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Had to run the fork under hot water & use a putty knife to get the bottom race off...glad I found that tip! Used my tuner and found the fork strikes G# with a low D# underneath...just missing the B#...maybe after new paint. Bike is all in pieces...about to get stripped, sanded and reborn. I have...

The springer may be a timeless piece of engineering in stock form but I love the look of a springer with no spring, flipped springers, super tall forks & lowrider forks. What other springer mods are hiding out there?

Thanks! I did some sleuthing and one thing that kept popping up was to boil them to loosen the glue. I figured why risk it and just went with a Sears Screamer repop knob. An adapter plus a shift knob would have ultimately cost me more. I can sell the 333shifter. So now I just have to cut the...

Cable arrived and now it shifts! Wheelie gear is super fun, 2nd is a good all around BMX style gear & third is bookin. The cable needs to be super tight...so much so that it pulled the shifter back. I might make a tank plate like the Tornado so the shifter always stays in the same spot. Does...

Wheelie bars are done...whale tail style! Cut some sissy bar material to go over the threaded rod for strength. yes...my wheel is too far to the right. I can adjust the play in the wheelie wheels...everything is tight and you can pick up the bike from these bars. Grab your throwback board &...

26” cruiser with a 20” front wheel...Grape Krate and the Apple Cider Special. The 26 was my only bike for ages and has seen some heavy action...swapped in the 20” 15 years ago. The 26 front wheel is messed up and I’m pretty sure my kid recently bent the forks...the Krate bars really tie the...

Yay, good to see more Frank! How about some Del?

More reinventing the wheelie, bar. I think the rear bars are the most solid and look best like this delta. It’s a kammback, lol...good for the ol drag coefficient. Works nicely fishtailed out...wide, so you can just sit back on them on level ground & chill in confidence while intimidating your...

I have long been obsessing over the idea of the Big Daddy Roth Outlaw but as a bike or quad or a long phaeton style. A wheelbarrow that is like truck bed which dumps is something I’ve also been thinking about for some time. My best friend‘s dad had a Super Cycle trike in the 90’s similar to that...

That looks like a great start. I’ve wanted to do one with a wheelbarrow out back or as built as the seat like a T bucket. Rear seat would be a hoot too!

Thanks! Now I have to figure out grips. Wrap was an idea, or something uniform across most of the bars. I was considering black torpedoes on the ends and black foam from there up to where the bars turns down in the center. I’d like mirrors on long stalks mounted about there. That and a usable...

I cut a 4” section out of the bars for more V (consummate v’s...CONSUMMATE) for a bit of an hourglass look between the bars & forks. Got a nice welding refresher from my Dad. Temporarily using the black Springer trusses on the wheelie bar while I find the right hardware so I can use the curved...

I polished up the 3 speed Bendix Torpedo hub and lubed it with 3in1oil...still waiting on cables from Europe so I’m stuck in high gear. Got to get that all sorted before I can strip the frame. Man popping a wheelie on the wheelie bars at speed in high gear is sure interesting. Lots of laughs...

Ohhh that’s the Stuff! Tons of juicy samples in Hot Buttered Soul. Portishead...etc.

This may take a while... I could do several hours of just P-Funk... Wilson & Duane for when the bike is rideable Hours of Frank... CAN because it is CAN ...and some Monks for when parts get stuck.

Eyes on a ship or plane are done to ward off evil...that tradition goes way back to Greek triremes. Pin up nose art is like an evolution of the figurehead on the bow. Aye superstition yarrrr!

Very cool! My great uncle was the guy who first painted shark teeth on a P-40...he was inspired by the shape of the plane and got the idea because they use the same sharks teeth and eyes on Italian fishing boats.

Trike the Schwinn! If my trike rear had a set of 24’s instead of 20’s I’d be going that route.

Thanks! I was hesitant because It required cutting 2” off the trusses to account for the tube length. I’m glad I did...it added a bit of class.

Thanks Rusty, Rusty and Matti, that’s kind of what I figured all in all. It’s a nice bike and I’d like to actually use it. Unfortunately anything where I have to constantly lean forward messes up my lower back...maybe some BMX bars are in order? The paint is such a throwback, I need a hypercolor...