CCR
Mouth-Breather
lookin slick
Crodhopper — D O N E !
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Hello all, sorry for not posting as much as others - been swamped - have had a little time to update a few things, and start on final build.
I had to re-sand & re-paint the frame (I goofed it all up). I stripped the semi-gloss paint I put on forks and re-pimered & painted them flat black and added a orange gloss stripe and accents.
Got rims done... finally - now I see what so many of you takled the rims first!
Found some new handlebars, I liked the Sea Doo bars, but I think these funky ones fit the bike better - more of a rod/tracker/thing - here is bike as of last night.
I have wasted many, many hours trying to figure out/make the fenders work - will try again today - they are the toughest part for sure!
I have truly enjoyed seeing all these bikes come to life! More soon, should finish up this week!!! Wil take many pics when done ../
I had to re-sand & re-paint the frame (I goofed it all up). I stripped the semi-gloss paint I put on forks and re-pimered & painted them flat black and added a orange gloss stripe and accents.
Got rims done... finally - now I see what so many of you takled the rims first!
Found some new handlebars, I liked the Sea Doo bars, but I think these funky ones fit the bike better - more of a rod/tracker/thing - here is bike as of last night.
I have wasted many, many hours trying to figure out/make the fenders work - will try again today - they are the toughest part for sure!
I have truly enjoyed seeing all these bikes come to life! More soon, should finish up this week!!! Wil take many pics when done ../
Man that's looking killer!
The color combo is extremely cool.
lookin cool
Quick Update! Sorry for slow posting lately...
Very close to being done, just have to make or paint a shied thing for front, clean it up, then I'll take final pics - hopefully tomorrow, but all in all it's done.
Here are final few pics I took from last week...
Fenders were a BEAST. I must have put together 5 sets of fenders, from cutting and grinding, to riveting, etc. I thought I had one that I cut a hole in, and was going to use a bracket made from ice tongs, but it would not behave.
This pic shows the number plate I made out of 1/4" clear plexiglass, painted everything except a circle in center. Painted the orange stipe and white #8. Had to use a #8 (or zero's) so it would be same from both sides since it's clear in circle.
I finally got a set on there I like, and the solution turned out to be very simple. I cut the fender where it hits the frame, put a smaller piece of a fender through hole, then set rivets to put it all together - painted 1/2 of it black, left other half chrome. I like it because the fenders have NO FENDER BRACES, and the fenders follow the radius of the wheel (that was a boger!).
Another thing that took FOREVER was to run the headlight wire inside the frame from generator to front. It may have been easier on a new frame, but this one was old and it had rust inside. I used an old guitar string to thread, or snake, the frame tube, then wrapped it around the wire and pulled it through - took about 5 tries, wire kept coming of right at the end. DOH! But got it to work.
I realized I did not have a decent chain, had pats of an old nickle-plated chain and parts off a rust-bucket, so put them together to make one chain.
FINAL PICS COMING SOON! Been a fun project. Cheers, T.
Very close to being done, just have to make or paint a shied thing for front, clean it up, then I'll take final pics - hopefully tomorrow, but all in all it's done.
Here are final few pics I took from last week...
Fenders were a BEAST. I must have put together 5 sets of fenders, from cutting and grinding, to riveting, etc. I thought I had one that I cut a hole in, and was going to use a bracket made from ice tongs, but it would not behave.
This pic shows the number plate I made out of 1/4" clear plexiglass, painted everything except a circle in center. Painted the orange stipe and white #8. Had to use a #8 (or zero's) so it would be same from both sides since it's clear in circle.
I finally got a set on there I like, and the solution turned out to be very simple. I cut the fender where it hits the frame, put a smaller piece of a fender through hole, then set rivets to put it all together - painted 1/2 of it black, left other half chrome. I like it because the fenders have NO FENDER BRACES, and the fenders follow the radius of the wheel (that was a boger!).
Another thing that took FOREVER was to run the headlight wire inside the frame from generator to front. It may have been easier on a new frame, but this one was old and it had rust inside. I used an old guitar string to thread, or snake, the frame tube, then wrapped it around the wire and pulled it through - took about 5 tries, wire kept coming of right at the end. DOH! But got it to work.
I realized I did not have a decent chain, had pats of an old nickle-plated chain and parts off a rust-bucket, so put them together to make one chain.
FINAL PICS COMING SOON! Been a fun project. Cheers, T.
Looking coooooool!
Hey there, the Crodhopper is done! Here are few pics I took today, up at school track (like cashman). Had a great time building this one. I typically just toss a bike together, this one, I spent a little more time on. I learned a greta deal about bikes on this project, and am very thankful for it.
I know a lot of you folks don't like fenders, or chainguards, etc. but I like the old school, generator, fenders, and stuff, even though it was very painful to make work! I guess I am most proud of the braceless fenders, and electric wires run inside frame.
The bike rides great, never had, or rode a springer front-end, feels funny, but it's fun!
Here's the pics - hope you all dig it!
Thanks for looking! Can't wait to see all the others! Pound that ground!
Cheers, T.
I know a lot of you folks don't like fenders, or chainguards, etc. but I like the old school, generator, fenders, and stuff, even though it was very painful to make work! I guess I am most proud of the braceless fenders, and electric wires run inside frame.
The bike rides great, never had, or rode a springer front-end, feels funny, but it's fun!
Here's the pics - hope you all dig it!
Thanks for looking! Can't wait to see all the others! Pound that ground!
Cheers, T.
Sweet job. Congrats 
man that looks great! good work man!
fast eddie outty
fast eddie outty
CCR
Mouth-Breather
cool, i had my doubts bout how the "8" filler would look at first but its killer !!!
two tone light, fender stripes, chainguard, seat, everything is one of a kind !!!
two tone light, fender stripes, chainguard, seat, everything is one of a kind !!!
Ahhhhhhh.
(that's a good ahhhhhh).
(that's a good ahhhhhh).
Awesome! Lovely that you use a generator, I do that every time i can too!
very nice :!:
Nice bike with nice details. Good job!
Hey Man that is super cool!!! I love the detailing. I know you put a lot of time into doing the things that don't usually don't get much attention. I especially like what you did to the fenders and seat. The color really blends with the chrome. Great Job!!! The track pics are awesome!!!
I'll race ya...lol!!!!
I'll race ya...lol!!!!
