Ratty jet bike. DONE 1/20

[Terry66]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

Flat out....when you aren't feeling it, you've got to go back to the drawing board. I decided it just looked too plain, so I went with a new springer and a chopped rear fender. I also flipped the seat clamp under the seat which dropped it another couple of inches.

I got a nice deal on this super clean CWC Springer from Jeff (Simpleman). Drove out to his house and picked it up last night. Tore it down, added a few nuts and bolts and this baby is solid and smooth as butter....and looks mean as heck...

Here is a before

and an after the springer fork and chopped rear fender.

 

[Onewheelsqueel]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

May be just me but I think it's missing sumpin?




Jk, that springer looks sweet, it needed it, I thought it looked good before.

 

[Terry66]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

May be just me but I think it's missing sumpin?




Jk, that springer looks sweet, it needed it, I thought it looked good before.

Yeah, I have about 4 sets of bars laying in the garage floor. Been staring at them for a while. The ones that were on it, a set of mini apes, some standard cruiser bars and some low drag bars. I think tomorrow, I'm going to bite the bullet and put them all on and see which I prefer.

 

[Walker]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

When you decide which direction you are going, install the bars

Looks great so far, rear fender adds some nice flash to it.

 

[kingfish254]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

I really liked the truss fork, but springers are hard to beat!!!

Make sure to take photos of each set of bars. It's amazing how much bars can affect the whole look of a bike.

Love the star shadows on the garage.

 

[scott brownsey]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

looks sweet 8)

 

[IronDio]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

May be just me but I think it's missing sumpin?




Jk, that springer looks sweet, it needed it, I thought it looked good before.

Yeah, I have about 4 sets of bars laying in the garage floor. Been staring at them for a while. The ones that were on it, a set of mini apes, some standard cruiser bars and some low drag bars. I think tomorrow, I'm going to bite the bullet and put them all on and see which I prefer.

Here's my two cents on what's missing (for what it's worth)...a nice bullet style or oversized headlight mounted inline with the tank right between the upper rods on that bad, bad springer...AWESOME BUILD!

 

[Wildcat]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

Great build! I think it'll look good with just about any handlebars. I think you should also see how it looks without the fender brace.

 

[thatismytruck]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

Looks Great!!!



... ummm what are you going to do with the truss forks ?

 

[Terry66]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

Hey Iron, I have a big light but I'd love to find a cardinal light!

Skip...I'll PM u when I get home. You can have it for what I paid for it.

 

[BackWoodCycle]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

Do you have a headbadge for it?

 

[Terry66]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Now were cookin' *pics* 1/10

Do you have a headbadge for it?

I have one, but would like to find a better one. I've seen a few nice ones on fleabay, but the cost isn't worth it when mine is good enough.

 

[Terry66]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Which Bars?? *pics* 1/13

Got the headbadge on and started trying on bars. I went through about 5 sets and narrowed it down to these two. What do you think? If I go with the regular bars, I'll use a prewar Huffman stem and not the BMX stem.

 

[kingfish254]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Which Bars?? *pics* 1/13

I like both, but I am leaning towards the apes (but only by a little).
Either way, it's sweet!!

 

[Onewheelsqueel]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Which Bars?? *pics* 1/13

Not a big fan of apes, but I say apes

 

[deven_science]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Which Bars?? *pics* 1/13

I like the profile of it with the apes.

 

[junknutz1975]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Which Bars?? *pics* 1/13

killer bike! did you try the second bars flipped too ?
man i cant wait for spring! :mrgreen:

 

[BackWoodCycle]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Which Bars?? *pics* 1/13

If you could find a Monark Rocket headbadge it would look really cool on there.

 

[noodlenoggin]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Which Bars?? *pics* 1/13

I like the apes on this. The regular bars look kind of...well...regular. The apes have the red grips, too.

 

[Rockit!]

Re: Ratty jet bike. Which Bars?? *pics* 1/13

Oh man, apes all the way.

With the fender, springer, and the apes, that bike is perfection. I would love to have it.