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  1. JeepDave

    2007 Electra Rat Rod

    Picked up this Electra Rat Rod from the 2007 era I believe. It's not in the best of shape but it's almost all there. I had to take the fenders and wheels off to get it in the car. It had a white wall rear tire and a new flame tire up front. It came with another flane tire for the back and a new...
  2. JeepDave

    triple clamp fork leg material????

    Ok I've searched around and can't seem to find an answer to my question. I scored a triple clamp(moto) fork from a friend. Unfortunately the legs taper from 1.25" at the triple trees to 1.5" at the dropout. The 1.25" section is not long enough for my headtube. I want to replace the legs with...
  3. JeepDave

    New bike - Electra Coaster

    I just picked up this new Electra in a trade from a friend. I wanted the metallic blue but it was not available, so silver it is. Unfortunatley the triple clamp fork I have will not fit due to the lame lowers necking down to fit into the clamps. What a lame design. So I may just make my own...
  4. JeepDave

    Inspiraring bikes

    So I'm looking at bikes from all over for inspiration for my first scratch build and thought maybe some other people would like to see what & why we like the bikes we like. Here's a bike I found tonight that I really like. I dig the leaf sprung fork, the black and wood color scheme, the open...
  5. JeepDave

    Auto headlight

    I've been looking at all the bikes here on RRB and notice a few that have large headlights. I'm thinking of using an old car headlight bucket converted to an H4 bulb for a headlight. Is that what some of these bikes have done? If so how'd they wire it? What did they use for a powersource...
  6. JeepDave

    New to the scene, old to bicycles

    Hey everyone, I'm Dave. I've been a bike industry guy on and off for roughly 12 years. IN the last 10 years I've been fabricating 4x4 stuff from cages, bumpers to suspension. After a few rides with my local club, Smokes & Spokes. I'm getting into cruisers. I have a few ideas. I'd like to build...
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