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O.K, I've been slacking long enough, time to get busy again. Deorman, it was bent after all, I wound up using my pipe bender on it, thanks for the advice though. Johnp, if I decide not to mount the fenders i'll let you know. Broke out the cutting wheels and welder, there wont be too many build...

Some of you here are old enough to remember when the big wheel came out. (the plastic trike with the handbrake that let you do cool spin-outs) Growing up on a gravel road made owning one pointless, so my only chance to ride 1 was when we drove into town to visit my cousins. Fast forward a few...

Hey trike owners, do trike axles have toe in? There is a 1 inch difference in width when measured in front vs back. Am i dealing with a bent axle, or is this factory engineered? I've already laced my 1st set of custom wheels, but really dont want to do all sorts of cutting and welding only to...

Sorry guys, that goes back probably 25 years ago, nobody had the polaroid at the ready. :( I never seem to get pics of the cool stuff that happens in life. :roll: Rick

Back when I still lived with my parents, my dad's best friend Ernie, dedided to repair the exhaust on his yamaha 400. The baffles had rusted out, and so had the pipes at the back end. Ernie decided he could make his own baffles by drilling out lengths of conduit, slid those down the exhaust, and...

Cool :D My 1st (and ONLY) time riding a bike where my feet were hooked onto pedals resulted in an embarrasing and painful fall on my side due to a car door being swung out thoughtlessly. This is another build i'll be studying closely, as i've a family member who could benefit from some...

Hey Kim, i'm still wrapping my head around your e-trike build, let alone this one lol! This got me thinking though; Most linear actuators i've seen (in the custom car world anyway) deploy fairly slowly. Even on a low slung bike, we're talking a minimim of 4 inch plus travel distance to wheels...

2nd bike from the right, anyone know what that is? Thats one of the best looking tanks I think i've ever seen! Too bad it's not a color photo, but thanks all the same :) Rick

No bike stand here either, I used a shopping cart :lol: If you look at the back wheel, you'll see a blue nylon strap I used to tie the bike to the cart in order to mount the front wheel. The rear dropouts will hook onto the cart, allowing you to mount it lengthwise on the cart. I used it to...

Hey Kim, thats it. I'm calling the dream police, because it's like you reached into my head and took my master plan for the coolest looking e-chopper trike yet seen! :lol: 8) Just wondering if there are pics of the driveline set up. Does the choppers rear end come with the 7 speed set up...

Here's an idea of how the skull might look lit up from inside, just used a regular led bike tail-light; That bike looks like a great porch decoration, but you'd probably have to lose a few ribs and move the arms forward to ride? Doesn't look like theres enough room for knees and feet as is...

Hey Dincanta, decals will always look like decals. Peel and stick decals dont lay as smooth as a water-slide decal (think like in a model kit) You could buy a kit for your computers printer and try making your own if you want. I was too cheap, and just used regular paper and clear coat to do...

Hey Pawel, Head over to the local thrift store, and buy an old leather belt that matches your color scheme. This is what I did for mine as an alternative to the plumbers strapping. Absolutely no flutter or swinging, no scratching of the paint from the metal strapping either 8) Hope that...

Basically, it's like painting anything else, know what your working on. If they're aluminum, use self etching primer made for aluminum. If they're chrome, liquid sandpaper's usefull for getting around the spokes (if you dont want to tear down and re-lace). Regular steel that has already been...

Anybody have pics of their set-ups to fish-mouth tubing? I've a couple ideas on how to go about it, like a hole saw mounted in a press, or a rounded wheel bench grinder. I suppose even a good jig-saw would do on mild steel. What are you guys using? Rick

Gerry had been recuperating from a heart attack, and was taking it easy. I noticed he hadn't finished his bike in the build off, so I went and checked his blog. http://www.howtofixbikes.ca/ :cry: Glad you're o.k. Gerry! Don't forget, that's only 2, cats like you and I still have 7 lives yet...

Except for that butt ugly welding of mine, right? :lol: I'll make it pretty again later, heck I might even add in a frame brace for the seat tube, just in case. I'd hate to see that pie weld fail while i'm riding :| Rick

So, now that the build off is over and I had a little rest, I thought it was time I tackled a project/upgrade i'd been considering for months. Some of you may remember big red, my 9 foot long chopper. I haven't been riding it as much as I liked to because the riding position was murder on my...

Re: POST PHOTOS HERE FOR THE GALLERY PAGE Short n sweet for you Steve; Album links in case you want to pick another photo; http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd132/rick74304/newbuild/ http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd132/rick74304/rrbbo/ 2 different looks for identical frames :wink: Rick

Hey Rob, have you checked here? http://techdocs.shimano.com/techdocs/index.jsp Hope that helps Rick