Memento Mori

[Hank Street]

I have parts en route currently and will get some pictures to add to the thread tomorrow. I’ll be taking my 77 Schwinn Typhoon and tranforming it from what I did to it previously. I did minimal work previously, but now I have bigger plans. Still doing a bolt on build, no where ready to start welding anything yet.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Always up to see more Schwinn builds!

 

[Captain Awesome]

Muscle Typhoon?

Nice!

 

[Hank Street]

Current status on the build. The seat is from a 20” Huffy I will be building for my son, just testing height and look. The fram and wheels are the only gaurante pieces that will remain for the new build. I will have a banana seat and running a wide tire in the back with a more narrow tire up front. I’m currently leaning towards the bars in the last picture, but that may change over time.

 

[OddJob]

Welcome back to the build off fun @Hank Street ! Big boy muscle bike always strikes a chord with me!

RaT oN~!

 

[Hank Street]

Front fork arrived last night so had to do a test fit with the handlebars as well. Waiting on the seat and sissy bar to arrive to finalize the fitting before breaking it down to paint and build up.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

That's looking good

 

[GeePig]

I guess that the top bracket gets a nut to hold it in place on the fork top threads?

I have never had one of these, so I am still a bit of a beginner in knowing how they go together

 

[OddJob]

Yes, @GeePig , top nut secures the top bracket of the fork to the steer tube.

 

[GeePig]

Yes, @GeePig , top nut secures the top bracket of the fork to the steer tube.

Thanks, one day I dream of finding a front fork like that

 

[OddJob]

Thanks, one day I dream of finding a front fork like that

These are re-pop currently manufactured forks. Not sure of world-wide distribution, but I have to believe they are available in Europe?

 

[Hank Street]

Thank you @OddJob, I didn’t do that much as I’m just test fitting. Looks good on that Hawthorne.

 

[Hank Street]

Not 100% sold on the seat but time to break it down. Need to clean everything and going to paint the frame. Will get tires when close to done.

 

[Pondo]

Looking good! The shape of the seat is perfect. The flames will depend on the paint job I think. The frame, forks, cranks, chainring, wheels all look fantastic!

 

[OddJob]

Lovin' the sprung seat support! I like the saddle too, like Pondo said ^^ depends on the paint job.

Going for a 'big / little' tire combo then? Something with a little wide slick look to it in the rear?

RaT oN~!

 

[Hank Street]

Lovin' the sprung seat support! I like the saddle too, like Pondo said ^^ depends on the paint job.

Going for a 'big / little' tire combo then? Something with a little wide slick look to it in the rear?

RaT oN~!

Currently I am planning on a using a GT Smoothie 2.5 in the rear and a Thickslick 2.0 in the front. So apes might still happen, we will see on that. But will hit 2 of 3 at least for the category.

 

[Hank Street]

First attempt painting. Coverage seems good so far, I’ll see in a bit once it dries again. Improvised and used our bird feed hook to hold it.

 

[GeePig]

I always find frames surprisingly complicated to paint

 

[Hank Street]

Worked on the wheels this morning. Have some clean up to do on them from overspray. Better job masking next time will help that as well.

 

[Palepainter]

That blue tape doesn’t give a great edge especially with slow dry enamel seeping past the edge. You need to use a good 1/4 fine line tape for that edge and will get you the results you want. Use the blue tape as a protectant of overspray not edging graphics.