Show Your Muscle Bikes

[mtcowboy]

out of all these i did not we one like my first bike a 20" if i can remember it was a 1976. it resembled the stingray frame had a banana seat that was fake saddle print. the paint was white with a red fork and fade on front of frame. ape style handel bars, a low sissy bar crome fenders and copper sparkel grips.

 

[snarehead123]

here is my 1967 buzz bike

 

[snarehead123]

here is my 1974 ross polo bike

 

[Fisch]

Just put this in fresh finds, but should be here too since I don't see many of them out there. Royce Union Muscle Bike. Not sure on date, but guessing like '68 since there are no reflectors on the pedals?

Such a strange frame geometry. Lugged construction. Sever curve to the middle bars which connect really low on the down tube.

THis bike is so original I can't believe it! Down to the grips!

Pedals are tiny, no reflectors. But even say Royce Union on them.

Such mojo with the saddle bag basket. Old chain and lock. Note the glitter tassle hanging off of it! That is a 20X2.125 rear tire. I almost think a 20X3 would fit if the fender braces were wider..

bit of that extra flair on the fender edge.

Got even better when I found a license plate with my name on it, and from FLA where I was born.

 

[Skipton]

My Murray Fire Cat... My Two sons like to ride the snot out of this bike :wink:

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[Stevil]

I didn't think the Springer fork came on a Firecat, only the King Kat. But it does look great.
I 'm building a Blue Streak with that setup but this frame has more of rake to it. Hoping for
a fun ride like your boys. Great pics. :lol:

 

[Skipton]

I didn't think the Springer fork came on a Firecat, only the King Kat. But it does look great.
I 'm building a Blue Streak with that setup but this frame has more of rake to it. Hoping for
a fun ride like your boys. Great pics. :lol:

Stevil

I think you are right about the fork when I built this bike almost 20 years ago :shock:
The frame came with just the standard triple tree. At the Ann Arbor Swap meet in the early 90's I found the NOS Springer :mrgreen:
I can't remember exactly what i paid for it....but I think it was 25 bucks! 8)

Thanks for the complements

 

[bikebuilder]

Well, krates are pretty common, but here's mine anyway. I have a really interesting, really cheesy dragster swingbike I am working on. I will post it here when I'm done.

 

[Jimmy the Gent]

Not quite up to par of the rest (yet).......especially after that Krate,but:

June '75 Sting Ray:

Started as this...

is now this:

 

[bikebuilder]

Here are some early builds. I had almost forgotten about them. I built these bikes for my little brothers before the internet was popular. I had to scan old photos in. I hope they are clear enough to see. Those were good times. 3 speed hubs were all over locally and cheap. I had laced one up on the two choppers. The blue one had a grip throttle style shifter. I put the orange chopper together for that brothers' 7th birthday. My youngest brother saw it and wanted a chopper "so bad I can just aaagghhh!". He was 5 years old. I laughed so hard at that. So I put one together for him too. Look at that face. He was serious drag bike racing 5 year old. You can kind-of see the back gear if you look close. I had welded a 40 tooth or so front gear onto the back for a really low gear ratio. He couldn't go very fast, but he loved it. The first picture with him in his pajama shirt was his second chopper when he was just a little taller. That one was built from a schwinn varsity.

 

[relentless giant]

Here's a buncha my muscle bikes for ya to check out.....bein' from the E.C. of Canada, I may have a few different muscle bikes to add to this thread!
Custom '67 Schwinn Stingray Fastback 5-speed....

'62 Schwinn Stingray Deluxe...

'65 Simpson Sears Stampeder.....

Early 70's CCM Scrambler...

Another Early 70's CCM Scrambler...it belongs to a buddy, even if it's a permenant resident in my garage......

'60's Sears frame....

'80's CCM Mustang....

'73 CCM Maurader....

'69 CCM Mustang...a famous hot rod artist named Jeff Norwell is buyin' this after seein' it at our bike show, cause it was the exact bike from his childhood!

'68 Raleigh Fireball 3-speed......

'69 Raleigh Fireball 3-speed with coaster brake(rare, I've been told)....

'72 Raleigh Chopper MK2.....

'62(?) NOS Rapido convertable......

I call this one the Mexican Destroyer.....

Mid 70's NOS Leader Whisper.....

Early 70's NOS Leader Marquee.....

Early 70's Sears Gremlin(I think?).....

Here's one row of 'em at the 1st Annual E.C.W.T. Bicycle Club bike show last month.....

Another pic from the bike show...

And here's on last one of me in my garage.....photo was taken for the newspaper for one of the articles they did about our bike show....

I have a few others, just no pics at the moment.

 

[bikebuilder]

NIce bikes! Where did you find the wheels on the fastback?

 

[relentless giant]

NIce bikes! Where did you find the wheels on the fastback?

Thanx! I was told he found 'em on ebay, but someone else found 'em online somewhere...sorry I don't have more info...they're called swirl mags, if that helps!

Just built this one today from scraps....

Before...

After....

 

[kingfish254]

This started off as a BEER RUN cruiser, but during the last two days of the build off, I gave it more of a muscle bike feel when I found a steering wheel and added a skateboard sissy bar (sorta). I think of this as the bike I should have built when I outgrew my Screamer 2 as a kid.

 

[Outlaw90]

Re: Muscle Bikes

ill jump in here

heres some of my muscle bike collection
unknown short frame mid build for my niece

1972 repco dragster with some mods survivor

malvern star flying wedge 24 20 the only known to exist at this point

1969 5 speed malvern star dragster survivor

NOS 1972 olympic dragster only one known to exist at this point

1973 raleigh chopper mk 2 ultra violet restored

1974 repco dragster with mods survivorhttp://www.ratrodbikes.com/foru ... ode=bbcode

1975 long framed dragster survivor

1975 malvern star flting wedge survivor

re issue grey ghost

reissue malvern star dragster

reissue malvern star dragster

raleigh thomahawk turned into custom mini chopper a build for my daughter tanayha

my rat rod 07 razor viper

1970s 16 inch custom dragster build for my daughter sienna

come check out my bike collecting forum sometime
http://www.retro-rollers.com/

WHERE DO YOU GET THOSE MAG WHEEL INCERTS??

 

[Jake Sensi]

DOES THIS FIT IN AS A MUSCLE BIKE?!? THIS IS MY WHITE WEDDING BUILD

ALSO MY TEENAGE WASTELAND BUILD

HOW ABOUT THE BLUEZ

OR... THE PUNISHER!!!

PEACE

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

Here's the 1972 Schwinn Lil' Chik I built for my daughter.

Build threads:
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=39655&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=ette

http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=43641&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&hilit=ette


Cheers,
Dr. T

 

[kingfish254]

Jake, Your builds definitely are Muscle Bike worthy.

Tank, (spoken as Hanz and Franz) The girly muscles of your Sara Kate build really Pump,,,,,Me Up!

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

"Hear me now and believe me later"........THANKS!

 

[Jake Sensi]

"Hear me now and believe me later"........THANKS!

DOC YOU SHOULD START A GIRLS MUSCLE BIKE THREAD!! YA KNOW THAT LIL CHIK IS THE SH**!! AND THANKS B!! I BUILD EM JAKE--TUFF :mrgreen: PEACE