kingfish254 said:The bunnies are getting hungry for an update!!!!!!
very very soon i promise! THOSE BUNNIES ARE EFFIN AWESOME!!!!
Clueless finally has a theme!!! haha better late than never!
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very very soon i promise! THOSE BUNNIES ARE EFFIN AWESOME!!!!
kingfish254 said:
I was thinking the same thing!...And if we are both thining it...it must be sick! :lol:
ok so the last few months have been super busy for me with moving and all i finally got my internet back and now im gonna use evry one of the 6 days i have left to finish this bad boy!!! wish me luck!
Clueless's done and repectfully renamed "The American Immigr
First things first if its gonna be a lowrider we gotta lower it! I saw it in a forum abou "lowering the rear of ur bike with no welding" they used brake pads and bolted em on well i have access to a welder a nice big Lincoln Tig to be exact , So those bad boys got welded on. then i used a big anglegrinder to dut out some drop outs!
I finished welding at like 1130 the night before so when i came back the next day to take pics u guessed it, surface rust, well to some to me its instant "patina" lol
thats better! it looked too silly without fenders so i rested those on there for looks. but i liked em i thought i mangled em when i was rolling a baseball inside of them to change width and circumference but they came out awesome!!!! notice it sits on the pedal
well i went for a ride and the pedals are wayyy to close to the ground and lets just say my knee hurts from finding that out lol so new arms it is only one problem, These parts are old and not in the specs of what we use now so a donor one piece is needed and i got just the one. my girl is doin a lil build of her own and this is the crank out of her awesome Next "slumber party"! wish i had both those pink pedals....
Then I hit another "hump" the inside diameter of the bearings for both bikes are the same but the outside diameter is different!!!!! ARGH!! no worries well just modify modify modify!!!!! lol i needed to grind down the outside of the race seats for the bearings so they'd fit inside that old tiny B.B.! it was long and tedious, and imperfect lol but i got it done!!
now that it fits i re-attached the chainguard, took the unnecessary chain slack and its lookin pretty cool. I took it for a lil ride and the different size sprocket upfront really changes the gear ratios for the better!!! still hate those bars though!!! lol and it still rests on the pedal!!!!!!!! love that part, it says "im frickin Low!"
it looked silly to me with no front fender so lets fix that!!! clamp, attach, cut!!
While were at it lets trim down that chain guard too,
Now shes lookin pretty sweet, I tried to keep as much of the original parts as i could, the wheels, pedals, crank, sprocket, seat, and those bars,such an eye sore!!!, are the unoriginals on the bike everything else was there when it rolled out of the factory, lol even the front brakes!!!
ok so seriously, I got these bars yesterday, I thought i was stuck with the ugly's but fate pulled through and I found the perfect bars! I didnt get grips because the other aspect of my build is the only money spent was on the bike itself 16 bucks thats it well and some blood sweat and tears lol true rat at its finest and kingfish gave me the idea for its final name, lil of his lil of mine.... drum role please dahdahdahadhahahdahdhadhadhahdahdadha. The American Immigrant!
What bike you knows got three on the tree!?!?!?!
First things first if its gonna be a lowrider we gotta lower it! I saw it in a forum abou "lowering the rear of ur bike with no welding" they used brake pads and bolted em on well i have access to a welder a nice big Lincoln Tig to be exact , So those bad boys got welded on. then i used a big anglegrinder to dut out some drop outs!
I finished welding at like 1130 the night before so when i came back the next day to take pics u guessed it, surface rust, well to some to me its instant "patina" lol
thats better! it looked too silly without fenders so i rested those on there for looks. but i liked em i thought i mangled em when i was rolling a baseball inside of them to change width and circumference but they came out awesome!!!! notice it sits on the pedal
well i went for a ride and the pedals are wayyy to close to the ground and lets just say my knee hurts from finding that out lol so new arms it is only one problem, These parts are old and not in the specs of what we use now so a donor one piece is needed and i got just the one. my girl is doin a lil build of her own and this is the crank out of her awesome Next "slumber party"! wish i had both those pink pedals....
Then I hit another "hump" the inside diameter of the bearings for both bikes are the same but the outside diameter is different!!!!! ARGH!! no worries well just modify modify modify!!!!! lol i needed to grind down the outside of the race seats for the bearings so they'd fit inside that old tiny B.B.! it was long and tedious, and imperfect lol but i got it done!!
now that it fits i re-attached the chainguard, took the unnecessary chain slack and its lookin pretty cool. I took it for a lil ride and the different size sprocket upfront really changes the gear ratios for the better!!! still hate those bars though!!! lol and it still rests on the pedal!!!!!!!! love that part, it says "im frickin Low!"
it looked silly to me with no front fender so lets fix that!!! clamp, attach, cut!!
While were at it lets trim down that chain guard too,
Now shes lookin pretty sweet, I tried to keep as much of the original parts as i could, the wheels, pedals, crank, sprocket, seat, and those bars,such an eye sore!!!, are the unoriginals on the bike everything else was there when it rolled out of the factory, lol even the front brakes!!!
ok so seriously, I got these bars yesterday, I thought i was stuck with the ugly's but fate pulled through and I found the perfect bars! I didnt get grips because the other aspect of my build is the only money spent was on the bike itself 16 bucks thats it well and some blood sweat and tears lol true rat at its finest and kingfish gave me the idea for its final name, lil of his lil of mine.... drum role please dahdahdahadhahahdahdhadhadhahdahdadha. The American Immigrant!
What bike you knows got three on the tree!?!?!?!
I completely forgot that those were 24" wheels you used when you dropped the bike.
Really glad you jumped back in and finished this baby!
BRAVO for finishing!
congRATs!
Hope you had fun!
Really glad you jumped back in and finished this baby!
BRAVO for finishing!
congRATs!
Hope you had fun!
