Chopper Question

[wheelhorseman]

Had this idea rollin around in my head and want an opinion. Sure someone here has tried it.

How would a 20in. banana bike look if you replaced the fork with one from a 26in. bike and mounted a 16in. tire up front?

Would this make a simple chopper or a funny looking 20in. bike?

 

[brett4christ]

Looks like a cool bike to me!

 

[kingfish254]

That's basically what a Schwinn Krate is, except the fork is a springer.
Go for it!

 

[Slick Rick]

Actually, the Krate used a springer for a 24" bike. Another combo I have seen is a 24" bike w/24" rear wheel and a 26" springer w/20" out front. This actually worked as well.

 

[kingfish254]

I remember as a kid, I tacoed the 16" wheel on my Screamer 2.
16" wheels were hard to come by, so I put the 27" fork from my mom's bike on and ran it with a 20" wheel.
It gave teh Screamer a cool stance.

 

[Road Master]

I've got a CWC 24" frame I thought about installing a 36" Triple Tree to see if I could get that Chopper look.

 

[yoothgeye]

I remember as a kid, I tacoed the 16" wheel on my Screamer 2.
16" wheels were hard to come by, so I put the 27" fork from my mom's bike on and ran it with a 20" wheel.
It gave teh Screamer a cool stance.

And your mom learned to ride really good wheelies.

 

[wheelhorseman]

The 26 forks i have in mind are from an old English Phillips bike. Headtubes measure 6in. on it and the Murray BUT will the english forks fit before i go to all the trouble to get those rusted forks off the Phillips.??