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Found a new seat and recovered it with white glitter vinyl. I glued neoprene to the top pan with spray mount and did some minor shaping. I then used a hair dryer to heat and stretch the vinyl over the padding and attached the vinyl to the top pan using hot glue before mounting the bottom pan.

Hole-to-hole on the sissy bar ended up at 23.25”. Arrived at that by measuring from the crank center to the middle of where I wanted the seat. Somewhere between 26.5” and 27.5” has proven to be the most comfortable for me. I’ve had luck with just a good coat of wax to prevent rust returning...

Here's a couple close-ups of the sissy bar before and after the citric acid bath. What's the saying... "when the only tool you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail"? Yeah, rather than trying to find a taller sissy bar I pulled out the welder and spliced 4 inches into the one I...

Was this the one that you were going to convert the rear wheel to a five spoke mag a build-off or two ago? I keep waiting for a re-appearance of that. Looked like a great idea.

Started putting things back together. I'm really happy with the tire selection. Amazing the amount of space that's available for tire clearance without modification on this frame. I was a little concerned about crank clearance when I swapped out for the longer crank arms. Got lucky...

Thanks! Yeah, aiming for a subtle refurbish with minimal mods where required to improve the ride.

Forgot to mention. Swapped out the citric acid for miracle-grow on that part. Same ratio, half a teaspoon per cup.

Been a while since I watched. Didn't most of the suspects have some type of obsessive behavior? I might be in trouble...

Pulled everything apart. What didn't get a good scrubbing and polish went into a citric acid bath. About half a teaspoon of citric acid (powder used for canning tomatoes in place of lemon juice) per cup of water. The rims received the same citric acid bath treatment. Works really well at...

I'd be tempted to stop right there. Looks great (background isn't bad either).

Rims cleaned and new tires mounted. Original tires were Trelleborg, 20x1.75 slick rear and 20x1.75 front. New tires are Odyssey/Hawk 20x2.40 rear and Kenda Kwest 20x1.50 front. Part swaps to make it more ridable include taller bars (14" verses original 10.5" rise), longer seat stem (14.5"...

Jumping in a little late again... I purchased this a couple years ago for the seat pan (I needed a riding saddle for my '69 Fastback). I don't remember exactly what I paid. Wasn't much and was a good deal for the seat. Part of the delay in getting started is because I couldn't decide what I...

It is! Colors compliment well for sure.

Thanks Again!

Those wheels make such a strong design statement I'd be scared to death to try to build to them! You pulled it off perfectly. Amazing details and paint. Another great build.

Nice, really nice. Has a great classic look.

Elegant is the first thing that jumped into my head when seeing these for the first time. Clean, simple, beautiful... not easy to do.

I don't know, looks like you had way too much fun building this one ;) Great follow through on the theme, love it.

I loved the design and flow of this... before paint! The paint and graphics take it way over the top, awesome build.

A sleeper in the best sense. Everything looks so correct and effortless that the work required to get it there is almost hidden. Beautiful work!