King Krate

[Dizzle Problems]

Man this is awesome!!

Any more pics of the green swing bike in the background there?

 

[G-Matt]

Looks good Paul , go big or go home . You have another awesome bike going for the collection. [emoji1303]


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[pvwacko]

Man this is awesome!!

Any more pics of the green swing bike in the background there?

Thanks! Check out Wacko's Garage on FB or #wackosgarage on instagram. I just finished that swing bike this week.


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[pvwacko]

Making the most of another day in the shop!

Cantilever tubes getting prepped.

Seatstays and canti tubes welded in.

Chainstays done and it's out of the jig.

Lots of other fabrication to do now! Might get some parts in this week. Have to wait and see...


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[The Renaissance Man]

Awesome work! How did you round the ends of the canti tubes?

 

[pvwacko]

Awesome work! How did you round the ends of the canti tubes?

I have some weld on steel caps. Sure makes things easy!!


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[G-Matt]

DeterminTion & mad skills = going to be way cool .


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[kingfish254]

This is such a cool illusion. Without any obvious scale reference, it just looks like you welded up a cool Schwinn canti. But I know how big and high that freaking trailer is!!!

 

[pvwacko]

Picked up some DOM tubing for the sissybar, forks, and handlebars this morning. Took the opportunity to take the bike into the shop to compare to an original Schwinn. Pretty spot on!

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[tjwilson]

That comparison between the King & original is too cool!

 

[pvwacko]

Got started early in the shop today! First order of business was roughing out the sissybar.

Next it was time to work on the banana seat so I had to transfer the shape from the layout print to cardboard.

Templates made! Time to cut some steel.

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[The Renaissance Man]

Love it!

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

It’s like you put a Sting-RAY frame in a copier and pressed the 2x button.
Love it dude!


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[pvwacko]

It’s like you put a Sting-RAY frame in a copier and pressed the 2x button.
Love it dude!


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Copy 1.8X to be exact.


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[Dr. Tankenstein]

Yeah, I rounded up....[emoji16]


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[kingfish254]

Seriously roided up muscle going on here!

 

[pvwacko]

Ok, slow progress recently so I saved up some updates.

Remember those templates for the banana seat? I cut them out and started shaping them.

Ready to start tacking them together and getting all the right curves.

I upsized the rear hub I was using to a 90mm drum so that 24 of the spokes I had would be the correct size. Only needed to wait on 12. Gotta spend money to save money!

Still some shape fine tuning to do then little stuff like mounting points and upholstery clips.

I did get my 36" rear wheel built up tonight. I love that it actually looks balanced with that massive hub in there. Still waiting on my polished velocity 27.5" rim to put the front together.

It's another 4 days of shop time with some family events scattered in there so we'll see how far I get...


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[The Renaissance Man]

The seat pan is coming along nicely. Without an original next to it, it looks normal size.

 

[léocwc]

How are you going to get a 36 "tire? Do they exist?

 

[kingfish254]

How are you going to get a 36 "tire? Do they exist?

Look at the pic again. It has a tire on it.