Ah man, you're right.
How about if I made it go "shaboinnnnnng,,,,,,,,,,,,shaboinnnnnng,,,,,,,,,,,,shaboinnnnnng,,,,,,,,,,,,shaboinnnnnng,,,,,,,,,,,,"
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Ah man, you're right.
How about if I made it go "shaboinnnnnng,,,,,,,,,,,,shaboinnnnnng,,,,,,,,,,,,shaboinnnnnng,,,,,,,,,,,,shaboinnnnnng,,,,,,,,,,,,"
This is one of my favorite pictures of the bunch. Great looking build.Cool looking cardinal.
You are right about the bars, rack, and guard. Those sweeping "go fast" lines are definitely there.
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Here are a few more 1st test ride pics.
It's always fun to show off my city while showing off my bike.
MattiThundrrr
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I know it's someone else's paint, and it can't be the final thing, but damn, it looks good
I agree. Paint and finish wise, the current setup that I was riding around on looks good together. I still doubt that I will keep the orange, but I am not ruling it out as I did before. But there is more to the build than what was on it for this ride, so I will reevaluate when the build is more complete. Then I will decide of color and finish. Gotta finish building the beastie and then see what it tells me it wants to wear.
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Ain't that the truth!
MattiThundrrr
Rattus All Terrainus
Not for Matti. I have learned, after stalling out and failing miserably on the ONE TINY BIKE I TRIED TO PAINT, that the paint that's on there is what it's going to wear. Poor Donkey...
If I do keep the orange, I may just have to break out my last pair of Kenny chess pieces to use as valve caps like I did on Fugsley.
MO FATTA MO BETTA Fugsley Flashback
Wow, this was almost 9 years ago!!!
You can follow the whole Motorcycle Tire Size journey starting here
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...o-betta-believe-it-or-not-traded.44315/page-7
The tires I ended up using were Harley Davidson Dunlop
D402F MT 90 B 16 72H and it's dimensions are:
Inside Diameter = 16"
Outside Diameter = 25"
Outside Width (bead to bead) =3"
Outsude Width = 5"
Here it is mounted next to a stock OCC 20x4 tire.
Here is what became Fugsley, and where I created the term MO FATTA MO BETTA
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Love the name. I recall my brother calling our pug that once.
Thanks on the size, I have an old electric stingray that got cut up a couple years ago and need to build something with the back half.
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One thing I haven't had a chance to mention about my first test ride is the fact that I discovered very abruptly that there isn't enough tire clearance for the springer fork to compress correctly. As I was leaving Forsyth Park (where the fountain is) and the wheel hit the dip onto the road, the fork locked on to the tire and IMMEDIATELY brought the front of the bike the a COMPLETE STOP. I was probably going less than 4 MPH, but it threw most of me over the bars. I landed hands first with the lower half of my body at the bars. Only a bruised shin.
I still continued to ride the bike for an hour after that, just making sure not to hit any bumps.
Well tonight I finally had time to get out and check the geometry to find the reason for the clearance issue.
If you look at my starsNbars Girvin for reference, you will see the two arms that go from the steer tube to the fork are straight or angle down and the fork legs are the same angle as the headtube and there is a ton of space between the steertube yoke and the tire.
Now look at the same areas on SteamRoller. Both swing arms angle up and the yoke is really close to the tire. This is because the head tubes on Twin Bars are extra long, so while the Girvin fork fits the frame, it can't fit it properly and operate. Even if I replace the spring with a solid pipe, the fork legs would still angle back at a different angle than the headtube.
As I was eplaining this to Dr. T, I remembered that bighit broke his hand or wrist when he built out this frame and fork combo. I was thinking that it had something to do with the handbrake he had setup, but I bet it was the fork locking on the tire when it compressed. So we determined that this fork is cursed for this frame like Greg's tiki charm was in Hawaii. So I have made the decision that I need to exorcise this demon fork from this frame.
I still continued to ride the bike for an hour after that, just making sure not to hit any bumps.
Well tonight I finally had time to get out and check the geometry to find the reason for the clearance issue.
If you look at my starsNbars Girvin for reference, you will see the two arms that go from the steer tube to the fork are straight or angle down and the fork legs are the same angle as the headtube and there is a ton of space between the steertube yoke and the tire.
Now look at the same areas on SteamRoller. Both swing arms angle up and the yoke is really close to the tire. This is because the head tubes on Twin Bars are extra long, so while the Girvin fork fits the frame, it can't fit it properly and operate. Even if I replace the spring with a solid pipe, the fork legs would still angle back at a different angle than the headtube.
As I was eplaining this to Dr. T, I remembered that bighit broke his hand or wrist when he built out this frame and fork combo. I was thinking that it had something to do with the handbrake he had setup, but I bet it was the fork locking on the tire when it compressed. So we determined that this fork is cursed for this frame like Greg's tiki charm was in Hawaii. So I have made the decision that I need to exorcise this demon fork from this frame.
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I think another springer like the one on the back would flow nicely. Do what ya got to do.
