anyone ever customized one of these?...

[Zeppelin93]

Hello everyone, i recently got a bike just like this one(the picture isn't mine, just one i found on google) could this possibly be made "cool"? anyone ever thought about or has customized one?
i thought about some taller handlebars and getting rid of the gears and adding a coaster brake wheel. idk, just a thought, it was free so i took it. kinda fun to ride

 

[SSG]

Here's one I had a while back. Not the exact same bike but similar. It had a real smooth ride with those fat moped tires.

 

[badmuller]

I've got a similair bike laying in the corner of my garage, i used the shock and fork(parts of it), to create the springer front fork for my molested build.I've got plans to use the handle bars for a future build.

it took me a while but i found something to do with the frame too, you gotta have another bike for it though.

i would use the down, and headtube part and clean it from all the other metal parts and tubing and flip it upside down, so it becomes a new top/tank tube on another bike, this means you get more rake on the front fork, so it will brop. become something low. you would have to get creative there too, and so you continue untill you've got a cool ride.
i thought this was a cool idea, feel free to do with it what you like.

edit; it would probably require some welding, if you don't have one i dont know what to do with it, sorry.

(extend the rear stays and make it a hillclimb bicycle would brop mean welding too)

don't know if i helped you there 8)

maybe someone else who has that frame can use my idea. :wink:

 

[iloveicecream69]

Here's one I had a while back. Not the exact same bike but similar. It had a real smooth ride with those fat moped tires.

That frame looks similar to the frame on my trike, Not identical but similar.

 

[Markm]

similar frame, flipped upside down w/bottom bracket pc welded in...only two welds...

then a salt water and vinegar "bath"

 

[iloveicecream69]

similar frame, flipped upside down w/bottom bracket pc welded in...only two welds...

Wow! VERY cool! If you didn't point that out I wouldn't have guest in a million years! nice one Markm!

 

[Zeppelin93]

Here's one I had a while back. Not the exact same bike but similar. It had a real smooth ride with those fat moped tires.

i like this, i was thinking something similar but with some handlebars that come up, maybe see what some fenders looked like. i'm wondering if getting rid of the gears and adding a coaster brake wheel would be fun or if i would miss the gears. idk. thanks everybody for the input

 

[KOTA]

This is from RRBBO2....Follow the thread to the end, finished bike on page 3. He hasn't been here in quite a while. I've always liked this bike. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3820&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

 

[Zeppelin93]

This is from RRBBO2....Follow the thread to the end, finished bike on page 3. He hasn't been here in quite a while. I've always liked this bike. viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3820&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

thats an awesome build. gives me some things to think about. i got lots of other bikes too. in the middle of making a kind of boardtrack style bike