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+1, hearing that news pretty much put my day in the dumps. Thanks for the tribute.

If you don't mind me asking what kind of tires are those, they're great.

Is that a .22 caliber bullet hole at the rear of tank? If so you can't get any rattier than that.

I keep looking at the paint and its just too pristine and pretty. I decided to play around on a scrap of sheet metal I had and may have come up with an alternative that works. Layer 1: grey primer. Layer 2: sage green. Layer 3: red primer. Layer 4: sage green. Lightly scuffed with 0000 steel...

I stayed up last night and wet sanded the frame and fork then got up this morning and got the first coat of paint shot. It's supposed to rain this evening and through the weekend so I thought it best to get that done and curing while I wait for parts to roll in. The color in the picture of the...

Apparently in west Texas you have to worry about roving gangs of Bison eager to exact revenge on us for that whole 19th century thing.

while waiting for the primer to cure I took my Hawthorne ot for a spin around the local reservoir. The road I usually take transitions from gravel road to asphalt, we had some heavy rains last night so some of the gravel road was washed out. I had a bit of trouble jumping some of the pot holes...

I got the first coat of primer shot and UPS delivered my grips and seat.

I finished stripping the paint this morning, now I've got to hit the hardware store and pick up some primer. I should be shooting primer this evening. At this rate I'll be done by the end of next week. I am kind of trying to rush this one, I'm likely moving to San Antonio in August, having...

Almost a completely bare frame. I also took the liberty of shaving the chainguard tabs and rack ferrules. The fork, not pictured, is completely bare now.

Started stripping the paint today, and wow, modern paint comes off a lot easier than vintage paint does. One mor application of stripper and there shouldn't be much left for the wire wheel.

No offense at all, Falstaff, I worked as a tattooist for 4 years and from experience learned that the more complicated a design was usually the the worse it looked with age simplicity and good lines, a good flow, and good solid color lasts. If I can build a bike to the simplicity and style of a...

I'm in, another year, another build off. This year's inspiration, the unofficial state animal of Texas, this guy. I'm setting out to build a reliable, somewhat light-er weight single speed mountain bike capable of handling my current west Texas terrain as well as the Texas hill country, as we...

I love how this one turned out, the color and the pinstriping really make it stand out from all the other 'liners out there. Nice work.

I'm going to call this one finished, as I can't stop riding it. Both my son and I had a blast building this bike, it was a great learning experience for him and I got an awesome new town and trail bike. Thanks for all the encouragement and comments.

I barely made it to the finish line but I made it. I had a blast building this and seeing everyone's builds coming together. Thanks for all the support and comments.

Field test this weekend!!! I figured I tried road, sidewalk, gravel path so why not give it the full blown klunker test, so I took it out into the desert. Did a little rustic camping at River Bend at San Angelo State Park. Rode the Lower Ghost Camp, River Bend, Javelina, and Cougar Outlook...

The single pipe looks a little bulky w/that frame. Maybe 3 smaller pipes running from a baffle, on each side? Less hot rod more oddrodd, think organ pipes. Go straight up Munster mobile with this one. Los Straitjackets does an awesome version of the Munster's theme, you could cruise around...

Go for it, so far you've been spot on with this build, your instincts haven't let you down yet, run with it.:thumbsup:

That white paint is actually the primer, that purple paint is the original top coat. Now I'm starting to wonder if they made them in any color other than purple. The two I've done, purple, your's purple, maybe all Ducheses were puple, who knows?