and test drive with the suicide brake and MAN does it work great!!! Too great though... I blew up a brand new Avid BB7 caliper... soooo, I now will engineer a stop for the handle to prevent that from happening again. Thank god when I ordered the break parts I ordered two!
Here's final mock up before disassembly. It freakin rides GREAT! I built it for me and it fits like a glove
I paid a ten spot for this Murray Wildcat III at my LUBS. I set it up to show the scale of this bike. This is the stock front end with it's freakishly long top tube. The rear end is stretched with a real nice balance compared to the front. This bike built it's self in a lot of ways, I'm happy!
Every thing lined up real nice. If you look closely you can see the top of the brake handle just above the seat.
I'm going to drill the sissy bar and thread a hole in the rod of the adapters to secure the bar with a screw.
Now it's time for disassembly and paint. I hope I make the dead line!!!
These are the adapters I fabed up for the sissy.
Here's the tab for the disc brake.
It welded up nice!
Got the suicide brake welded up too.
Here's the way I decided to run the brake cable. I drilled through the seat stay and tapped the holes to 1/4". The adjusters aren't 1/4" 20, but they thread through the pipe easy and firm.
This is the final set up.
I did final mock up and test drive with the suicide brake and MAN does it work great!!! Too great though... I blew up a brand new Avid BB7 caliper... soooo, I now will engineer a stop for the handle to prevent that from happening again. Thank god when I ordered the break parts I ordered two!
Here's final mock up before disassembly. It freakin rides GREAT! I built it for me and it fits like a glove
I paid a ten spot for this Murray Wildcat III at my LUBS. I set it up to show the scale of this bike. This is the stock front end with it's freakishly long top tube. The rear end is stretched with a real nice balance compared to the front. This bike built it's self in a lot of ways, I'm happy!
Every thing lined up real nice. If you look closely you can see the top of the brake handle just above the seat.
I'm going to drill the sissy bar and thread a hole in the rod of the adapters to secure the bar with a screw.
Now it's time for disassembly and paint. I hope I make the dead line!!!
Impressive ! that mag alone was a ton of work .
Beautiful stance and alignment. Great work
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Looking great! Really loving the looks with the stock front end on there!
Shame about that brake calliper, I know the BB7's can be expensive too!
Luke.
Shame about that brake calliper, I know the BB7's can be expensive too!
Luke.
Nice fab work on this build! Be great to see a shot of you on the bike after it's finished....trying to picture the length of your arms! 
Thanks! Oh man, I had no idea how much work the mag was going to be...
Thanks, Jake!
Thanks, Luke. Yes, those calipers can be expensive. I found a deal on the bay though for two calipers, discs and hardware for 70$. It made it a little easier to swallow...
Nice fab work on this build! Be great to see a shot of you on the bike after it's finished....trying to picture the length of your arms!
Thanks, O. I'll Post a riding pic. I'm 5"10" tall with some long arms. I do have to stretch a bit...
I like the skinny front best, even tho the triple trees look good. Did you fab a complete front half of the frame, to be able to go from skinny to fat with a couple of turns of the wrench? It looks like you did... now fab another rear end. Something like a 29'er tire in a flipped frame hangin' low... you could keep fabbing multiple front and rear clips to be able to mix and match whatever you felt like cruisin' that day! Man I gotta find me a folder...
Awesome bike dude.
Carl.
Awesome bike dude.
Carl.
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I like this build,some cool engineering here
Very cool fab work! Can't wait to see it done!
Thanks, Carl. Yes, two separate and complete front ends. Don't even need a wrench to swap them out, I can change over in under a minute.
Thanks E!
Thanks, Crash! I can't wait to see it finished too, I'm a little concerned about meeting the deadline though. I got the first coat of primer on today.
