My Ratcruiser build

[CBURKE]

I am doing a bent back seat post but I don't have a bender yet so it will be a cut and weld job.
Color will be fotina, Sea foam green with reddish brown sanded through.

Taillight came in. Will need to build a bracket to hold it. Not sure how I'm going to get this light to work. I only has one wire....
ZOMBIEHEARSEHEADBADGE by cburke.industries, on Flickr

 

[Dirty_Vinylpusher]

Hmmm.
Self earthing?

Pull it apart and have a look.

 

[patman73]

I am doing a bent back seat post but I don't have a bender yet so it will be a cut and weld job.
Color will be fotina, Sea foam green with reddish brown sanded through.

Taillight came in. Will need to build a bracket to hold it. Not sure how I'm going to get this light to work. I only has one wire....
ZOMBIEHEARSEHEADBADGE by cburke.industries, on Flickr

i have a taiil light just like that one !

 

[CBURKE]

i have a taiil light just like that one !

Did you get yours wires up to work?

Seat post is done. I should be getting things done a little faster now that I got a bunch of customers stuff out of the way.
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Time to order my seat!

 

[MtnBikinPilot]

I would take the OG forks. cut them at the stem and rotate them a little to add a couple inches to the wheel base but keeping the look of the rigid front end...

 

[JGood]

Like bike, turning out real nice. 3 1/2" cranks suck to be sure. You lose all power on the take off and its hilarious looking when going full speed, hills are no fun either. I had a low rider stretch that I finally broke down and put triple tree fork on because I got tired of struggling over the inter coastal bridge.

 

[CBURKE]

haha I just imagined what you were saying lol
Good thing I live in FL. Oh wait, you do to! lol
This will only be taken to shows and meets. It won't get ridden all that much.

 

[patman73]

i have not messed with my tail light need a bulb & the thing is heavy for a bicycle light , i don't know wich bike i wanna put it on !

 

[CBURKE]

Headlight is in!
20141027_173810 by cburke.industries, on Flickr
Cut my fender, but it's not done.
20141027_175904 by cburke.industries, on Flickr
Getting ready to strip it all back apart so I can strip the old paint.
20141027_175916 by cburke.industries, on Flickr

 

[CBURKE]

Well I've decided I'm not gonna chance it and I'll be cutting the lower front bar off to reposition it so I can move the crank to the front of the bike. I think I'll look better and this way I know it'll be ride able.

 

[MtnBikinPilot]

Headlight is in!
20141027_173810 by cburke.industries, on Flickr
Cut my fender, but it's not done.
20141027_175904 by cburke.industries, on Flickr

I cut a fender like that ONCE and only ONCE b/c I kept cutting(and scratching) my calf swinging my leg over to get on it.....

 

[CBURKE]

lol ouch! I hope that I don't need to swing my leg that far out... lol
Here's the drawing I worked up of what I'm doing next.
IMG_20141028_143035 by cburke.industries, on Flickr

 

[Dirty_Vinylpusher]

Nice work mate!


That rear guard looks like a bird beak now that you trimmed it....
Wouldit be possible to "roll" the edge so it's not as sharp, or is it too close to the wheel?


Loving this bike.
Keep up the good work.

 

[CBURKE]

lol I'll smooth it out a little but I don't think I have enough there to bend it over.

I'm not gonna mess with the crank being only a 1/2 inch from the ground so I cut the lower bar and moved it down. I don't have a pipe bender so I used pie cuts to bend the bottom half and slid a small but thicker tube inside.
20141028_180155 by cburke.industries, on Flickr
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Now I need to finish grinding down the welds, had a little putty and I have a smaller bar I want to run across the middle.
All for now!

 

[Dirty_Vinylpusher]

That looks great.
Good work.

 

[JGood]

Bike is coming along nicely! Where about in FL are you?

 

[CBURKE]

Pinellas park/ St.Pete.
Wish there were more bike guys around here......

 

[JGood]

I a in Deerfield Beach. I hear you. All these guys live in the midwest where they can score minor rusted bikes for $20. Here .... looks like it has 50 yrs of rust in a week and everyone wants $$$$$ for there bikes. It's crazy which is why I customize all mine, lol.

 

[CBURKE]

lol Yep! Even the pawn shops are out there on price!

 

[g-ratter]

Pinellas park/ St.Pete.
Wish there were more bike guys around here......

There are a handful of us in the area. I am in south Tampa just across the Gandy. Creep is up in Clearwater. He is a really nice guy who has a lot of parts should you be looking for something specific.