Recent content by Fat Lip

I entered the last build off with this bike but I never got around to doing anything with it other than get most of the parts needed to build it. I thought with the virus that things would slow down at work but instead it got crazy busy and I just didn't have the time to work on this bike. That...

Cool bike! MO7 is a 1977 Murray. They made a lot of different bikes using that same frame in the late 1970's including the NFL bikes sold at Sears stores. Looking at my 1977 Murray catalog it only shows one bike with that frame, front springer, seat shock struts and padded seat combination. The...

Seat and sissy bar....more patina!!! I should probably get a tetanus shot before I start assembly.

After a little more digging today I found another muffler chainguard. I originally bought this to restore and use on a Murray MX dirt bike build but I think it will work better on this chopper instead. I'm going to leave the 'ratty' patina on it. It matches the theme of the bike I'm building.

Did some parts digging today and found a rear fender, a muffler chainguard and a nice Carlisle slick.

I pulled out two chopper frames that I had, a Free Spirit that was repainted blue and a Gambles that's rusty and crusty. Normally when I build a bike I will start with a nicer frame. But because I'm building more of a 'rat' bike for this build I'm going to use the rusty Gambles frame. It's...

I've decided to join this year's build off. This will be my fourth attempt at a build off bike. Although I eventually finished building the other three, I missed the deadlines. I'll post pictures of those in the appropriate forums later. I'm building what I like to call a Murray Fire Rat...

Sorry, but I don't have time to build it. If you want, I can send you the parts you want and you can build it yourself. All of the black parts should be stripped and repainted. The plastic rear fender has some small sections broken off and missing at the back end and both fenders should be...

Here is what I found so far. I have a set of original rims too. I just have to dig them out. The last picture shows new parts that I have, a seat, waffle grips and Carlisle knobby tires. Shipping a bike to Spain will be expensive though.

That was my bike. Unfortunately I sold it in 2012 but I'm pretty sure that I have most, if not all the parts needed to build another one. I took that picture in my front yard. Here are some more pics from that day:

Yeah, Thunder Road's were MX bikes that Huffy released in the mid seventies. Pro Thunder's were BMX bikes that were released starting in the early eighties.

It's a Murray Cat MX bike similar to my Murray built Sears Free Spirit MX bike. Early versions had the pie plate chainguard. Later ones had the full length. They used 24" springer forks so that there would be extra clearance between the front fender and tire to give the bike a 'Motocross' look...

Very cool!!!! I just recently got the last thing I need to put my 1976 Evel MX bike together...

To me it looks like a later model rail frame that someone added the center bar to. The bar looks too straight. It should have a curve to it.

I had an October 1968 Orange Krate. It had a regular seat post, an orange seat and gold dot brake levers. The seat may have been replaced in the 1970's though as well as the rear slick. The post and brake levers I think are original to the bike since it was late in the model year.