Purple Banana - 12" Western Flyer

Terry66 · Sep 19, 2014

Got my grandson's Western Flyer in the mail today. Pretty cool little bike. The plans are to go with air filled tires with a coaster brake. Not sure about saving the seat. The way it is made will make it tough to recover. I may have to find a replacement. Anyway,here it is in all it's glory. I plan to start the tear down tonight.

LukeTheJoker · Sep 20, 2014

Hey Terry, MBBO is on, just so you know...

Luke.

Terry66 · Sep 20, 2014

Hey, I could enter? When is the build deadline?

LukeTheJoker · Sep 20, 2014

Runs until January 1st, I think we can count those bars as mini apes so it meets the rules...

http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/index.php?forums/mbbo-2014-bikes.92/

Luke.

Terry66 · Sep 25, 2014

Finally got the little beast torn down. I think it is going ot be an awesome little project. Starting to reconsider the purple color as I found a set of sweet red wheels.

Anyone know where I can get this little sissy bar chromed cheap?

One problem I ran into is that while the fenders are in nice shape and the chrome is nice, there is a lot of surface rust on the underside. Started to sand it down, but I think the chrome is shot. Thinking about getting it smooth, taping the chrome and hitting the underside with flat black.