Hey Guys!
Someone over at The CABE sent me here after sharing these - so I'm new here and thought I'd share a pair of projects I'm slowly working on.
This all started innocently enough - I got a PAIR of Ladies SpaceLiner's at an extremely reasonable price - 1 Standard Painted Frame & 1 Deluxe Chrome Springer.
The Standard was actually in better condition than the Deluxe but I didn't give it much thought at the time.
I Also had a "Rat Trike" I'd been riding about & having fun with for several years...
... but my Mrs's somehow managed to collapse & fold back the frame / seat tube on it.
I REALLY liked the flowing lines of those Ladies SpaceLiners - but that Male-Ego thing bit
me in the butt a little...
... and it didn't take long to realize a simple "bent tube" cross bar from a Ladies Schwinn Breeze parts donor in the shed would make a pretty cool looking Mens version out of it!!!
Once that part of the vision came together in my head...
... grafting that to my now ruined Trike's rear clip seemed only natural!!!
I did fully assemble the trike with odd parts onhand to see how sturdy it was structurally and to test it after welding it up...
... but now it sits incomplete as I painted the frame and I'm slowly collecting the final parts I want on it to complete it.
Unfortunately I lost the step-by-step buildup photos I was keeping when my last computer
suffered a final horrific crash...
... HOWEVER - I'm getting ready to build a second matching trike for my Mrs's and I'll post those photos and progress here if anybody actually likes it enough to want to see them???
The part of this build I feel makes them unrestorable is the rear frame dropouts have to be cut off vertically right infront of the opening for the axles on the stock bikes...
... and the head-tube has to be trimmed about 3/8th of an inch top & bottom for the chosen forks to fit!
Here are a few photos of the trike awaiting final assembly detail parts...
I should also mention I'm debating refinishing the color on this one.
Since I'm going to restore atleast 2 or 3 Ladies 2-wheel SpaceLiners for my Mrs's & Daughters...
... I'm seriously thinking of painting BOTH Trikes in a correct color-matching Green with White Tanks for the Standard Painted Spaceliner look!
I'll continue to post updates here if anybody is amused by these???!!!
Talk Soon!
Blessings!
Will,
Someone over at The CABE sent me here after sharing these - so I'm new here and thought I'd share a pair of projects I'm slowly working on.
This all started innocently enough - I got a PAIR of Ladies SpaceLiner's at an extremely reasonable price - 1 Standard Painted Frame & 1 Deluxe Chrome Springer.
The Standard was actually in better condition than the Deluxe but I didn't give it much thought at the time.
I Also had a "Rat Trike" I'd been riding about & having fun with for several years...
... but my Mrs's somehow managed to collapse & fold back the frame / seat tube on it.
I REALLY liked the flowing lines of those Ladies SpaceLiners - but that Male-Ego thing bit
me in the butt a little...
... and it didn't take long to realize a simple "bent tube" cross bar from a Ladies Schwinn Breeze parts donor in the shed would make a pretty cool looking Mens version out of it!!!
Once that part of the vision came together in my head...
... grafting that to my now ruined Trike's rear clip seemed only natural!!!
I did fully assemble the trike with odd parts onhand to see how sturdy it was structurally and to test it after welding it up...
... but now it sits incomplete as I painted the frame and I'm slowly collecting the final parts I want on it to complete it.
Unfortunately I lost the step-by-step buildup photos I was keeping when my last computer
suffered a final horrific crash...
... HOWEVER - I'm getting ready to build a second matching trike for my Mrs's and I'll post those photos and progress here if anybody actually likes it enough to want to see them???
The part of this build I feel makes them unrestorable is the rear frame dropouts have to be cut off vertically right infront of the opening for the axles on the stock bikes...
... and the head-tube has to be trimmed about 3/8th of an inch top & bottom for the chosen forks to fit!
Here are a few photos of the trike awaiting final assembly detail parts...
I should also mention I'm debating refinishing the color on this one.
Since I'm going to restore atleast 2 or 3 Ladies 2-wheel SpaceLiners for my Mrs's & Daughters...
... I'm seriously thinking of painting BOTH Trikes in a correct color-matching Green with White Tanks for the Standard Painted Spaceliner look!
I'll continue to post updates here if anybody is amused by these???!!!
Talk Soon!
Blessings!
Will,
