Basman 883

[Lowjack'r]

Hello i'm new here.
My name is Jack and i'm living in the south of The Netherlands.
I bought the Basman last August 2 nd hand from a guy from Belgium.
During the winter months i did a little build over,and made it a little more my bike.
I call it Basman 883 because it has: Nexus (8) spd, Rigida DHL (8)0 mm rims, (3).0 Thick Brick WW on it.
Here some pics of the Bas so far.

When I bought it.

Put a taillight on it.

And a Headlight.

Also put a 346 3 piece crank with 346 spade pedals on it.

Then some bigger changes took place.

I didn't like the 346 seat, it looked a little flying high to me. :roll:
So i decided to mount a old Brooks B33 saddle.

This is how it looks right now. :shock:

The Brooks B33 saddle with tripple rails and twisted springs all in chrome.
And the taillight comes out inbetween the springs.

 

[ratina]

Those rims/tires are sweet!

 

[Markm]

very nice!! 8) 8)

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Classic Basman, beautiful.

 

[Hammond Eggz]

Wowww!

 

[Ace]

Looking good, I especially dig that headlight - what brand is that ?

Here's my Basman: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=22529

Not finished yet by far, need to pay the Dome a visit soon 8)

 

[ohchusan]

@Lowjack'r..

yes! i agree! that brooks looks soooo much better on your bike than that first one! good call!

 

[Lowjack'r]

Looking good, I especially dig that headlight - what brand is that ?

Here's my Basman: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=22529

Not finished yet by far, need to pay the Dome a visit soon 8)

The headlight is a motorcycle headlight from the 50's.
Took me some work to make it nice, and made Leds and batteries in it also.

This was how it looked when i found it on MP.

After i removed the paint.

After all the holes were welded down.
The mounting was made a little longer and the hole bigger to fit under de A-head stem.
The Leds and batteries ready to go inside.

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

nice,that bike is screaming with style... 8)

 

[Ace]

Nice handywork on that headlight, also it's got a great looking lens, I like it a lot.
I need to look up how to convert to LEDs, you make it look so simple ! (I admit, electricity is not my strong point...)

 

[Skipton]

Wow! :mrgreen: very cool Basman
The brooks does look much better nice job on all the changes

 

[boogieman]

coooool bike...

 

[Lonewolf]

nice,that bike is screaming with style... 8)

Totally.

Awesome, Man.

 

[Lowjack'r]

On it's way to The Netherlands.

:mrgreen:

 

[Uncle Stretch]

Gee those Basman's are popping up everywhere. Glad there is still people with money.....Looks really nice. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[Ace]

Gee those Basman's are popping up everywhere.

I hear there's even been one spotted as far as Pearland, Texas Paul :lol:

Nice clocks Jack, seen them before and they are pretty cool 8)

 

[coasterbrakecustoms]

Insanity! Absolutely stunning! Great eye!

 

[Lowjack'r]

Gee those Basman's are popping up everywhere.

I hear there's even been one spotted as far as Pearland, Texas Paul :lol:

Nice clocks Jack, seen them before and they are pretty cool 8)

Yeah i know.
Big Al has them on his Orange Muscle Bike.
Thanks to Al i could purchase a set of them.
I think they gonna look great on my bike too. :mrgreen:

 

[Gdcast]

Awesome look, the front end is just perfect, looks like a motorcycle, I love it!
Done the same with a Miller headlight some time ago, shiny! 8)
Those tires are haunting me! My kingdom for a pair of fat white thickbricks!!!
Welcome 2 the forum man!!!

Uncle, I love the Baseman I have no $ and a welder lying around, what can I do?

 

[Puscavnik]

Hi,
may I ask what are the forks and how they go with 80mm front rime and tyre?
thx.
Regards, Matjaz