Ratty 8

[Lowjack'r]

After i have not done much the last weeks.
Last saturday started again.
I want the front end off the bike as low as possible.
So i needed to cut 45 mm out off the front legs.

First placed the leg into the saw.

Cut the leg in three parts.

As i forgot to make a pic before cutting.
The three parts off one leg on top, and two parts of the other leg next to it.
Yust to show the difference in length.

Made a pair off pipes to put into the fork legs.

To give the legs some more strength after they are welded together again.

Here the leg is put together again, just need some welding to do.

 

[Ace]

Can't wait to see the endresult Jack, this is turning out great, nice work 8)

 

[Lowjack'r]

A quick mock-up to see how the shortened fork Will look.

Used 26"wheels for the mock-up because the 24's aren't ready yet.

The fork as low as possible.

Almost all the paint is sanded off the frame.
Tried to strip the paint off with paint-remover first,but that didn't work out.
So a little more sanding to do before painting.

 

[primestyle]

Nice!

 

[MplsCoaster]

Wow, I really like what you're doing with this build, especially the bare metal
Nice machine work on the fork drop!

 

[Onewheelsqueel]

Love it. I say all brushed aluminum finish.

 

[Firewalker]

lookin great! I look forward to the next set of pics!

FW

 

[Houndog]

Love what you did with the shifter..

 

[Gdcast]

OOOHHHH.... bare metal looks good!!!

 

[Lowjack'r]

As i bought me a Felt Classic Stretch viewtopic.php?f=6&t=615010 last July,and i wanted to do some changes to it,
this one came first.
So the Ratty 8 project was gone in the fridge for a while.
:idea: To protect parts from getting lost,i've put the 8 together again.

Now it's a raw 26" single speed.
I've got to think twice,do i leave it this way or do i put the 24's back in. :?:

The shortened fork i've put in my Rockabilly Boogy,now this one is a scraper.
viewtopic.php?f=70&t=15563&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=rockabilly+boogy&start=675 1/2 way down page 36 and 3/4 down page 46.

 

[Lowjack'r]

Some little changes to the Ratty 8.

Swapped the black saddle with the dark brown saddle that was on the Rockablly Boogy

The forklegs powdercoated.

And the bike is on Brown Fat Franks now

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Nice looking bike!

Luke.

 

[Gdcast]

Beautiful, I love silver and flat black together.

 

[Lowjack'r]

Beautiful, I love silver and flat black together.

I like the silver (raw aluminum) too.

But i'm thinking of changing it into a bright yellow ^.
And name it " Nasty Nine ". :wink:

 

[Gdcast]

I think you need another one to paint yellow and leave this one as is :wink:
In my experience one more won´t hurt :lol: