Two months passed since the last post and christmas is looming around the corner. With my shed approved by the authorities it is time to focus on this build again (I think my Skinny'matic has to wait until summer) as this one HAS to be done by the end of this BO as it also marks the birthday of my older son, for whom I'm building this bike...
So I headed to the basement this afternoon to spent a few hours wrenching and get stuff done. The goal was to get an overview of what needs to get done and what parts/screws/whatever is still missing and needs to get bought/organized.
Todays starting point was this:
First order of business was to get rid of the original saddle and put on the banana seat:
Sissy bar was next. Some of you might remember this one from my very first build off bike the BarrelBanana Lowrider. For those who don't know/remember: the sissiy bar started it's first live as a CD-Stand...
With some axle spanners I was able to mount it onto the rear axle.
To attach the seat to the sissy I used some clamps coming from kickback breakarms, bent to fit and a thin strip of rubber to give it some grip.
The pad of the backrest was attached temporarily. This will need some fixing (as does the seat) and a better way to attach it to the sissy bar. But for now it does the trick.
Next on todays todo list was the front rack with the double lights. The rack itself was no big deal, but to properly mount the lights, I had to bend the eyelets to the right spot and angle. I'm still not 100% sold on the positioning but for now it is ok. Maybe I need to get them a bit higher...
So this is how the little bike looks now:
From what it looks now timewise, this bike won't get any fresh paint and any kind of "derustification". I won't have time for that and as this will be a campground ride, it will not need it anyway...
