++ LiL Tigers ++

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

I have a project LIL 12" Schwinn Tiger i'm gonna restore for my new grand Daughter and i'd like to see some others !

Thanxx.....Ralph

 

[CCR]

Fixing a nasty run on the fork and recovering the seat right now

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Thanx "CCR" I edited my post did not realize i posted 16'' :lol: ,, Looks like your Way ahead of me on your Restoration !


Thanxx for Sharing !....Ralph

 

[CCR]

... Looks like your Way ahead of me on your Restoration !


Thanxx for Sharing !....Ralph

Started back during the RRBBO7 ... still trucking on it but trying to make my boy help as much as possible :wink: He has already told me his next bike is going to be green and we haven't even finished this one :lol:

 

[Terry66]

I just posted mine in the gallery section, but here it is…Just finished assembling it last night. I had one of my friends powder coat it metallic green. I found the decals on ebay. There are two basic chainguard decals. One has the little cartoon tiger and the other says “Stingray” on it. Mine is a ’71 and had the tiger, so I stuck with that.

They are fun little bikes to build, but the parts aren’t cheap. I still need to find some training wheels. I have a set of Schwinn 16” Pixie training wheels that I might be able to convert.

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

Swaeet ! Where are you guys finding those tires ?

 

[CCR]

Swaeet ! Where are you guys finding those tires ?

Schwinnstore on ebay has tires like whats on our bike.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BICYCLE-TIRES-W ... 1c2c7118d1

 

[RICHIES 64]

my sons lil tiger

 

[deorman]

A lot of posters here have recommended removing the crank and riding on the flat awhile over using training wheels.

 

[sensor]

Started back during the RRBBO7 ... still trucking on it but trying to make my boy help as much as possible :wink: He has already told me his next bike is going to be green and we haven't even finished this one :lol:

good thing youve got all those sting rays! glad to hes out helping you(and thinking about the next one already!). its looking good so far:mrgreen:

cranks....i didnt just took the pedals off. he learned to balance that day and was riding with no training wheels the next day(put the pedals back on)....training wheels reinforce bad habits and dont teach balance at all.

 

[ChrisMac]

Saved this one from someone's trash can about 14 years back.

 

[Terry66]

Yeah, I have a 12" balance strider bike for the grandkids to learn on. I am looking for the training wheels to complete the build. My grandkids live 12 hours away, so it won't be getting a ton of action, so a nice way to display it in the garage would be cool. I did find/modify a tiny kickstand already

 

[RICHIES 64]

does any one have some 12 lil tiger training wheels?

 

[Terry66]

does any one have some 12 lil tiger training wheels?

LOL....good luck with that! I've been searching for about a year! I may end up modifying a set of 16".

 

[krate-mayhem]

Cool Tigers

 

[krate-mayhem]

Lil Tigers cute cute

 

[Lil' rat rod]

Here is the Lil Ghost that my dad and I did a few years back. I had been trying to find a picture of it with no luck but happened upon it today with a random google search. Looks like the last place I can put it is in Los Angeles around 2007. I will continue to search the floppy disks (holy cow!) for some more pictures. If anybody knows where this bike is I would like to know where it ended up!

I actually just scored another one today at a swap meet and will post pix tomorrow. This one is red so it will get restored with an Apple Krate seat cover.

Enjoy, Jon

 

[Lil' rat rod]

Pix as promised, have not torn into it yet. Have to locate the top bar. It will be restored to mostly original. Will get an Apple Krate seat cover just like the Ghost I did. I was not sure if the training wheels are original since I see a lot of them with metal wheels not plastic like these, but then I found pix of an nos out of the box complete tiger that had the plastic wheels.

I love these lil bikes!

Enjoy, Jon

 

[Terry66]

Nice...I want those training wheels.

 

[RICHIES 64]

Nice...I want those training wheels.

me too