(MBBO) That Blue Bike

[metalchewy]

You completely changed the vibe with that Lowrider tire and the blue Metalcast mag! Dig it!

Thank You OJ. I wanted to tye color to flow from front to back, added the blue to color match it in with the frame.

I Had a few low rider tires given to me for $Free.99. A 16" brick and a couple different treads on 20". Seemed appropriate to use one here. After I scrubbed the sidewall, it clearly needed to be on this bike.

 

[ingola]

What brand Did you use.

 

[metalchewy]

The front tire is actually Low Rider branded raised black letter whitewall fron the 90s. Would be cool to have a 26" for the rear. The whitewall for the will be a duro brand. Thinking of making some stencils for it.

 

[metalchewy]

Been working on planning out the seat.

Took and made a symmetrical pattern from the old cover.

Traced the seat and.the sides on it.

Then made a second pattern to mark the line I need to thin to.

Then used a white pen ( ink disappears with heat.) And traced it on the spot I want to use for the seat.

This is the plan so far...

 

[metalchewy]

Cut and spent a couple hours thinning edges.

About half way there now. Will work more in it tomorrow.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

I'm thinking back in time someone's grandmother would chew that piece of leather down to a workable thickness...

Carl.

 

[metalchewy]

I'm thinking back in time someone's grandmother would chew that piece of leather down to a workable thickness...

Carl.

Hey granny, take out your teeth and thin this hide down for me!!

 

[metalchewy]

Took a day off from the seat. Almost there.

Been figuring out the back wheel. Wanted one wider that that narrow one. Had a couple 1-1/4 width to choose from.

Picked the pink one, sanded it down and painted it matte graphite.

A bit Darker than the mag.

 

[metalchewy]

Swapped the wheel in. Still a little soft, paint to cure a bit more.

 

[metalchewy]

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[OddJob]

MC, looks like that wheel build is 'Canine approved' ! Doggone good!

 

[MattiThundrrr]

MC, looks like that wheel build is 'Canine approved' ! Doggone good!

There's that good OJ stuff this contest has been missing

 

[metalchewy]

MC, looks like that wheel build is 'Canine approved' ! Doggone good!

Heheh! He examines and approves just about everything with s lick, to mark that its his.

There's that good OJ stuff this contest has been missing

Agreed

 

[metalchewy]

She's a Roller.

Bars look big to me. May dig out the baby apes. May find some 12 inchers.

 

[metalchewy]

Baby apes and a slingshot. Narrow bars. Also, not sure I like them here.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I love me some Slingshot stem

 

[metalchewy]

I love me some Slingshot stem

I looked at it and it the gray argent is almost the same shade as the back wheel.

 

[metalchewy]

After lowering the bars a side by side to Hard Eight from last years MBBO that took over a year to finish .

Liking them a bit more. Wishing they were longer at the grip, to match shouler width.

 

[Indyjps]

Great job on the seat recover, that's a healthy hide you're working with.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

After lowering the bars a side by side to Hard Eight from last years MBBO that took over a year to finish .
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Liking them a bit more. Wishing they were longer at the grip, to match shoulder width.

Brother extending the bars under the grips is easy. There's low tech, with a bit of broom handle carved to go into the tube a bit and extend to what you need, or there's mid tech (lol) where you use a bit of old handle bars with a stub of pipe inside. Both ways you need to remove that bit of lip on the inside of the bars and what ever you use can be secured with a little JB Weld. If you have 4" grip length in theory you can add 3 3/4" to the bars and still hide the seam.

C.