"Jazzy-Ray"

[CRASH]

A friend's daughter, named Jazzlynn, loves bikes. Her birthday is coming up in August. Her Dad loves muscle bikes. I based my Monster Ray off his OG Manta Ray (Campus Green even). He likes my Monster so much that he wants one for his tall daughter. Hence Monster's little sister Jazzy. I just bought the donor bike 2 days ago, and I'm grabbing parts. So progress will be slow at first.

For those that haven't seen it, the

Monster is below.

http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/monster-ray.77433/

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looking forward to this Crash! Been following and looking forward to seeing it since you first posted about it on the MBA site...

Luke.

 

[Funkme]

Hey crash ,great that yr joining in Welcome. We all love muscles

 

[junknutz1975]

Awesome!
Glad ya could join us

I love muscle bikes !

 

[raggedjim]

mirin

Rg

 

[kingfish254]

Great theme Jazzy Ray
Can't wait to see how you incorporate the RayBans.

 

[CRASH]

"Jazzy" is because of her name. This is going to be a straight custom muscle bike with minimal mods, just like the Monster was, only in girls form. Not exactly RRBO winning criteria, but I know I'll get two votes. Mine, and my boss'. The rest I'll have to earn.

 

[CRASH]

I'm balancing a lot of stuff right now, so a build isn't a top priority. I'm going to squeeze time in when I can. First, let's start with the obligitory "before" shot in front of the white garage door.

(available parts for you to PM me about: Bars, grips, fenders, tires, seat, sprocket)

I'm waiting on parts, including the rear rim. I always like to start a build with the wheels. However, the first thing I'm going to do this time is break the bike down. Unspoke the wheels, then use the rear hub to hold the rear dropout spacing while I spread the stays. I should get all that done this weekend hopefully.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

I see plenty of potential there Crash, looks pretty clean too, so hopefully wont give you too many issues with dis-assembly...

Luke.

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Your Parts are on the Way my Friend !
Gonna Be Cool seeing them on your Build !


~RafaeL!

 

[CRASH]

Not the update you might have been expecting, but here it is: My garage and bike work area are a mess. So I had to do some major organizing. I've got a ton of parts I should sell, but what a PITA. Buying them is much easier. Anyway, I got distracted. I found a bunch of parts and threw this mock up together. Looks like I might have something for the next Muscle Bike Build Off in winter.

Then I unburied a bike I haven't seen in the flesh that I bought last year for the wife. A '64 (I believe) Murray Astro Flight. I have a Nexus 3 speed I'm going to lace into the back (I'll have to widen it a little.) The paint has a few scars, but this bike is just too cool to mess with. I wish I knew a way to restore plastic's chrome finish.

Some '60's cool

Check out the switch. It's a little planet and... swoosh, or something! Looks like the front end of this bike came from Space Mountain at Disney!

Ok... that's enough goofing off. On to the update. I stripped the Collegiate down. It was pretty easy since it's in such good shape. However, I was going to take the back wheel apart so I could use the hub to hold the drops in place and spread the stays. However, the freewheel uses a tiny tool I don't have. So I'm going to have to take the wheel to a shop and hopefully they have one. I'm also going to drop the chainguard off at the chrome shop.

That's it for now!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

A couple of nice projects there for later Crash!

Luke.

 

[CRASH]

Took the wheel to the shop and they had to correct freewheel tool and popped off the cluster. I de-spoked the wheel, overhauled and polished the hub, then used the hub to hold the stays. I set up my spreader and went to work.

Here's the spreader set up, ready to start.

After about an hour or so, here's the result. Clearance on either side of the much thicker tire.

And what the wheel will look like in the frame. (This is the back wheel off the Monster)

 

[jats]

man that is 1 cool inventory you have!!

Troy

 

[LukeTheJoker]

That cool thick tire looks great in there!

Luke.

 

[kingfish254]

That is one of the coolest goofing off posts in a while! Love the mock up and the AstroFlite.
If you haven't already, you need to post that frame widening trick in the How To section.

 

[CRASH]

That's where I learned it.

http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?threads/how-to-video-on-fitting-fat-tires.65860/

 

[CRASH]

Well crap. I was polishing parts of the front hub and the bearing dust cap slipped and went flying from the polishing wheel. It hit in a large pile of junk and now I can't find it. ugh

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Love the tire. Looks like a Jerold, right?

 

[CRASH]

Correct