I was a bike mechanic for years, and have been working on my own for many more after that. I've never used a glove, and I spread Phil Wood on my turkey sandwiches.
(MBBO Class 1) **DERELICT DILL** Mini-Crash's entry ((DONE))
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Sick! This build is right up my ally. Love me some rust. It is what makes a rat rod.
Homework has kept the updates at bay during the week, and we were too busy yesterday to get any shop time in. Tonight we did a little.
First, I remembered a toasted kickstand I had for my 24" Spyder as reference to buy a new one. I thought maybe a 24" would give me better height for the longer fork. I was right.
Then he installed the stem.
Then threaded the bars.
Then cranked those down once he hopped on the bike to get the fit he wanted.
Then he was too excited not to try it out, so he bombed out of the garage to give it a kick-ride... then quickly realized he didn't have any brakes.
He chose pedals and threw those on, and grips, and installed those as well. I had to mod a brake arm mount for him, so that's all set now. Next will be chain, then a test ride.
Looking at it, I'm not sure I'm a fan of the 16" front. I may throw a 20" on there to see if he like it. I think the CG is pretty far back, so it should wheelie like I'm hoping it will. I showed him the Wham'O wheelie bar commercial from the 60's and he's pretty stoked about having one. Borrowing Ichoptop's idea, I eyeballed a sissy on the back, and I think I see how I can make it all work. I'm going to need to find a cheap skateboard for the wheels/bearings, and then some long-ish rods to give it a brace to the seat. I'm also searching for burlap sacks to build a sissy pad.
More to come!
First, I remembered a toasted kickstand I had for my 24" Spyder as reference to buy a new one. I thought maybe a 24" would give me better height for the longer fork. I was right.
Then he installed the stem.
Then threaded the bars.
Then cranked those down once he hopped on the bike to get the fit he wanted.
Then he was too excited not to try it out, so he bombed out of the garage to give it a kick-ride... then quickly realized he didn't have any brakes.
He chose pedals and threw those on, and grips, and installed those as well. I had to mod a brake arm mount for him, so that's all set now. Next will be chain, then a test ride.
Looking at it, I'm not sure I'm a fan of the 16" front. I may throw a 20" on there to see if he like it. I think the CG is pretty far back, so it should wheelie like I'm hoping it will. I showed him the Wham'O wheelie bar commercial from the 60's and he's pretty stoked about having one. Borrowing Ichoptop's idea, I eyeballed a sissy on the back, and I think I see how I can make it all work. I'm going to need to find a cheap skateboard for the wheels/bearings, and then some long-ish rods to give it a brace to the seat. I'm also searching for burlap sacks to build a sissy pad.
More to come!
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Looking good..looks like a perfect fit for him.
Looking great! Awesome pic!
Luke.
Luke.
Lovin this build!
yeah that 16 looks good on there....
Carl.
Carl.
the forks and sissybar do it for me,love it
looks great
Looks like a Fun Bike!
Alright... pedals and chain installed. Found some technical issues, so had to take care of those so everything worked together. He took it out for it's very first test ride...
Findings: It needs a pad on the bar. We found a giraffe pattern in mom's closet, so am going to use that for a pad. He doesn't like the way the seat feels, so going to swap it with a NOS white one with black stripes I have from way back when. Also, he thinks it's a little squirrel'ee, so he wants to try a 20" on the front.
I tried to get him to try a wheelie, but he wants the wheelie bar BEFORE he takes the shot, so we'll have to work on that too.
Findings: It needs a pad on the bar. We found a giraffe pattern in mom's closet, so am going to use that for a pad. He doesn't like the way the seat feels, so going to swap it with a NOS white one with black stripes I have from way back when. Also, he thinks it's a little squirrel'ee, so he wants to try a 20" on the front.
I tried to get him to try a wheelie, but he wants the wheelie bar BEFORE he takes the shot, so we'll have to work on that too.
nice lines to the whole thing. It flows well. Good looking ride
Looking good!...I'm with your son on the seat..those things are hard as a rock.
Love the patina on this bike. He has very good taste!
Father and Son project , Two pro bike builders this could only get better ..
I got another name for it...
"Tetanus Shot"
I like it.
Carl.
"Tetanus Shot"
I like it.
Carl.
Tonight we made some time, so he swapped seats like he wanted. It's a NOS Royal seat made in Italy. A lot of the crap Chinese seats have this look, but they don't do the small/big stripe which is offset from the center.
He says he really digs this seat a lot more than the NOS gold Troxel (It's up for graps if anyone is interested) And he wants to make the back pad to match. I don't know if we can get matching material, but we'll see what we can do.
He said he'd like to throw a 20" wheel on the front to see how it looks. I had an old one laying around, so showed him how to overhaul the front hub. (I had to help a lot with it, but you guys know adjusting hubs is tricky, especially for a 10 year old) So here's the stance...
He took it for a quick test ride in the dark and said he liked the way it felt and looked more than the 16". I'm going to let him stew over it for the next few days.
It raised the bike up enough that the kickstand is too short. I don't have a 26" stand lying around, especially that's ratty, so I my have to get him a Greenwald black one. (The rusty one grew on me, but is not enough reason to keep the 16" front if he likes the 20")
As you can see, the Royal is a little longer, so pushed the Sissy back. I think I'll have him flip the post clamp to bring it forward. I also suggested since he likes the white/black seat that we fill in the tire stripes with white, he liked that idea so you'll see that soon.
He also informed me he wanted a chrome front light, but that's because he just rode the Renegade 5 around with the light on at night (seen in the back left). I think a ratty one would look better, but I'll have to find a ratty one.
Next major step is figuring out a wheelie bar. (He informed me he wanted 1 black skate wheel and 1 white one :banghead
He says he really digs this seat a lot more than the NOS gold Troxel (It's up for graps if anyone is interested) And he wants to make the back pad to match. I don't know if we can get matching material, but we'll see what we can do.
He said he'd like to throw a 20" wheel on the front to see how it looks. I had an old one laying around, so showed him how to overhaul the front hub. (I had to help a lot with it, but you guys know adjusting hubs is tricky, especially for a 10 year old) So here's the stance...
He took it for a quick test ride in the dark and said he liked the way it felt and looked more than the 16". I'm going to let him stew over it for the next few days.
It raised the bike up enough that the kickstand is too short. I don't have a 26" stand lying around, especially that's ratty, so I my have to get him a Greenwald black one. (The rusty one grew on me, but is not enough reason to keep the 16" front if he likes the 20")
As you can see, the Royal is a little longer, so pushed the Sissy back. I think I'll have him flip the post clamp to bring it forward. I also suggested since he likes the white/black seat that we fill in the tire stripes with white, he liked that idea so you'll see that soon.
He also informed me he wanted a chrome front light, but that's because he just rode the Renegade 5 around with the light on at night (seen in the back left). I think a ratty one would look better, but I'll have to find a ratty one.
Next major step is figuring out a wheelie bar. (He informed me he wanted 1 black skate wheel and 1 white one :banghead
The black and white skate wheels will look awesome with that seat! Love the white line idea on the tires too!
Luke.
Luke.
