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Well, I got my rack shortened up and assembled, that was the easy part, now I have to figure out how to make it fit. At the rate I'm going this may just be a bike with a cool custom rack! Problem is, nothing fits right without modifying somehow. I've got parts coming tomorrow that I KNOW...

So I finally got some parts that work together and started working on the rack. Originally this wasn't going to be a rack, I just bought it for parts, but things change the more you look at them. First I needed to modify the brackets to work the way I wanted. I wanted four bars, so I started...

Haven't done much at all lately. Keep getting cool ideas that just don't pan out. Got some parts on the way that should get the ball rolling again. When I do get ideas that work, the parts usually end up being oddball sizes that give me grief.

Well, in the smallest of small updates, I made another attitude adjustment, that may help me get to the next step that I will waste my time on. Probably looks the same (which is ok), but eagle-eyed viewers will spot it: I have an idea that i *think* might be cool (they all seem cool in my...

Seems like I get super busy right after the build-off starts every year. Got the rear wheel on though. These tires are a bit of a struggle to get on the rims. Lookin' a little bit more like a proper motor bike now though: The second picture reminded me of the car from the movie "The Car"...

The stem shouldn't be a problem to buy, the upper bearing race might be tougher to find by itself. Everything I have that's 1" is threaded, including the top bearing race. Just need to look a little harder. Front wheel is done, fits no problem. I threw it on the rear too, looks like it will...

I'm already getting soured on this build and I haven't hardly even started yet. I knew when I bought the fork that I would need a 1" threadless stem and headset pieces, what I didn't know was how impossible those pieces would be to find! I just assumed I would have something lying around, at...

Phase 1: Remove chain guard Phase 2: ????? Phase 3 is profit! (Bonus points for you if you know what that's a reference to...) (Yes, I know I said I wasn't going to work on the motorcycle in another thread, but I thought I would at least try to get it to stop leaking!)

Distractions... Was all ready to dive into the build off today, when a motorcycle I've been looking for for a while became available on Craigslist, so I had to go get it. Now all I want to do is tinker with it. I pushed it in a corner and covered it up, so maybe I'll forget about it for a...

This is all you get for now: This is going to be a mild build for me, more of an "attitude adjustment". Starting with a new bike again, which I kinda really don't like. As it sits it doesn't do much for me, but I think it has potential. It will be interesting to see how some of the parts...

Everybody that has been chomping at the bit has been in this thread for a couple months now: http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/rat-rod-bikes-build-off-14.108065/

Hit both this weekend, lots to see, feel like I scored enough to make the trip worthwhile. Found these handlebars at ML, they may become part of my build-off bike, depending on how they fit: Also found this stem at ML. It's a little scary looking from a riding standpoint, but I think it...

I just went to IKEA...that's all I'm sayin!

Ordered my FRONT ONLY shirt, so everyone can stop losing their minds. My comment about the price was more a reflection on me than Steve. I understand certain circumstances drive up the price, but I'm kind of a basic guy that sees the end product and the hole in my wallet and shakes my head. A...

I have 3 build off shirts already. Try to get one for every build off I actively participate in, but I honestly don't remember them being that expensive? Usually for something like this I don't think too hard at $20 plus shipping, but when I saw $33 I had to reconsider. Figured with a template...

"So you're tellin' us there's a chance..."

Cool shirt, ain't no way I'm paying $33 to have one sent to me though. You need to hook up with a silkscreener that can make you shirts for $5-$6 and sell them for $15 instead of these online services that make $20 profit per shirt.

Ran into my neighbor in the supermarket a few weeks ago and he said he had a bike taking up space in his barn. Told him to drop it off at my place sometime, fast forward and I come home from work and this is in front of my garage: It's obviously not that old, probably about 10 years old or so...

1 XL T-shirt, please... :thumbsup:

This kind of gives a better idea of how big these rims are. That's a 26x3 tire.