Between Sunday evening and a couple hours after work yesterday I got most of my bike together. Pretty much just need a few things left like the chain and shifter and figure out how I'm going to hold the tank in place.
BO15 Papa's ride
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Three or four spots of JB Weld would probably hold it. My 'floating flame' on Trans-MIG-RaT from last year is held in place that way. Or on my current bike, and others in the past, I've used Goop glue. My rear tail light assembly is held to the fender of RaTs GaSs that way, and is holding strong. Let it sit over night for 24 hrs before you move it. And with Goop, it's easy to peel away the excess after and it doesn't affect the paint.
The bike is looking awesome, Brian!
The bike is looking awesome, Brian!
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Here's an idea, believe I swiped it from @GuitarlCarl
Not necessarily a fork, but some type of wrap around brackets of a similar construction
Not necessarily a fork, but some type of wrap around brackets of a similar construction
Thanks I will give that a try if I don't figure something else out.
Sweet bike
I had a lot of catching up to do on this one. WOW!!! All of your paint is incredible. The frame, the wheels, the graphics! Superb!!! And the build just flows so nicely. Excellent work!
Thanks KF I have been trying to keep up with builds but too many and not enough time.
The wife had picked up some citronella candles that came in a little bucket. I told her soon as they were done the buckets was mine.
So I was at the flea market this weekend and found this light lens says tractor on it.
It was missing the seal which made it loose so I took a piece of wire insulation and filled the gap
Forgot to get a pic dooh picked up these lights probably gonna look for something else thought not very bright.
Cut the back off the lens and used the shell to hold the light.
Reassembled the light and shoved it into the bucket perfect fit. Then I made a bracket for the bucket for a gooseneck light bracket I had.
Next I need to figure out what I want to do with the shifter.
So I was at the flea market this weekend and found this light lens says tractor on it.
It was missing the seal which made it loose so I took a piece of wire insulation and filled the gap
Forgot to get a pic dooh picked up these lights probably gonna look for something else thought not very bright.
Cut the back off the lens and used the shell to hold the light.
Reassembled the light and shoved it into the bucket perfect fit. Then I made a bracket for the bucket for a gooseneck light bracket I had.
Next I need to figure out what I want to do with the shifter.
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Headlight bucket. Literally! Cool idea!
Great work on the bucket light conversion.
How does it look with the rest of the bike?
How does it look with the rest of the bike?
Here it is flipped
Maybe center the bracket? Or I have this
Or I like no light at all.
The rest of the build is so crisp and sharp the finish on the bucket seems a bit rustic for the build.
Just my opinion, but I think any light there kinda takes away from the killer bars.
Just my opinion, but I think any light there kinda takes away from the killer bars.
It's cool and I appreciate the ingenuity, but I think it takes away from the bars like KF said
Yesterday evening I worked on a shifter mount. Been trying to figure what I wanted to use was looking thru parts found this stem. Shifter fit right on the part that goes into the steerer tube.Cut excess off and top of the stem so it would fit over the mid bar and made a strap to wrap around the bar. Using a shorter bolt flipping the wedge around and cutting both off .
Next the shift handle grabbed this 28 mm wrench was pretty close to fitting had to grind every 3rd point off the wrench and a little angle on the shifter raised parts. Cut the wrench in half fear of it being to heavy.
Need to find something to cover the end and strap the shift cable and hook up the cable to the hub.
Next the shift handle grabbed this 28 mm wrench was pretty close to fitting had to grind every 3rd point off the wrench and a little angle on the shifter raised parts. Cut the wrench in half fear of it being to heavy.
Need to find something to cover the end and strap the shift cable and hook up the cable to the hub.
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Great work on the stem and wrench shifter.
