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Loving the gaskill tank! I'm not totally stoked about the Ortho bars...it has something to do with them coming to a point at the stem, it seems out of place on the curvy bike. I do hope that you try some curvy truss rods, I think they would work well overall.

Thanks Luke, I pretty happy with it now! Since I can haul three bikes on my trailer, I think that I will take this one, my Capt. America build, and Flexy to the rat rod show next weekend. This is the first year for a non-motorized class. We'll see what the people think, and it won't bother me if...

I just had a chance to catch up on this build. Man, it is cool to see your vision for a custom cycle truck come to life. I knew that you had some "out of the box ideas" from some of your other projects...but you are definitely putting the fun in funky on this one. Nice :41:

I might of made the extensions a little longer than they really need to be. If your focus is on the bike they seem to look fine, but if you move your focus to the bars there is quite a bit of length there. Thanks for your input guys, the RRB family is first class!

I almost forgot....This bike rides Great!! I like the kt kickback hub on the 3G wheelset! Barhop Rat.....I like it!

Well, here it is, as it will be when we go to the show June 3-4. I'm sure that I will make some more changes before the build off ends. I do want to play around with cutting a seat pan out of a skateboard, but that is for another day.

So, I grabbed a set of muscle bike bars, then added 8" of pull back, and welded them up. I used chrome paint from the weld so that they match up, but I didn't worry about any filling or smoothing to make the joint disappear completely. To me, this set of bars and the deco stem bring the...

Then I got the seat mounted. That turned out about perfect! But, my apes are just too much.

I bent and welded my seat post after work today.

Great work on that frame Chad! Man, it went from looking like a wal-mart bike to looking like some highend BMX frame!! :41:

I was trying to push Ian to tool up for them @ifitsfreeitsforme . I think he is hesitant to spend the money it would require to start producing them. IF someone has the ability to make a mold and produce a quality product like he does, I would be willing to sacrifice these for the cause. These...

I just feel that my eye goes directly to the bars when I look at it. The overall bike gets secondary attention, I'll find an alternative that will hopefully hit the sweet spot!

Happy Birthday to You You run this here Zoo With all our headaches And the troubles Thanks for all that you do!! Haha! That ought to be good for a free t-shirt........:21: I am self-entertained :crazy:

That's a cool Colson, even to a looptail fan! But, you know I LOVE the bars and stem on that thing! :inlove:

Yeah, the funny thing is, although I have had this build on the back burner for a while now, I wouldn't have entered it in the annual build off if I hadn't been running short on time. I didn't feel that this was up to the "quality" that the main build offs are now known for. It was just going to...

I think I'm blushing.....I just threw some junk together. But, it is kinda tough lookin', ain't it!

Thanks, that is tall praise with everything that is being built in this build off!! :crazy2::43:

Thanks, I agree on the bars. I am leaning towards adding about 10" of pullback to those bars and installing them before the build off is over.

So, it looks like I need to make a seat post and probably weld some extensions onto a set of smaller apes and this thing will be ready for the show. I will probably come back and revisit the Mark III bars, a different saddle, and maybe some doodads before the build off is over.

I installed some run of the mill pedals that I found in my stash. Then found a decent black seat that should work nicely once I bend up a seat post to get it sitting about where I have it on the bike in this photo.