Black Frak Rat Chopper

[xddorox]

Pieced together from an old mountain bike and some racer forks. It's been mocked up to find out if it's rideable. It is and can pull some nice wheelies just by thinking about it. Now I have to deconstruct, paint and rebuild.

 

[karfer67]

make a wheelie bar for it and use ti pads to make sparks :shock: i built a wheelie bike out of a dorra the explorer 12 inch bike and it has a wheelie bar works great.

 

[xddorox]

I will definitely consider it. Thanks

 

[xddorox]

Just installed a suicide shifter and redid the seat. Check out my blog for full details.

 

[Clothespin n]

sweet!

 

[xddorox]

Here's an outside picture of the thing with just about everything that will be on it after paint and rebuild. I will have to gate the shifter on the top tube since it wobbles a lot. I took it for a ride around the block and the ride is sweet. The shifter works great and this things handles exactly like my old Raleigh Chopper, comfortable riding position, light front wheel and all that. I have a small video to prove that I rode that thing today :mrgreen:

 

[xddorox]

Small update. The bike is in pieces for paint prep. Took off some unneeded braze-ons and filed them off smooth. if the weather can only get warmer so I can paint! I will be putting a 26X2.125 whitewall in the back and a Maxxis Hookworm in the front. Stay tuned.

 

[Clothespin n]

cool lil video....

the bikes lookin good!

 

[Rat Rod]

I like the big ole back wheel on this bike.

I'm sure the final product will look great.

 

[xddorox]

I'm thinking flame job on the frame. What do you guys think, should I pull out the good old airbrush?

 

[xddorox]

At last the arctic weather conditions have decided to leave us and today it was a tropical 0C or 32F with a beautiful sunshine. So I got out the frame and Krylon flat black and went to work. I Painted the frame, fork and headlight. I also installed an LED light in it and buffed out the scratches out of the plastic lens. Now I have to be patient and wait for it to dry before putting it back together. The headlight doesn't look like much in daylight, but in the dark it's pretty impressive. I have a recent post in my blog on how I did it with a cheap book reading LED lamp.

 

[Clothespin n]

lookin great...

 

[xddorox]

It's a crappy picture, but it's the best I can do for now. The dog sled is taking up all the space in the driveway with the weather we are having so I have to stick with the basement of my igloo.

 

[user 135]

That is looking much better. Amazing what Flat Black does to a bike. Very nice ride.

 

[xddorox]

Here's the latest. Nice weather today prompted me to almost finish the build since I wanted to try it out. The shifter isn't ready yet, so I blocked it in third gear. Still a sweet ride.

I only have one brake, so to make sure it works good, I added this brace.

Also found this nice chainring to replace the MTB unit.

 

[Clothespin n]

lookin good!

 

[xddorox]

Here's the Chopper with the custom headbadge, lit LED headlight and "chromed" shifter made from a seat stay. Check out how I did it in the how-to section.

 

[Clothespin n]

"oh La La"

looks good Gerry,
Kev.

 

[xddorox]

Slowly getting there. I want this thing ready for Saturday.

 

[user 135]

The shifter looks great but what happened to the gnarly one.