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So as I stated in my intro post this bike started out as a Bratz bike that was basically a lowrider bike which I picked up at a thrift store for really cheap, I filled in a tank painted the frame, wheels and fenders, I got some chrome dice from Marlboro drilled them out and made some dice valve stem caps I also cut the spring down on the fork so the bike would sit lower then I replaced the banana seat with a brooks saddle and added new handlebars, it's finally not looking like a lowrider bike and well it sort of looks like a miniature beach cruiser I rode it to the beach and it was a pretty comfortable ride except for some pedal scraping, I'm still not done with it I'm going to get some pedals grips and maybe a lay back seat post (and or other things I might find for cheap) but I'm also trying to keep the whole build under $40 so progress is slow but just thought I'd share.
Before:
After recovering the seat, paint and tank it still looked alot like a lowrider which don't get me wrong I like the looks of lowrider bikes but I wanted this one to look different
so I replaced the seat and handlebars:
And current state:
Any feedback or suggestions are welcomed and once I'm finished with this project I'll take some better pics and post them.
Before:
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/940/9409fc619e98f18cf07bfd8b5afeaeeb.jpg)
After recovering the seat, paint and tank it still looked alot like a lowrider which don't get me wrong I like the looks of lowrider bikes but I wanted this one to look different
so I replaced the seat and handlebars:
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/51b/51ba66af62599b52d3cae8dc44ce4b53.jpg)
And current state:
![](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/64d/64d5af2aaf5f3423e12a3b3311957bec.jpg)
Any feedback or suggestions are welcomed and once I'm finished with this project I'll take some better pics and post them.