I finally got everything cleaned up and slapped back together. My buddy scanned the original sticker and recreated some vinyl replacements for the top tube decal.
A friend of mine dropped this off for a shine and lube. Looks pretty original. I’m just going to clean up a few things and slap some fresh grease in it. Sadly the top tube decal is kinda jinky.
A deluxe bike needs a snazzy rear deflector. I used the front deflector mount and a coaster brake brakes to make a bracket. Now I could use two reflectors on the back. I really like how it looks
I really like how the seat looks but not where the sissy bar mounts. I did what I could. I redrilled the sissy bar holes. Now the sissy bar looks better. I didn’t like the holes so I made some covers from some buttons. I stitched the buttons in the fabric and hit them with some hot glue.
Most adult muscle bike just get a banana seat and bars. I wanted to enhance the whole bike. I always liked how department store bikes were flashy. Since the seat and grips had gold I felt this bike needed some gold accents. I painted the fender tips gold. I wanted to add a gold stripe to the...
A good friend of mine dropped his 74 Ross Compact off to me for some work. I was told do my thing and he didn’t want to see it until it was done. I would have entered it into the build off BUT I’d already started it a few weeks before.
The main inspiration was my 74 Ross. I didn’t want to just...
Starting a new thread on this long stalled bike. It was given to me and I’ve been sloooowly collecting parts for it. Today I bought some rustoleum rust remover and WOW there is a lot
of paint on this thing !