Steampunk bike project

[54shadow]

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[Endlesschain]

awesome,the cool thing about steampunk is there are so many ways to do it i.e all polished/all flat with polished accents/rusty/and combinations that are showroom or dirty/greasy and endless styles,I watchin dis

 

[54shadow]

awesome,the cool thing about steampunk is there are so many ways to do it i.e all polished/all flat with polished accents/rusty/and combinations that are showroom or dirty/greasy and endless styles,I watchin dis

I'll get some more pics up of the progress on the project. Yep, hard to over or under do, Steampunk.

 

[Moisstink]

Oh, and the tank. Cut the end out of it, found a Revereware pot lid that fit perfect, attached it with a strap hinge. Water faucet knob for the handle.
With it closed.
And ajar.

Now that is friggen coooool. I have not seen that done before, I may try something with that in the future.

 

[54shadow]

Now that is friggen coooool. I have not seen that done before, I may try something with that in the future.

This is what this site is all about, improvising and adapting, sharing ideas. Thanks for the kudos!

 

[g-ratter]

How about wrapping the sides of the dash board on a brass stripe attached with a bunch of brass screws? Would give it some more texture as I call it.

 

[54shadow]

How about wrapping the sides of the dash board on a brass stripe attached with a bunch of brass screws? Would give it some more texture as I call it.

Now you come up with that idea, LOL! Just so happens I have a piece of kick plated that is solid brass, may do it! Thanks for the input!

 

[54shadow]

The project is almost done. Here is a link to a YT video of a walk around of the Steampunk bike and my Pinterest page.

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[54shadow]

Today, I installed the center panel. Might add one or two, do-dads, it is 99.5% complete, though.

A couple of do-dads that I had laying around. An old, 120 camera and an antique flashlight. Took some scrap leather, wrapped it around and laced it up with paracord. May work up a way to attach the flashlight to the bike some where, if not, I'll just put it in the tank when I ship it off.

 

[sixfootdan]

That looks cool man. Some of the purists wont like it but that's ok. Steam Punk is pretty cool. I never knew about it until I saw an episode of Bar Rescue where a bar was turned into a steam punk theme an I fell in love with the idea.

 

[54shadow]

That looks cool man. Some of the purists wont like it but that's ok. Steam Punk is pretty cool. I never knew about it until I saw an episode of Bar Rescue where a bar was turned into a steam punk theme an I fell in love with the idea.

Thanks for the great comment. The next bike build will be pure "Rat." Just took a break and made some bucks with a custom order. Next build, I am going to actually weld something for the first time ever.

 

[Anastasios Savvidis]

Really cool look! I like this style a lot. Well done sir!

 

[54shadow]

Really cool look! I like this style a lot. Well done sir!

Thank you, sir! I know, it's not a "Rat Bike," this one was commissioned, so, can't turn down some extra bucks on my pocket. Next one will be, pure rat.

 

[Dirty_Vinylpusher]

Two thumbs up from me!

 

[54shadow]

Two thumbs up from me!

Thank you, sir!

 

[Dirty_Vinylpusher]

Have you made any other steampunk stuff?

The attention to detail in this bike, along with your avatar would suggest so...

 

[54shadow]

Have you made any other steampunk stuff?

The attention to detail in this bike, along with your avatar would suggest so...

Yes, did a bike for the build off, last year. Here be a short video of i.

 

[54shadow]

Today was the day that I delivered the Steampunk project bike to its new owner. It is a friend of mine that I follow on YouTube that lives in New Mexico. She was in Oklahoma, visiting her grand kids and we met in Joplin, Mo. to get the bike to her. She was tickled pink. I put on some steampunk-like attire and posed on the bike.

 

[Dirty_Vinylpusher]

I posed on the bike

Oh...ok...so is your avatar pic from...a few years ago then.....?

 

[54shadow]

Oh...ok...so is your avatar pic from...a few years ago then.....?

Pretty, darn close to it.