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[kingfish254]

I'm looking and wondering what the end result will be. Holes for lighting look good. What is your plan for the end cap of the bat behind the head tube?

I'm wondering what the end result will be as well.
Haven't decided on the front of the Bat Tank yet. I've had a few different ideas float around in my head.

 

[hamqqea]

The bat tank's got my curiosity. I'm sure you'll figure something out

Wish I could own a nice big bike but I'd have to walk it up all the hills

Congrats, page 22

Thanks for the likes btw.

 

[OddJob]

 

[MattiThundrrr]

He's right. Nobody wants a batman joke

 

[kingfish254]

Went into my shop tonight and started looking through my random stuff to see what might work as a front endcap for the bat tank.

I bought this fancy crystal decanter stopper at an junk shop in Oslo, Norway on vacation years ago with the idea of making a taillight out of it one day.

Light really refracts through it in a cool way. Here it is with both a red and white bike light in my hand.

 

[kingfish254]

It looks cool, but does it fit the bat tank??? Looks like it could be made to fit with a proper trim ring of some sort.

 

[kingfish254]

But does it look good on the bike?

When I got the bench grinder at the yard sale, I also scored a full roll of fancy foil mockup tape. This should last for at least one or two more build offs

 

[Captain Awesome]

But does it look good on the bike?

When I got the bench grinder at the yard sale, I also scored a full roll of fancy foil mockup tape. This should last for at least one or two more build offs

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[Captain Awesome]

What's the OD/ID on the end of that bat?

 

[hamqqea]

But does it look good on the bike?

When I got the bench grinder at the yard sale, I also scored a full roll of fancy foil mockup tape. This should last for at least one or two more build offs

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Reminds me think of the Enterprise

 

[kingfish254]

What's the OD/ID on the end of that bat?

53mm id
56mm od

 

[Captain Awesome]

53mm id
56mm od

I'm shocked that's only 2.2 in. Looks like it would be larger

 

[kingfish254]

Reminds me think of the Enterprise
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Yeah or something from the Marvel Multiverse that contains a power stone.

 

[kingfish254]

I even had a chainlink fencepost cap in my stash. Something like this would provide a smooth nose to it. But this one is too big around.

I could even use something like the middle section of a juicer if I want it to look "fancy".

 

[kingfish254]

I have mentioned before, that some of my early ideas on this build were about Flying Eyeballs and Rat Finks and other Kustom Kulture stuff. And along those lines, I just had to test the first idea I had when I thought of the baseball tank. I've had this Rat Fink antenna topper for a long time and love it. I even used it on Holeshot in BO13.

What if I make some custom slices out of the front of the bat tank to show off the rat fink? A Bat Fink Tank.

 

[hamqqea]

R.F

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Hmm. Paint the bat to look like a cast iron cannon...

Guitarl.

 

[kingfish254]

Hmm. Paint the bat to look like a cast iron cannon...

Guitarl.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

If you go with the Rat Fink, a tail and some legs sticking out of the port holes might look cool

 

[Captain Awesome]

Hmm. Paint the bat to look like a cast iron cannon...

Guitarl.