Finished!!
Thanks Luke and Dr T. You guys were so right! I wanted to use the super comfortable seat, but the 4 rail frame wouldn't let me mount it that way. So I switched back to the original springer seat, mounted it in a spare mountain bike seat post and "massaged" the front two rails form 3/4" to 7/8" to fit low on the black ops post. Got a new seat post clamp and mount upside down, as suggested, and it looks better and still rides nice.
It took another day and a half to paint the chain guard dark green to blend in with the frame lines. The tank accent lines took 4 coats to cover with each one having to completely dry first!
Got up early yesterday morning to put a coat on before I rode with my Wife as she ran the Minnesota Half Marathon (13.6 miles) and raised over a $1000 for clean water for kids. I so proud of you Honey!!
Well I like the way it turned out and most of the ideas I had worked okay:
-Bug Eye Headlights
-56 Chev-like "hoodie"
-1 lb laid back seat post with springer seat
-Fat Typhoon fenders on a Murray frame with a euro style fork (that would accept the fat fender)
-Two Tone paint Paint scheme like my Dad's 56 Chev
-not stripped down like my other bikes LOL
Started with this Hiawatha
Was working towards like
Here's how it came out
So here is a few more completed garage sunshine shots and I'll start my finished thread now. See you on the finished line
And now I've got a true cruiser to ride at the same pace as FIL
Thanks for looking and for all the support during the build, you guys are awesome!
Steve
Thanks Luke and Dr T. You guys were so right! I wanted to use the super comfortable seat, but the 4 rail frame wouldn't let me mount it that way. So I switched back to the original springer seat, mounted it in a spare mountain bike seat post and "massaged" the front two rails form 3/4" to 7/8" to fit low on the black ops post. Got a new seat post clamp and mount upside down, as suggested, and it looks better and still rides nice.
It took another day and a half to paint the chain guard dark green to blend in with the frame lines. The tank accent lines took 4 coats to cover with each one having to completely dry first!
Got up early yesterday morning to put a coat on before I rode with my Wife as she ran the Minnesota Half Marathon (13.6 miles) and raised over a $1000 for clean water for kids. I so proud of you Honey!!
Well I like the way it turned out and most of the ideas I had worked okay:
-Bug Eye Headlights
-56 Chev-like "hoodie"
-1 lb laid back seat post with springer seat
-Fat Typhoon fenders on a Murray frame with a euro style fork (that would accept the fat fender)
-Two Tone paint Paint scheme like my Dad's 56 Chev
-not stripped down like my other bikes LOL
Started with this Hiawatha
Was working towards like
Here's how it came out
So here is a few more completed garage sunshine shots and I'll start my finished thread now. See you on the finished line
And now I've got a true cruiser to ride at the same pace as FIL
Thanks for looking and for all the support during the build, you guys are awesome!
Steve
