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Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. With all the speed holes, it has to be fast! Great detail on the bike - especially lowering the chain guard. It looks fantastic.

Looking good! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Love it! This thing looks like a pocket bike.

Well, this is my final update for the weekend. Off on a business trip, but I feel like I made some good progress. I'm confident that I will be done in time for Shiny Side Up! I was able to get the headset and bottom bracket installed, the forks assembled and installed, and test fit the motor...

Here's a clip of the motor. It's a Black Stallion 66cc that I ordered up from Gasbikes.net. They forgot to include the machined head, but I emailed them, and I'm sure I will get it next week.

I grew a little envious of the videos that guys like Luke have been posting, so I decided to post a little video up. I'm pretty well wrapped with the frame for the moment - I will post pics later. Now I'm working on the wheels.

Naturally!

Yeah, you really want a rack - how else will you transport a 12-pack from the local quick-e-mart?

Looking good! Where did you track down that seat post?

Thanks guys, I'm really happy with how this is turning out, and that I was able to connect it back to the family. I know my dad thinks it's pretty cool. :113: That's probably right - I haven't tried it, but I don't think any of the patina stuff will work on chrome. That said Renaissance Man...

I played around with my own patina a bit, and while it was OK, I was hoping for something a bit more red than orange. I found this stuff, and the pictures online looked pretty good. So I gave it a shot. I sprayed it last night, and this is what it looked like this morning. Not bad...

Welcome! That's a good starting point.

After playing with a few rust techniques, I ended up going with this. I'll post some pics later today, but so far I'm happy with the look.

My mind has been blown...

That fancy head looks familiar...

Wrapping up the work I started on the long weekend. I managed to start painting on the frame. To speed up the patina process, I covered parts of the frame in tape so I can rust it up later. It was kinda planned, but not really. Once that was sorted, I hit it with some etching primer...

Thanks! you can see 'em in person if you come to Shiny Side Up this year... Is that History/Kelly Park in your avatar? Yup, took that pic at Shiny Side Up a couple years ago. I'll be there again, this time with a few different bikes, and maybe one with a motor if I finish in time.

Really digging the exhaust!

The weather was nice today, so I started painting the bike itself. The forks and rack were already black, and since there were no decals, I just sanded them a bit, hit them with primer, then a black base coat before hitting them with the willow green base. The fork legs are actually chrome...

I made clip-ons out of stems for The Bishop back in my first BBO. Stole the idea from Bean.