Love the bright white...lettering, saddle, cable housing! Sets off this great build. And that green is it, you got your desired result. 
"King 'Cuda" (1972 Ross) *4-year UPDATE!*
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Looks amazing! Tires are killer!Alright, not time for lengthy pictures. Here she is. I've got 6 hours (I have to go to work) to get my other bike done, so, I present to you...
The King Cuda.
Sweet! Looks great!
That is awesome CRASH! Especially the fork reflectors...[emoji6]
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That's 2 sets used so far.
Love this, really nice work!
Luke.
Luke.
Such a nice build , one any grown kid would love to own , the proportions and every details are spot on
I love this bike !!
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Good job man!
I was really happy to see you finished it in time too.
More final pics
Beautiful bike!
Jason
Jason
Those RWL tires are awesome!
Bike turned out great after your hard work CRASH! How does it ride and shift?
4 years later... an update. What prompted this is a few things. First, the sissy bar was at least 4" too tall, as you can see in the original "final" pics. So I had it cut, rewelded, and rechromed. I had broken the bike completely down, and it took me 4 years to put it back together... just because. What I did to it:
-Cut the rear fender to allow some chain clearance
-drilled and tapped 5/8" bolts to mount the sissy bar to ensure it would hold my weight.
-Cut, drilled, tapped and modified a new derailleur hanger installation that allowed it to clear the new sissy bar mounting brackets placement
-Found and installed a NOS Ross 5-speed console.
-Installed 16" bars to fit better proportionately
-Switched the front brake from a 1080 to a 890 to fit better.
-Had a Ross head badge decal made to cover the less than perfect original
-Chromed most the bare metal
-Cut the rear fender to allow some chain clearance
-drilled and tapped 5/8" bolts to mount the sissy bar to ensure it would hold my weight.
-Cut, drilled, tapped and modified a new derailleur hanger installation that allowed it to clear the new sissy bar mounting brackets placement
-Found and installed a NOS Ross 5-speed console.
-Installed 16" bars to fit better proportionately
-Switched the front brake from a 1080 to a 890 to fit better.
-Had a Ross head badge decal made to cover the less than perfect original
-Chromed most the bare metal
From super cool, to super cool+!
Still looks awesome of course!!!!
Killer work!
Killer work!
Thought the side by side pic was of the same bike. Is that just different lighting or did you re-paint it?
I think it is OG 20" vs adult size. Spot on proportions.
