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I want to change the build name to Dyno something. The idea for the build is to make it 'fully dressed' - tank, fender headlight, skirts. I like the curves of the Dyno frames, and I've done a few drawings to help decide on making fakey sprung rear struts. It makes the rear of the bike look more...

Nice...that's in amazing condition! My '63 DL-1

Nice welds! :)

I had a labor hire job years ago that involved washing sheets of steel with toluene before gluing the steel sheets to cement sheets. Zero safety gear. Nasty stuff...i reacted to all sorts of things for years afterwards...I had to make my daughter paint her nails outside because the smell made me...

Yes the tyre for this build...thanks that's a really good idea with prepping the tyre with something. Alcohol should be safe on rubber shouldn't it? Yeah the existing cream on the dyno is a really nice kinda 'dirty' cream, as you say not too white or yellow. The other cream they had at the shop...

First few challenges :) ... I shot the cream onto the rims but it's too light (a colour called New Vanilla). They look too white against the black parts of the bike. At least I got on some nice paint coverage so I can give them a light rub back and shoot some true cream over the top. One of the...

Prepped and etch primed the rims today, and then pulled apart the springer forks from the Dyno, and these forks I bought about 10 years ago when the AU$ was almost worth the same as the US$ :) I'm going to use the chrome spring, spring retainer and struts with the old school springer main legs...

The fat franks fill the mudguards nicely...maybe you could try to remove the lettering?

Thanks Kingfish, I didn't think of wood stain...and since this is now a zero dollar build I'll definitely give it a try :) I think I have a nice dark red brown Jarrah stain in the shed

Love it! Perfect combo of parts and patina...agree with facing the stem to the front...then it's done!

Those are nice tyres, hope they fit in the frame! There are some great tutorials online, and instructions from Sturmey Archer themselves. Just keep an eye on the pawl springs, they can be hard to find on a dirty workshop floor!

I didn't get much done - not from being juxtipated - my weekend was taken up with my wifes birthday and mothers day (plus helping my mum with stuff at her place). Also my bank balance is now completely munted, so I've harvested spokes rather than buying them. I think I'll go with the Sachs...

Hi Ralph, What's going on with the front hub? It looks like a Sturmey Archer dyno drum brake, but with a disc brake attached to it? Nice looking bike! Do you have other plans after changing the fork?

Hey that would be cool. I always loved this frame (and its chain guard), but thought it would look amazing if the center tube/rack was parallel to the ground. You have the bottom bracket height to drop the rear end a little as you extend it. Those tyres are rad please use them :)

I don't know where these flip-down pegs came from, but it would be cool to use them as highway pegs. The bottle opener was my Dads...not sure if I'll use it

Sooo...I still can't decide on a title, but this will be a decent place holder... I wasn't sure if I should throw my hat in the ring for the build off coz there's already a Dyno thread, but I have a couple of ideas...I love fully dressed cruisers for a start, so I'll be making a tank and playing...

Nice! I bought a mens Schwinn Cruiser Seven last year for $100, just needed a new shifter. Mine has brushed alloy rims though - I like the painted & pin-striped rims on yours. Also mine is missing the pin-stripes on the fenders. I really need a new saddle for it too. I bought it for my wife but...

Welcome! I had a couple of the Big W cruisers I kept for a while thinking I might hack and stretch them, but I ended up moving them on. That Electra looks much nicer!

Thanks RM. Hey is that a new tank style you're selling? I remember that bike being part of a different bikes build thread. Awesome tank & cool fit in the frame :)

Those tyres are really nice...the aerovane is no longer available. Do Schwinn sell tyres separately?