Moore's Cycle Shop Truck - karfer copy

highwheelerboy25 · May 13, 2010

I like the bike that karfer built so much i had to have one. . . so i built one!
I started out with a 60s model b.f. goodrich cycletruck i got from Chestnut hollow bicycles. just like karfer i had to cut the basket mounts off to mount the fork. I already had the chopper fork from choppers u.s. and the 3 inch front and rear tires with a two speed red-band bendix automatic on the rear and was just waiting to get the frame.

The sign plate that came with it wan't correct so i went to home depot and got some sheet metal and made my own. i went to the local bike shop and picked up some thrown away aero bars that i would use to make the clip-on handle bars. Witout priming it i blasted it with some krylon black to give it that 'worn in' look. Then i wet sanded it down, tapped at it with a screwdriver and other random tools to rough it up. I also put a schwinn stingray speedo in the top of the headset to cap it off. For a while i decided to keep the original sprocket on.

highwheelerboy25 · May 13, 2010

I got a decal made of my so-called "shop" to put on the sign plate. They kinda made the opposite of what i wanted and i had to paint on some white over the black and then let it dry, put the decal on and paint it black again. The white paint didn't mesh well with the black and it bubbled up and started to peel. but i left it the way it was. . . .character.

And this was the result. . . . not to worry though, it'll be scuffed up too.