RRBBO13 Firme Tricla

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I originally bought this tricycle for my son about a year and a half ago, but once I got it home I realized that it was too big for him. So as a result, it just sat around collecting dust and some rust.

My son eventually grew into his trike but the way it looked never sat right with me. The overall design was ok, but the industrial looking flat red powder coat and grey wheels always bugged me.

I felt that a makeover was necessary now that he was riding it more often.

 

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There weren’t any fancy mods done, no crazy fabrication going on, I just wanted this thing to sit a little meaner than it did fresh out of the box.

I started with a cleaning and by taking a scotchbrite pad to everything that would end up getting painted. I also took some 4ot steel wool to all the surface rust on the shiny bits.

 

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I was originally going to go all out on the paint job, some sort of heavy metal flake with several amounts of clear. I mulled the idea around for a few weeks before remembering that my almost 4 year old would be thrashing this thing around. I decided to go with matte colors that would cost WAY less but that would still look better than the original red.
I decided to go with Satin Cinnamon, the wheels would just get a coat of matte black.

 

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I wanted to add a few custom accessories, decided to add a raccoon tail and also wanted to add some sort of hood ornament to the front fender. The search took about a week but I found something that i liked.
Here is a quick mock-up using zip ties to secure the ornament in place. I’m going to have to find a way to mount it.

 

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I’ve spent most this build waiting on a sIngle cotter pin for the cotter cranks.

I didn’t get to finish this as I had originally planned but here is what I got done.

 

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Made my good ornament mount with some scrap sheet metal I had lying around.

 

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My correct pin came in, I re-greased everything and assembled it back together. Overall the build wasn’t fancy. Just simply added a .... tail, hood ornament and upgraded all the chincy hardware. Used grade 5 bolts on everything and capped all bolts off with acorn nuts. I also added a safety flag so that my son would be more visible.

 

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Stull waiting on a taillight that my brother is making for me, as well as some ram horn apes. If they don’t come in by tomorrow than this is what I will be submitting in the finished build off thread.

 

[Funkme]

Ahhhh that is just fab....Look at his smile....Thats a winner right there.

 

[kingfish254]

Love that pic man!!! Awesome lil ride!
CONGRATS!