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I just finished my coke hauler build off bike and i already am considering starting my cranbrook motorized bike build( not posted yet soon to come still in design mode) with that being said has anyone else had any interest to begin their next build after they finished their build off bike...

thanks it rides but comfort is a low 1 at best but i built it for looks mainly it is OK but the lack of seat foam kills my 45 year old butt i have been riding it around and it gets looks surprisingly more then i expected i tried some new techniques with this one like the painted chain and color...

actually got the brakes sorted i cleaned and serviced the rear hub and they grab like the dickens now also got the caliper brake working thanks for the congrats this one almost didn't cross due to lack of funding but i borrowed some parts and got her riding and i made it barely lol

what i started with interesting side story this build was only about 15 dollars worth of paint the rest of the parts i had laying around it was definitely low budget goes to show it don't take a million dollars to build a cool bike chain was color matched with the same paint i used on my frame...

well she is done brakes nope seat foam nope comfortable not even close but it does indeed rideand i rode it on the bike path with no issues i will eventually finish this bike right but for now it is a done bike and riding so im gonna call it done for the build off all i need to finish it is the...

nearing completion but still got some works to do on it got the seat started and getting ready to recover it and then going to fix the chain i have i will not be able to put the decals on before the deadline but down the road they will be on grips are not my first choice but all i could find i...

also need to get the foam tubing liner for the grip and bar foam

more progress on coke hauler i am about 80 percent finished just have to put tubes rim strips decals and grips and a chain and make some adjustments and she will be ready to ride next step is recovering the seat with this black velvet as i did on beastern only black instead of red if i have...

well slight problem with something i wanted to do ( isn't there always lol) i was trying to install the front brake ad discovered these forks are not drilled out so looks like no front brakes for this one instead i will run a rear caliper brake as a secondary in the event i lose my chain which...

more progress on coke hauler i got the wooden box mounted i wanted to keep it sideways to give it a better look also got the speedo mounted i bent the reflector bracket upward to hold the speedo on n old roof mounting bracket for a shed works great as a speedo mount for the dual speedo setup i...

began some assembly after the paint cured i hate hate hate rustoleum paint it is terrible but i did what i could with what i had color matched the rear rack forgot to post the pics of it being painted but looking at previous pics you can see the black rack got some of the goodies mounted still...

well the results are in!!!!! and i am not impressed the product did what it was supposed to do, but now i got a bunch of metal i have to paint!!!! so guess im painting all the silver pieces white to match the white accents stem will be red and bars painted white but since their going to be...

old gas cans make great wash basins btw im all about being cheap and repurposing a junk gas can just sayin lol

well tried the naval jelly out to see if it works parts are soaking in 10 minutes i will rinse everything and see what i got ( even got my pirty lil yellow gwovies with the polka dots lol do they not realize men use these as well lol)

update on paint applied the second coat and began painting the forks due to high humidity and my fan breaking i had to pause on paint until tonight when the humidity drops still got some work to do but it's getting there

applied the second coat and am almost ready to call paint done just gotta finish sand it and touch up the bad areas then off to clear coating it i am going to try and use naval jelly on the rusty stem has anyone used this before? never tried it but i got a lot of rust that needs removing also...

listen to punk and 80's metal I am A child of the 80's cannot help it currently listening to motley crue on spotify while paint cures

well change of plans i decided i wanted to paint this bike because i want it to pop so i am painting it with 2 coats red and 2 coats clearcoat the clear coat is matte so it most likely will not shine but that's ok i may exchange them for gloss clear coat but unsure yet but here is the beginning...

ould also like to thank odd job for the idea i love it and gonna go with it