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Thank you, sir!

Oh, and the tank. Cut the end out of it, found a Revereware pot lid that fit perfect, attached it with a strap hinge. Water faucet knob for the handle. With it closed. And ajar.

OK, there was a post on "Instuctables" for making leather and paracord hand grips, perfect for the project. Here be the result.

WHOA! Thanks for the tip!

Started on some of the pieces parts. Crank and sprockets painted. Old tank picked up at a garage sale. A lamp unto my feet. Took the 3-speed shifter put an enclosure around it made from the bottom of a tin can, added a glass door knob, mounted it to a metal plate. Just a few items to go into...

Thanks, Luke. I am pretty far along on the project, it hit, midway in the build off, so, I held up posting anything until the final vote was tallied. More pics to come

A friend of mine that lives in New Mexico, asked me to build her a Steampunk bike, she is into Steampunk, big time! Started out with a ten dollar bike from the thrift store. It was a 10-speed bike that someone put a 3-speed wheel set on the rear, left the front derailleur in place and made it a...

This from the SARIS bike folks: http://www.saris.com/post/bikeasart-contest The bike is a beautiful piece of art whose shape and design hasn't changed since its invention. Today, the bike is a symbol of freedom and beauty. It's hip and it's hot. Inspired by our love for the bike we have...

Thanks, it will be another, collection of, clinking, clanking, collagenous junk.

Here are a few pics posted to Pinterest, will post some here soon, held off due to the build-off comp. http://www.pinterest.com/1954shadow/steampunk-project/

All done, the daughter likes it. The purpose behind the build was that my daughter wanted to get a bike to ride when I rode the bike trail. To save her some "buyer's remorse," investing in a new bike, whipped this one together as a tester, she likes, now, maybe she will forego spending her hard...

That is what is happening here also. Government auctions, now that is a new idea, thanks!

It would not be a far fetch if some day soon, we will see classic bikes, at a Mecum auction.

Thanks, Gary, that is a great idea! Now, I will probably have to get a pick up truck to haul off the Chinese junkers to the dump, :grin:

The bikes showing up at the thrift stores in my area are getting slim to none, or, someone in the store looks them up and puts a high price on a clapped out bike that would only be good for parts. Found this Huffy Sportsman at Red Racks tonight. It is a coaster brake, been looking for one and in...

Whoa, thanks for that tech tidbit, noted and toted!

Sort of a scratch, trash pile mountain bike frame, laced in the 3-speed hub, and put some new peddles on it, surprised the heck outta me that it actually works! I scoured the RatRod site for tips and tricks on this and that, the bank of knowlege here is priceless, saved me time and bucks.

This is my first time ever, tearing into the engine and doing this, so far, it is still running fine. I put 8gram roller weights in, tops out at 50mph, which is fine for me. Will do some more searching on how to do more mods. Thanks for the comment!

A little video of the exhaust note for Black Thunder.

Thanks, Luke!