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CLASS 1 - MUSCLE BIKE 2021 BUILD JOURNALS
What will this Ross become?
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<blockquote data-quote="JNOACK" data-source="post: 1200920" data-attributes="member: 25683"><p>Perhaps you saw my first build that I completed way tooi early. (CCM KING COBRA) Well, my powder coater messaged me the other day and I was able to pick up my second frame on Christmas Eve day. Even though I had to pay for the job, it was a great Christmas present. So..... here's the beginning of build numero 2.</p><p></p><p>This bike starts with the frame from an original Ross Tor-o-nado. (pictured on the left).</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181438[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181441[/ATTACH]</p><p>I'm talkin' 60's pre muscle bike frame. I bought this on an online auction site years and years ago. I just had to have it and bid way more than I wanted to spend. A year later at a bike swap I happened to meet in person, the guy who was bidding me up. He had to have it too, but I won out. This is a picture I found on the internet. Mine was not nearly as nice.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181437[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181436[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181435[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I used that bike and another donor frame to build my original red custom Ross Tor-o-nado. I took me 3 years to collect all of the parts. The parts I never thought I'd find where the seven shaped seat post and the funky bars. The parts frame I bought was actually quite a bit shorter than the original frame and had a different mount for the shifter. So I have had this frame and fork kicking around and at some point I purchased a Ross Barracuda guard to go with it.</p><p></p><p>This was the seat I envisioned using when I chose the paint colour. However, when I got the frame back, the seat just did not seem to match for me. After several iterations, I seem to be leaning toward the other sparkly purple seat in my collection.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181440[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>My other original intention was to use the fork with the additional truss style bars. Again, I seem to be veering away from my original vision as the bars just don't seem to work for me.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181442[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]181443[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181444[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>At this point it's kind of like throwing paint at a canvas to see if it sticks. Here's a small sampling of some of the parts and ideas I was farting around with today. You're comments and ideas are welcome. They might even match the direction I've already decided on..... but lots of time left to change my mind a hundred more time.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]181445[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181446[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181447[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181448[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181449[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181450[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181451[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181452[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181453[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181454[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181455[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181456[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181457[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]181458[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JNOACK, post: 1200920, member: 25683"] Perhaps you saw my first build that I completed way tooi early. (CCM KING COBRA) Well, my powder coater messaged me the other day and I was able to pick up my second frame on Christmas Eve day. Even though I had to pay for the job, it was a great Christmas present. So..... here's the beginning of build numero 2. This bike starts with the frame from an original Ross Tor-o-nado. (pictured on the left). [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_6651.JPG"]181438[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8137.JPG"]181441[/ATTACH] I'm talkin' 60's pre muscle bike frame. I bought this on an online auction site years and years ago. I just had to have it and bid way more than I wanted to spend. A year later at a bike swap I happened to meet in person, the guy who was bidding me up. He had to have it too, but I won out. This is a picture I found on the internet. Mine was not nearly as nice. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_0764.JPG"]181437[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_0750.JPG"]181436[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="5C9AAF20-04A5-4BCB-9A58-09DE5660F767.jpeg"]181435[/ATTACH] Anyway, I used that bike and another donor frame to build my original red custom Ross Tor-o-nado. I took me 3 years to collect all of the parts. The parts I never thought I'd find where the seven shaped seat post and the funky bars. The parts frame I bought was actually quite a bit shorter than the original frame and had a different mount for the shifter. So I have had this frame and fork kicking around and at some point I purchased a Ross Barracuda guard to go with it. This was the seat I envisioned using when I chose the paint colour. However, when I got the frame back, the seat just did not seem to match for me. After several iterations, I seem to be leaning toward the other sparkly purple seat in my collection. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8148.JPG"]181440[/ATTACH] My other original intention was to use the fork with the additional truss style bars. Again, I seem to be veering away from my original vision as the bars just don't seem to work for me. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8138.JPG"]181442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8152.JPG"]181443[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8153.JPG"]181444[/ATTACH] At this point it's kind of like throwing paint at a canvas to see if it sticks. Here's a small sampling of some of the parts and ideas I was farting around with today. You're comments and ideas are welcome. They might even match the direction I've already decided on..... but lots of time left to change my mind a hundred more time. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8140.JPG"]181445[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8141.JPG"]181446[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8142.JPG"]181447[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8143.JPG"]181448[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8144.JPG"]181449[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8145.JPG"]181450[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8146.JPG"]181451[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8149.JPG"]181452[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8150.JPG"]181453[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8154.JPG"]181454[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8155.JPG"]181455[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8157.JPG"]181456[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8158.JPG"]181457[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_8159.JPG"]181458[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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