Lady Godiva

[MONARKofSoCal]

Got a monark ladies frame and a bent up monark springer that I plan on turning into a bare metal chopper

 

[SkyknightJohn]

Sounds like a great plan!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Chop chop

 

[kingfish254]

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Very cool!

 

[Funkme]

Good to se you in, nice bones...

 

[OddJob]

Will there be chocolate involved?

I'm in, either way of course. RaT oN~!

 

[ingola]

Got a monark ladies frame and a bent up monark springer that I plan on turning into a bare metal chopper

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Bare metal is hard but so worth the work

 

[MONARKofSoCal]

The Renaissance Man​

Chop chop

Soon
but 1st Extend extend (the fork that is)

Looking to stretch it about 6 or 7 inches without cutting up the fork
I have a few idea to work on so there will not be much updating till that gets done 1st

Also have to straighten the forks and headtube

OddJob​

Will there be chocolate involved?

I'm in, either way of course. RaT oN~!

Current plan is to run black rims and spokes so you could say that's the dark chocolate part
or maybe some chocolate color leather parts

kingfish254​

ingola​

Bare metal is hard but so worth the work

After fork then yes both then the frame and fork will be getting the bare naked treatment

 

[MONARKofSoCal]

Still having analysis paralysis with my fork stretching options but the i did get an idea for the rear setup
I know that I want either an 18" or 20" rear tire and a lowered rear
after mocking up a few ideas I have decided to repurpose a 20" springer fork to help achieve the look I'm after

Any body who follows my builds knows how I like repurposing items
this one is a bit similar to when i made a floating banana seat on one of my muscle build off bikes rapid transit system

 

[Ride 'em High]

Still having analysis paralysis with my fork stretching options but the i did get an idea for the rear setup
I know that I want either an 18" or 20" rear tire and a lowered rear
after mocking up a few ideas I have decided to repurpose a 20" springer fork to help achieve the look I'm after
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Any body who follows my builds knows how I like repurposing items
this one is a bit similar to when i made a floating banana seat on one of my muscle build off bikes rapid transit system
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Dude, that seat extension is the best I've ever seen. It's not clunky and unusual looking like everything else I've spotted. It flows so smoothly.

 

[MONARKofSoCal]

I cut up the base of the springer headtube

Then attached it to the kickstand location location of the monark frame
Will add 2nd bolt hole to stabilize later

Then threw on the other springer parts to get a rough mock up
Definitely need to get some new bolts, nuts, and spacers
Plus need to work out one or two more attachment points
Measured out roughly a 5 inch drop in the rear
Will get accurate measurement once I get it all bolted up properly

 

[LukeTheJoker]

That looks awesome! Can you get the bars wide enough to fit a rear wheel in, or is some massaging of the frame needed?

 

[MONARKofSoCal]

LukeTheJoker​

That looks awesome! Can you get the bars wide enough to fit a rear wheel in, or is some massaging of the frame needed?

I don't know how well you can see it in this picture but there is a good amount of room on both sides without resorting to any massaging
but that is with a standard 2.125 wide tire
a 3" wide might either require massaging or running the bars on the outside of the frame
still working on extra mounting areas once i get that figured out i can show if the bars will stay in between the rear frame or on the outside

 

[GeePig]

Do you have any really short crank arms for the pedals?

 

[MONARKofSoCal]

GeePig​

Do you have any really short crank arms for the pedals?

I do have a set of crank arms from a juvenile monark bike that are 1" shorter than standard crank arms
if it turns out that isn't enough clearance then I will employ a similar method for relocating the bottom bracket without welding like I did in my build off bike from last year
https://ratrodbikes.com/threads/fire-woman.115920/page-2

 

[MONARKofSoCal]

Picked up this black on black 18" coaster brake wheel with 18 x 3.0 tire
still not ready to chose between a 20" or an 18" but at least now i have the option to mock both up and see

 

[Fv2]

Picked up this black on black 18" coaster brake wheel with 18 x 3.0 tire
still not ready to chose between a 20" or an 18" but at least now i have the option to mock both up and see
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Didn't even know anyone made an 18x3 tire.

 

[MONARKofSoCal]

Found a way that to make another attachment area using more parts from the 20" springer
took a bit to find a way that didnt look to cluttered

This is bolt setup I used to make the springer attachment work
the middle spaces are sandwiched inside the hole with the wider outside spaces holding it together (along with the bolt and nut)
Then the whole thing attaches to hole where the bottom of the rear fender bolted on
It will of course need a stronger method for bolting it to that area but that will come latter

I borrowed a bmx style fork to use in place of the original monark
Extending it should be easier and better looking than the original fork part
Here is a very rough mock up
You can see i moved the springer attachment to the base of the head tube rather than mounting it on top

Here is the full scale rough mockup for you all to enjoy this memorial weekend