Rookie builds by veteran builders

[BobbyStillz]

Spaceliner frames are where it’s at…

They have such a wild looking frame. I know a dozen people who cut their teeth on Spaceliner frames. Then, as time goes by, you find out all the other goodies to be had, and it's a perpetual

 

[ingola]

@Captain Awesome

BO15 - SIMPLE GREEN ((*Bringing it to the finish line*))

Very cool stuff here. :cool2: I have some serious welder envy right now.

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[Captain Awesome]

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BO15 - SIMPLE GREEN ((*Bringing it to the finish line*))

Very cool stuff here. :cool2: I have some serious welder envy right now.

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[Funkme]

Build-off #7
-was my first build-off ,I just wanted to be part of group who enjoyed bikes like myself.
At the time I liked Cafe Racers so '67' was the build. And didn't have many frames or parts at the time, so the idea was to build a bike from what junk I had.
Grabbing 26th place - I was happy being a girl in a boys world.

The junky start of it all...

 

[BartRidesEternal]

My first build-off entry was for BO8.

Rattled...

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Wish I still had it.

Glen.

I love that bottom profile, gives it that boat/ship vibe. Beautiful bike!

Build-off #7
-was my first build-off ,I just wanted to be part of group who enjoyed bikes like myself.
At the time I liked Cafe Racers so '67' was the build. And didn't have many frames or parts at the time, so the idea was to build a bike from what junk I had.
Grabbing 26th place - I was happy being a girl in a boys world.View attachment 229200
The junky start of it all...View attachment 229201

Awesome! I love that junky start as well!

The ratrodbikes archive has great builds, love the enormous diverse builds, creative freedom and range of builder types and skills. I am repeating myself here, but deeply enjoy that part.

 

[SwissGuy]

I love that bottom profile, gives it that boat/ship vibe. Beautiful bike!

Awesome! I love that junky start as well!

The ratrodbikes archive has great builds, love the enormous diverse builds, creative freedom and range of builder types and skills. I am repeating myself here, but deeply enjoy that part.

And don't forget that very important "open mind" that gives the chance to try new stuff, supported and encouraged by a peer group spread around the world

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I joined the forum in 2008, but I think I waited until 2012 to join a BO. Here's a few of my early entries:

BO7 Seminole

BO8 Wester Flyer

2015 Berkshire:

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Shhhhhhhhhhh.

 

[GuitarlCarl]

Little Neutrino is the bike that brought me here but I didn't build it right away.
My First build here was Headbanger for a Muscle Bike BO

I've modified it a couple times...
This is Headbanger III

 

[SwissGuy]

My actual rookie build happened before I joined RRB, but it was also the bike that made me check out this forum for the first time in 2014, when I started converting this rustbucket into a decent daily ride to tow my homebuilt trailer:

In 2015 in joined the forum and in 2016 I participated in my first build off, BO11 with my BarrelBanana Lowrider:

 

[hammer mechanic]

I'm more of a veteran DNF'r, but I have managed to put a few in the end zone. Murican Flyer from BO10 from 2015. Joined March 3, 2014.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

My first main build off bike was BigJim for BO08:

☆★☆BIG JIM☆★☆ BUILD THREAD RRB-BO#8 A.G. 2013 (1ST PLACE)

☆☆☆ Ꭼsє LᎾ₡Ꮎ JᎾKᎬЯ! ☆☆☆ (That Crazy Joker!) Well, no building as yet, lots of planning though, been through 8 different frame designs and 3 different wheel and tire options, but I think I have selected the best one! I will start with the tires: These are mounted on 20x8 steel rim bands I...

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First actual build on the forum was the 50 years muscle bike just a month earlier:

Anything goes "Muscle-Bike-Build-Off 01"

I hope Jake "oleskool" doesn't mind me starting the build thread off. (Let me know if you want any changes Jake.) He started the build off idea, but I think it wont be saturday there for a few hours yet. Seeing as it is now 2:13am Saturday the 26th of January 2013 (here in Australia anyway!)...

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[idiotboy]

My first build as an adult, my huffy beer bike

And my first build off bike, western flyer from BO9.

 

[Glen]

My first main build off bike was BigJim for BO08:
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☆★☆BIG JIM☆★☆ BUILD THREAD RRB-BO#8 A.G. 2013 (1ST PLACE)

☆☆☆ Ꭼsє LᎾ₡Ꮎ JᎾKᎬЯ! ☆☆☆ (That Crazy Joker!) Well, no building as yet, lots of planning though, been through 8 different frame designs and 3 different wheel and tire options, but I think I have selected the best one! I will start with the tires: These are mounted on 20x8 steel rim bands I...

ratrodbikes.com

First actual build on the forum was the 50 years muscle bike just a month earlier:
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Anything goes "Muscle-Bike-Build-Off 01"

I hope Jake "oleskool" doesn't mind me starting the build thread off. (Let me know if you want any changes Jake.) He started the build off idea, but I think it wont be saturday there for a few hours yet. Seeing as it is now 2:13am Saturday the 26th of January 2013 (here in Australia anyway!)...

ratrodbikes.com

Ahhh... yes... I remember the first Muscle Bike Build Off. That was my first actual build on the forum too, with Chopster...

Which was rebuilt in a subsequent MBBO to Chopster Part 2...

@Endlesschain now has both Rattled and Chopster.

Glen.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Ahhh... yes... I remember the first Muscle Bike Build Off. That was my first actual build on the forum too, with Chopster...

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Which was rebuilt in a subsequent MBBO to Chopster Part 2...

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@Endlesschain now has both Rattled and Chopster.

Glen.

Good to see you Glen, that was a fun little buildoff that one...

 

[Glen]

Good to see you Glen, that was a fun little buildoff that one...

Good to see you too, Luke.

Yes, it was a fun wee build-off... and I was quite happy with my results since it was my first time welding.

Perhaps I'll do another build-off in the future, but not this time.

Glen.

 

[Captain Awesome]

Journals are live!!!!!!!

 

[gowjobs]

BO7 (?) 2010
Boss Ross - Ross Apollo

 

[Toeslider]

I think my first build-off was BO08, with New Age Hawthorne, but sadly I think all pictures are gone from the forum. My second one “Wheatpenny” was much more well received, but I think those pictures are gone too. This was back when I was hosting my own pictures from my own domain, which is now long gone. I think I have completed 6 builds and started 8 or 9, not including this one.

 

[toro1978]

This is basically the beginning of my journey, I think shortly before I discovered RRB:

Yep, it's my electric felt bike, now the only thing that's left from this picture is the frame, everything else has been replaced

Then this is my first BO entry:

And then this is the build that placed me in a top 10: