I made quite some progress last few days. I ordered tires 26x3.0 from Cruzo, tubes and rimtape. But the REAL question is, which colour setup???!
And ordered a bit of paracord: ACID Purple and a mixed colour called "the undead".
Yesterday I had to go to the store for some home-improvement/odd jobs and got very lucky. All spray cans with quite a variety of colours were 90% off![crazy2 :crazy2: :crazy2:](/forum/styles/fusion/xenforo/smilies/crazy2.gif)
Already posted it on another topic, but I took that photo I mentioned earlier about that MIG jetfighter:
Dual seat MIG21 near our hometown. It is sitting there at a car company. Its got good brakes, patina'd hull and no rust (but oxidation) and the tires need replacing...
Three things I got physically done or mocked up:
Alright pictures, let me know what you think. And ideas are welcome, even though I am stubborn sometimes.
Bars:
Chainguard:
Seat and its skeleton:
What is a more common word to use? Seat or Saddle? Bumpads or seatpost safety guards?![Giggle :giggle: :giggle:](/forum/styles/fusion/xenforo/smilies/giggle.gif)
And ordered a bit of paracord: ACID Purple and a mixed colour called "the undead".
Yesterday I had to go to the store for some home-improvement/odd jobs and got very lucky. All spray cans with quite a variety of colours were 90% off
![crazy2 :crazy2: :crazy2:](/forum/styles/fusion/xenforo/smilies/crazy2.gif)
![EEf2Vbs.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/4f9/4f9ca5dced29e974c03743cfee6a14f2.jpeg)
Already posted it on another topic, but I took that photo I mentioned earlier about that MIG jetfighter:
![910mClX.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/dda/ddaade7149e3f41c8191aca0b5d86779.jpeg)
Dual seat MIG21 near our hometown. It is sitting there at a car company. Its got good brakes, patina'd hull and no rust (but oxidation) and the tires need replacing...
Three things I got physically done or mocked up:
- BARS: Found a kids bicycle handlebar which is very narrow. I like it with the chopper looks but it sure needs some chamfered end caps in my opinion when the grips are on. I will drastically cut off the tube that normally goes into the fork. I had this idea of leaving a small piece of stem tube left and put a 'skull ring' on there I have lying around for 20 years or so.
Other idea is a odometer, but these are probably too large diameter wise. Or just cut that piece off and paint/powdercoat the bars black.
- Speed holes in the chainguard. I kinda screwed up, went a bit impatient with measuring and now the holes are a bit off. I can correct it a bit by filing though. We'll see. I did remove the brackets and rivets and its a bit cleaner now. I think I'll leave the large bracket on.
- Seat or saddle: There was a seat I did not like that much, the leather is dry and sqeaky (is it real leather at all?). So I took that upholstery off by drilling out the rivets and I like the skeleton I see. I still want to try that paracord idea.
Alright pictures, let me know what you think. And ideas are welcome, even though I am stubborn sometimes.
Bars:
![YQxZT9Y.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/09d/09d16c863bbe5608450b38c14e5b9eb3.jpeg)
![oGaizA3.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/8e5/8e5982cb0d1c1e17f57bec6e48a7b9a3.jpeg)
![AIfGg78.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/777/7776cd538289becb03e9cf61e080f363.jpeg)
![xVgXof7.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cfd/cfd52e7268af67ec0daffc27cdc82f59.jpeg)
![paZEjcP.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ef5/ef5f6aaffd6db9aaf7212870347c7b93.jpeg)
Chainguard:
![CiwzB5Y.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d81/d816d85c8c42b52da08f1d230871dac8.jpeg)
Seat and its skeleton:
![etwzgdO.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0bd/0bd3b5ab3482a2ae7332cd0226b4a320.jpeg)
![DC3jKaT.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/30b/30b696ffef04ba5dc55fbed831c223e1.jpeg)
![0ePTnvS.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/bed/bed554e207130355072ec2385f95edbc.jpeg)
![z0jTMb7.jpeg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/350/350643ff6f7c92986fc6f846d639190e.jpeg)
What is a more common word to use? Seat or Saddle? Bumpads or seatpost safety guards?
![Giggle :giggle: :giggle:](/forum/styles/fusion/xenforo/smilies/giggle.gif)