MBBO 20+24 BAD Apple Peeler

Sting Ray Lover · Sep 23, 2024

I am fabricating the front fender support from one of the pieces I cut off the 36" long sissy bar, a piece of thin aluminum angle and a piece of 1/4" threaded rod. I cut one side of the angle off about 3 inches long, drilled a 1/4" hole in the middle, stuck the threaded rod in the hole with a nut on the bottom. Threaded on a nut on top and bent the aluminum around the nut. I drilled 2 more 13/64 holes to mount it to the fork. Positioned the fender and cut the threaded rod to the correct length to fully thread a nut under the fender then measured and cut the scrap piece of sissy bar tube. And voila. A cheap front fender mount.

Bike from the Dead · Sep 23, 2024

Sting Ray Lover said:
I am fabricating the front fender support from one of the pieces I cut off the 36" long sissy bar, a piece of thin aluminum angle and a piece of 1/4" threaded rod. I cut one side of the angle off about 3 inches long, drilled a 1/4" hole in the middle, stuck the threaded rod in the hole with a nut on the bottom. Threaded on a nut on top and bent the aluminum around the nut. I drilled 2 more 13/64 holes to mount it to the fork. Positioned the fender and cut the threaded rod to the correct length to fully thread a nut under the fender then measured and cut the scrap piece of sissy bar tube. And voila. A cheap front fender mount.View attachment 280180

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Will the fender be able to move with the wheel when there's weight on the springer fork?

Sting Ray Lover · Sep 23, 2024

Bike from the Dead said:
Will the fender be able to move with the wheel when there's weight on the springer ??

It's the same design Schwinn used on the 69-73 Krate bikes. If you just bolted a fender, on a 26" bike, to the same spot in the bottom of the head stem in the fork it would have the same effect.

Bike from the Dead · Sep 23, 2024

Sting Ray Lover said:
It's the same design Schwinn used on the 69-73 Krate bikes. If you just bolted a fender, on a 26" bike, to the same spot in the bottom of the head stem in the fork it would have the same effect.

But didn't the mount on those original Krate bikes also pivot with the fork? The way you have it mounted makes me think the fender will stay rigid with the steerer tube while the wheel pivots with the fork arms.

Sting Ray Lover · Sep 23, 2024

Bike from the Dead said:
But didn't the mount on those original Krate bikes also pivot with the fork? The way you have it mounted makes me think the fender will stay rigid with the steerer tube while the wheel pivots with the fork arms.

I see what your saying. The mount should be around the fork mounting bolt side to side instead of a screw front to back. But the large fork bolt is 1" up in the steerer so I don't think changing it would allow it to move much, if any. Oh well, that screw also holds the headlight and would not work if I change it. I guess this old man won't be going over any jumps.

Sting Ray Lover · Sep 25, 2024

The plan is to use a Stratolite No.38
3 1/4" rear trailer reflector and a 3" Chinese LED headlight to make a taillight. I wanted it to flash by just wiring it to a flashing head light but I haven't figured out how to make that work. The headlight is 3 volts
(2-1.5 volt AAA batteries). If anyone knows a easy method and cheap way to make that happen, please let me know.
(Operative words....cheap....easy.)

Sting Ray Lover · Sep 25, 2024

Bike from the Dead said:
But didn't the mount on those original Krate bikes also pivot with the fork? The way you have it mounted makes me think the fender will stay rigid with the steerer tube while the wheel pivots with the fork arms.

I'm going to try and will of drill a hole in the steerer 90 degrees to the one there now and turn the front fender support 90 degrees. I also will have to drill another hole for the headlight Maybe that will work better.

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Bike from the Dead said:
But didn't the mount on those original Krate bikes also pivot with the fork? The way you have it mounted makes me think the fender will stay rigid with the steerer tube while the wheel pivots with the fork arms.

Sting Ray Lover · Oct 3, 2024

Bike from the Dead I took your advice and drilled 2 holes in the steerer, 1 for the fender, turned the fender support 90 degrees and moved the headlight higher. Function is better now. Thanks for the heads up.

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After

Bike from the Dead · Oct 3, 2024

Sting Ray Lover said:
Bike from the Dead I took your advice and drilled 2 holes in the steerer, 1 for the fender, turned the fender support 90 degrees and moved the headlight higher. Function is better now. Thanks for the heads up.

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Looks good! Here's a photo of a regular Schwinn Krate springer for comparison. I forgot to share this earlier.

Sting Ray Lover · Oct 3, 2024

Bike from the Dead said:
Looks good! Here's a photo of a regular Schwinn Krate springer for comparison. I forgot to share this earlier.
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These cheap Chinese Springers have a tube that runs all the way through the fork. There is no way to mount the support to the fork pivot bolt without cutting it out.

Sting Ray Lover said:
The plan is to use a Stratolite No.38
3 1/4" rear trailer reflector and a 3" Chinese LED headlight to make a taillight. I wanted it to flash by just wiring it to a flashing head light but I haven't figured out how to make that work. The headlight is 3 volts
(2-1.5 volt AAA batteries). If anyone knows a easy method and cheap way to make that happen, please let me know.
(Operative words....cheap....easy.)View attachment 280294 View attachment 280295 View attachment 280296

Sting Ray Lover · Oct 3, 2024

Kind of a lighted rear reflector.

Sneak peek of a
"BAD APPLE PEELER".

Sting Ray Lover · Oct 14, 2024

Test rode the bike today after tightening up some loose end this weekend. The laid back seat post and the 2nd mirror arrived in the mail Saturday and got installed. Just a couple of odds and ends to wrap up and it'll be finished for now.

CRASH · Oct 15, 2024

That looks fantastic! The laid back post puts the seat right at a cool spot! Love it!

Sting Ray Lover · Oct 15, 2024

CRASH said:
That looks fantastic! The laid back post puts the seat right at a cool spot! Love it!

Thanks CRASH.

OddJob · Oct 20, 2024

Wow! Nice work on this one!

Sting Ray Lover · Nov 4, 2024

I used 2 small 5 mode flashlights and adapted them to the vintage style headlights to make them operate in high, medium, low, flashing, and S.O.S. This video shows them in flash mode.

Sting Ray Lover · Nov 12, 2024

Finished bike photos.

Tintmanpa · Nov 14, 2024

Sting Ray Lover said:
Finished bike photos.View attachment 283517 View attachment 283518 View attachment 283520 View attachment 283521 View attachment 283522

Cool bike.

Pondo · Nov 15, 2024

Wow, that's gorgeous! Well done :113:

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