BLACKBIRD (Skylark Convertible)

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Love it!


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[OddJob]

I was wondering how wide the fender was going to be. I will be anxious to see a tire mounted in there. But not TOO anxious, I know you have nearly 3 months left.

 

[contraptionist]

Do you have a bluebird tank you could copy?, one of those would be cool on a custom bike.

 

[G-Matt]

Looks good brother [emoji1362]


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[The Renaissance Man]

Love it!

Looks good brother [emoji1362]

Thanks y'all!

Do you have a bluebird tank you could copy?, one of those would be cool on a custom bike.

I don't, but I believe that a guy over at theCabe has made them. His member name is JAF/CO

I will be anxious to see a tire mounted in there. But not TOO anxious, I know you have nearly 3 months left.

Don't want you to be anxious, so here's a photo for you.

Uncut and sporting a temporary test brace...

 

[OddJob]

Swooopy!

 

[léocwc]

I love it

 

[contraptionist]

Thanks for the info on the bluebird tank, I will check it out.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Thanks y'all!

I don't, but I believe that a guy over at theCabe has made them. His member name is JAF/CO

Don't want you to be anxious, so here's a photo for you.

Uncut and sporting a temporary test brace...
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Curves for days!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Swooopy!

I love it

Curves for days!

Thanks y'all!

I was wondering how wide the fender was going to be.

This will give you an idea about how wide it is. The stock fender would've fit between the seat stays without the relief dimples.

 

[KJV]

She has so many curves; may cause an accident : while rolling down .. Broad St ..

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Got the front fender brace cut out and the edges sanded smooth.
There is more to this than meets the eye. It's hard to tell from the picture but both sides are tapered in and is straight and parallel for 5" at the center. Also, the hour glass shape is slightly offset to one side.

Big thanks to Jim Frazier in Stockton for sending me a cardboard template of an original Elgin brace! There's no way I could have duplicated it this precisely by only looking at photos.

 

[Scribble]

She's gorgeous

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Got this Elgin wheel with a much better air cooled hub than the one that I had from @sandman today! It came from his donor bike. It should clean up nicely and no rust pitting to deal with!

Thanks Jeff!!!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

I couldn't be much happier with the fit on the fender brace! This is one of those rare instances where everything lined up on the first try. I fully expected to have to oval a couple of the mounting holes but they lined up perfectly!

The only issue that I had was when I bent the middle to fit the inside of the fender, it tried to fold where the holes are. In hindsight I should have just center punched the two locations and drilled them after the radius was bent. Just slowed things down and created unnecissary work to get it shaped right.

Now to drill the two holes in the fender and the brace will be done!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

The fender is drilled and the rivit head bolts are in place.

Next up, take it back apart and cut its nose off!

 

[contraptionist]

Are you going for the original fender look?, they made a nice looking bike back then.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Yes, that's what I'll be working on next. I left the fender long so that it could be trimmed correctly after it was mounted in the fork.

I'll be shaping the front fender like an original Blubird fender.

The Skylark fender was made with a headlight. But with the TRM tank, a fender light would look out of place.

 

[contraptionist]

That is going to be nice, do you make the skylark headlight?

 

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