Chop's House of Speed and Style...New Bars

[iven]

sick bike.. wait a min, your only 12 mate...? :shock:

 

[Ichoptop]

no, I am giving it to a 12 year old for the holidays.


meanwhile....Starting mock-up on the "Invalid" trike....not going well. 1" stem doesn't fit 7/8" headset. Cranks rub on the ground and I'm going to have to chop the seat post apart to get it 6" farther back to where I want it. *sigh....1 step forward and 3 feet back

 

[junknutz1975]

if you use a regular chain wheel and transplant a kids bike crank it is technically "raising " the pedals. i had to do that on my ratbike cuz they were hitting the ground. its been working fine now for like 4 years of riding pleasure :wink:

 

[Ichoptop]

its doable. I have a few spare 26" rims so I may swap out the 24" and see what happens.

 

[Ichoptop]

Like my facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/ChopsHouseOfSpe ... yle?ref=hl

 

[Ichoptop]

Spent some time in the shop today. I was hoping for a full mock up before tearing it down for P&P but the wrong sized cones on the crank assembly hindered the progress. Opionions so far?

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Loving it!

Some matching whitewalls on the back would look good...

Luke.

 

[junknutz1975]

i agree with luke! white walls would look nice. or maybe redwalls? hmmmmm???
only thing im not sure about is the seat post & seat ?
love the whole flow of the bike though. you do great work :shock:

 

[Ichoptop]

I have already remedied the seat post ordeal. I just couldn't get it to look right. I ended up tucking the whole thing up into the seat pan. Instead of running rear whites I was thinking of a 24" slcik in the front to match the 20s in the rear.

 

[Ichoptop]

Final mock up before it goes back on the welding table and for final paint. Still going to change the front tire out...just havent found one I liked yet.

 

[Ichoptop]

Finished welding up the frame on the Invalid. Finished the sissy bar and reworked the front fork to get rid of the slop and get the wicked headlight mounted.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

That is one seriously awesome headlight!

Luke.

 

[junknutz1975]

that is a sweet headlight!
what is it? whered ya get it? can ya shoot a few more pics of it? :shock:

 

[Ichoptop]

Picked up a Sears Spaceliner today....Pretty rough but straight. Most of the parts are there, even some of the highly breakable and highly needed parts. Not sure what I will do with it or where to even put it.

 

[subadrew]

Picked up a Sears Spaceliner today....Pretty rough but straight. Most of the parts are there, even some of the highly breakable and highly needed parts. Not sure what I will do with it or where to even put it.

men's? Happen to head headlight bezel?

 

[Ichoptop]

the"Invalid"s final mock up before tear down for paint and polish. I know I have said that before but with the springer front end the bike sat wrong. Unfortunatly with the chopper fork I didnt like it either. I ended up cutting the frame in 3 more places and moving some tubes around to get the flat level of the chainstays where I wanted and still have the fork where it needs to be. I have a pair of 7/8" swept back bars I might change out the apes for....and I need to finish the bracket for the headlight.

there is a lot of body work to do though....

 

[Ichoptop]

finally ordered paint for the "Invalid" trike. I cant wait to get on it. C'mon warm weekend

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Mmmm, nice sparkly colours!

Luke.

 

[Ichoptop]

cant wait to test this stuff out

 

[junknutz1975]

:shock: even the cans look cool! 8)