'The Airship is back!'

[toro1978]

I think it really depends of the seating position. If you are leaning forward on the bars then a longer stem should help with the flop. If you are leaning back and are pulling on the bars then a reversed stem might help.
I am not sure though.

 

[GTHOtrod]

Painting finished. Ended up going a wicked copper fleck over black.

Also Drilled and painted the rear wheel to match the front

 

[Pondo]

That copper flake over black looks killer!

 

[GTHOtrod]

Finished the re assembly last night.
But the colours are just not quite working for me.

 

[GTHOtrod]

I re painted the rear wheel back to black, and swapped on a black front. Looks much more cohesive.

 

[GeePig]

It now looks very 19th century, in all that black

 

[GTHOtrod]

It now looks very 19th century, in all that black

Black is the new black hahaha

 

[OddJob]

Looks tight. How does it ride?

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

I'd like to ride that thing.

 

[Ulu]

My opinion is that black is for bicycles you don’t want people to notice. If you want to bike to be seen, you need to paint it in a light eye-catching color.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Black is the new black hahaha

Black has always been the new black. Bike looks downright murderous

 

[Slow-Rider]

Bringing back the build off 16 winner for a revamp.
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This time I plan to build it up as a muscle bike, with the two out of three rules being, a fat and skinny, plus ape hangers.

Will use a 20x3 out back, with a 26 or 700c up front. Leaning towards the pro class style rim I radial laced for my off road build, but didn't use.

This build will be somewhat inspired by custom baggers, with their small and fat rear's, and tall and skinny fronts. View attachment 214779

sounds cool but with those 2 fat tires it screams three wheel trike/ chopper with app hangers muscle bike.

 

[Ulu]

What kickstart? That’s an electraglide engine.

The only Harley trike I ever rode was a 45 with big Mickey Thompson’s on it. It was OK for puttering around. You could probably tow a car around with it, If the drawbar was low enough to the ground that you didn’t wheelie.

 

[GTHOtrod]

sounds cool but with those 2 fat tires it screams three wheel trike/ chopper with app hangers muscle bike.
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I like this idea, could be the next build for this frame

 

[GTHOtrod]

Looks tight. How does it ride?

Rides awesome. The leg extension is perfect to get plenty of power to the pedals. Ape hangers bring the hands to a comfortable position.

 

[Slow-Rider]

I like this idea, could be the next build for this frame

you have the frame and wheels. you just need to build the wright forks. then re cycle and mod a seat from some thing ells. for this build.

will this bagger get the gangster skirts? like real motor cycle baggers use.

 

[100 mile howie]

Today's progress.
Found a 26" fender for the rear to match the front.
Rear wheel needs to come closer to the frame.
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Rear was only tacked in place.
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Much better location
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Re shaped the rear fender to match the 20"rear.
Just sitting in place for a visual.
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Liking the look so far.

Can you tell how to reshape the fender to fit the smaller 20" wheel?

 

[GeePig]

Can you tell how to reshape the fender to fit the smaller 20" wheel?

I have a number of fenders for 20" wheels, I think I would start with one of those.

 

[Slow-Rider]

I have a number of fenders for 20" wheels, I think I would start with one of those.

shouldn't it be more like this fender on my scratch built bike?

 

[GTHOtrod]

Can you tell how to reshape the fender to fit the smaller 20" wheel?

It's a difficult process to describe, but easy to do.
As the fenders are curved it both directions, by flattening the fenders, it will pull it to a smaller radius.
Also the opposite applies. By squeezing in a fashion to make them narrower, they will also grow in radius. So to step up from 26" to 27.5 for example. The trade off is it becomes narrower.

Now the main reason for me using a 26" cruiser fender, then flattening to shrink the radius, the trade of was it became wide enough to cover my 3"wide rear tyre.

Hope that I haven't made it way more confusing than it is