Recent content by ZephyrSpeed

Well, they can face either direction actually, it just depends on your application..its pretty cool, if the bike is too big, you have 2" worth of forward adjustment, and if the bike is smaller, then you have 2" worth of backwards adjustment. It is such a simple basic design, yet is so...

Yeah this one I believe is supposed to face forward, but that places me too far forward on the bike making me more cramped. This seat post is a solid piece of steel that they just heated and bent, so I just gotta re-heat it and bend it a little less to get the seat to sit more flat. It also...

Well I had to go downstairs to change the laundry, so I took my camera went in the garage to snap a couple of shots..enjoy :D

Thanks for all the compliments! Well I finally finished her up (well kinda, enough to ride) last wednesday night and wen't for a late night spin, and I have to say the bike rides as nice as it looks and is very smooth going down the road. I'm really satisfied with how this bike turned out, for...

I really like your adjustable stem/handlebar combo-just like how Major Taylor had it back in the day!!! Soma's M.T. bars have a really cool bend to them, I found a cheap pair on ebay and put them on my Iver Johnson track bike and love them. This build is great, I'm glad to see another...

I finally got in my diamond skip tooth chain today, so that is one of the last major parts that I need for this project to hit the streets. It was quite greasy, but after a good soaking in some paint thinner and scrubbed with a wire wheel on my drill, it really started to nicely shine. I then...

Yeah no one rides these ol bikes around here because they are too heavy and can't pedal up all the hills we have hahaha! College Cyclery is pretty cool, super $$$ though. I have a friend who owns a cool shop over by me called Sierra Cyclesmiths. He used to work for Shelby building frames and...

Nice springer and shifter!! Yeah your bike should clean up nicely..I'm currently restoring the original paint on the panther thats on the stand and it is in about the same shape as yours. Like I said, scotchbrite and LOTS of WD-40 so you do not rub through, but it looks cool if you do to in the...

Re: Traditional Pre War Hiawatha build Awesome, Thanks for the info! A little update, I have gotten a couple things done on her recently like finding a cool cream patina'd Troxel seat, and an old Nevada license plate, but the year is a litle off than what I want it to be, its from '54. I...

Re: Traditional Pre War Hiawatha build I finally got in some parts that I needed, plus all of the frame and wheel sanding and buffing is done too. One pedal snapped off inside of the crank arm, so I had to drill it out and re-tap it. The tires I got off ebay, and I actually really like them...

Re: The Orange Drag Krate **Updated Pics I'm a little late on the pics from Bakersfield Hot Rod Reunion, but it was one of the best times I have ever had in the past 5 years of going!! It was pretty cool riding around with people going "Holy s*** man, I haven't seen one of those in years!!"...

Well here is my latest project that I pulled down from hanging for the past year in my garage. I picked this up off of the local craigslist from a guy with a VERY strange "Name" on the older section of my town on the river. It was sketch to say the least, but when I got there I was stoked to...

I think that I put a shot of it on my intro when I first joined, but here is a couple more. I build them entirely in my garage on weekends, and I drive them almost daily. I built the Model A when I was a junior/senior in high school and I will continue to drive it until I die. I'm currently...

Disk brake and caliper were in the box of parts too, all in rusted working order. I got the bike done about a week ago just in time for Bakersfield, and I hooked up the rusty chain I had laying around, got the brakes working, WD 40'd the derailer, and aired up the tires and went crusing around...

Whats up everyone? Well with my Iver Johnson track bike on the road and riding, I decided to get my next project down from its hanging centerpiece display spot above my window in my garage. I bought this project about 3 years ago when I was a senior in high school not having a clue what I was...