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After my evening darkness ride I decided to add lights. These were harvested from old Halloween decorations. I haven't road tested them yet but they're LED's and should be plenty bright to be seen even if they don't light my way. I'll also add some type of red light or reflector on the back.

Nearly done. Black tires are much better than pink which looked good in my mind but not in the real world. Road it around the neighborhood last night. Very fun to ride and got stopped several times by neighbors asking about it. Once the sun set though I realized I was essentially invisible with...

Several times I have used pure lemon juice. Put the chain in a bottle or similar and fill with enough lemon juice to cover the top of the chain. Leave overnight. It has worked every time. I've also used it on all manner of screws, nuts and bolts. Full disclosure, I have a lemon tree. Buying...

I'm a Rockabilly guitar player and the Rockabilly scene is tightly tied to the Hot Rod scene. One day I discovered the Rat Rod (car) subculture. Then I simply started typing in Rat Rod into google and "Rat Rod Bikes" came up as an autofill suggestion. I clicked it and this spaceship popped up...

Well I have an issue. My new pink back tire came in and unfortunately the old front tire is SO faded that they don't look good together. Also, I really liked the idea of the camo, skull, bullet theme with the pink tires. But the more I look at it them, the more I don't like it in action. Even if...

I started doing research into the pattern because I want to be as accurate as possible and not just get the "feel" of the pattern. There are many many pictures to use as a guide. But I also found a mind boggling amount of information about the guitar itself. How Eddie painted it, add to it...

Getting there... Seat taped up, sissy bar in place, green grips, bullet shaped valve covers fixed to former break stems, bad-a$$ soldier skull gear shift cover attached to handle bars. Waiting for my pink rear tire and I’ll have all the pieces in place.

I still play Women and Children First. And Fair Warning. And Van Halen I. In fact maybe my next build will have a Frankenstrat pattern paint job. Hmm... challenging.

I donated! Keep this thread up at the top. As many people as possible should know about it.

My attempt at a camouflage pattern paint job. I realized very quickly that I'd never have the time or patience to do ALL the squiggly blobs that are in a real camo pattern so I went for green/tan under colors and brown blobs, and honestly should add more of those too.

That is really horrible to hear. Is there anything we can do to help?

Everything! I had this Matchbox in 1973. Oh how I wish I kept it...

I picked up ape hangers and a banana seat from a local repair shop - of note, the owner was wearing a chicken suit. No judgment there. The handle bars are in pretty good shape once the rust was removed, with some chrome loss here and there. The seat came from your grandad's bike. The foam, such...

The Honey Roller - my fist build. Just completed last week (I'm new to the game)

Turns out there’s a steel frame under all that paint. I was also able to get the seat tube out with WD40, ice, a pipe wrench and vice grip. I gotta say, there's a lot more sanding in this hobby than I expected.

I was able to get the sand out of my bottom bracket. But I can't get Attack of the Clones out of my head... no matter how much I drink.

The paint will be coming off for sure! In fact I already stripped it twice and sanded a bit and got through much of it. I may go with a desert themed color when I get there.

This will be my second ever build. My only goal is to finish within the set parameters. I'm starting with a nasty cruiser frame I bought for $5 from a bike shop in Palm Springs. It literally had desert sand inside the bottom bracket. It also had at least three layers of paint on it, maybe more...

She's all done. Well, better to say I'm stopping. The original fenders were too much trouble at this point and not really needed. I got a new seat and grips. A set of white walls I had, cleaned up enough (if you don't look too closely) and I stuck on custom decals and pin-striping. I call my...

Thanks, yeah they were completely trashed. But for good ones I will use the tips above.