DYNO MOTO 7

[Rat Rod]

Came upon this bike on the CL this week and got excited about the Nexus 7 rear hub with a roller brake. Contacted the seller and found out that he was a bike nut and was a huge BMXer back in the day. He ended up being very generous so we struck up a deal and I picked the bike up yesterday.

My original intentions were to use the wheels off this bike and put them on an older frame like my Typhoon or the Flying Star. After getting it home, throwing on some white walls and riding it around a bit, I think I have found my new cruiser. :mrgreen:

I may have to do a bit of customizing like different handlebars and grips. Also plan to swap out the seat with a model from Electra. Who knows...I may even see about fenders and some decal removal. Hard to beat an aluminum frame with high quality components. I'm digging the frame design and the old school scallops.

 

[Lightfoot]

I really love the lines of that frame. I'm really jealous of you guys that have a Craigs List for your areas.

Dennis

 

[xddorox]

Sweet bike. Are you planning to change anything, seat, handlebars? The color scheme looks awesome Steve.

 

[Clothespin n]

Don't Touch it!!!!!!!
That's a Retro-Clunker!

Straight Forks,
Cook Style Bars
Fenderless
Brooks Inspired skiny Saddle.
Canti Frame.

That is how The Bike was designed...to Look like a Clunker.
If I was to do an Upgrade it would be a
Front Drum Brake...maybe Re-Lace an Old one onto That front Wheel.

and Put a NOS Shimano 500 / 600 Three Piece Crank on it
with Matching Crank Arms.
( now that will turn some heads! )

But Please..leave it be, :mrgreen:
That's an Awesome Design!

Old School Mountain Bike all the way!

my 2 cents,
peace,
Kev.

 

[Rat Rod]

Ha Ha....wow, I knew I might strike a nerve with you undercover off roaders.

The good thing is that I don't really plan to sell off any of the parts so I can always take it back to stock if I need to.

I do want to experiment with it a bit. (sorry Kev. :wink: )

 

[Clothespin n]

Leave it alone !!!!
Do retro Clunker Upgrades!

You have enough High bar,Cruisers!
.....you know you want to Leave it alone Steve.
Clunkify it...Come on Steve.....all the Cool Kids are doing it. :mrgreen:

 

[Rat Rod]

Where do you get front drum brakes from?

That will probably cost more than I paid for the bike...ha ha!

 

[Rat Rod]

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[Firewalker]

Whoooo I like ...it needs a cool Black and white cruiser seat......any word on the one you plan on sending me?

 

[Manny Moons]

What kind of camera are you using? the pictures look great! ....
p.s. oh and so does the bike :mrgreen:

 

[outsider13]

CLUNKER NATION

Hey it looks like my Electra; Sonny Garcia model..['Sonny Garcia is a famous world class surfer.. iff I'm not mistaken :?: I put the BMX stem and motocross bars on to give that clunker look

yes its got a 7 speed nexus w/ grip shift 8)

 

[Markm]

Sweet find Rat Rod!!!

 

[armandgil]

Hmmm, that looks strangely familar???

HAHA! Cool looking bike, put on some knobbies a helmet and get it dirty!

 

[Hooch]

this is the plan for my postwar schwinn dx

 

[Xavier]

Hmmmmmmm It does look familiar!

 

[Rat Rod]

A few more for your viewing pleasure. I'm using a Kodak EasyShare V530....very small, but decent photo quality for a point and shoot.

I also need to tighten my chain a bit.

 

[raleigh boi]

Nice one steve, i love that bike, the rat rod sticker on the back fits in well. Love it

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Mat.

 

[Lightfoot]

I'm really falling in love with this bike!

Is that a model that's still in production? I'm not having much luck finding anything on the web.

Dennis

 

[Rat Rod]

I'll have to email the seller and see what he says.

I'm thinking that it may be a 1997 model. :shock:

I found this interesting time line for GT bicycles.

http://www.23mag.com/com/gt/gt.htm

 

[Hooch]

yanno its funny after all these years of bikes there have never been paint schemes as cool as this ones which is like the late 30s early 40s