First build

[Travis]

First post, first build. Pretty mild as builds go, but I already have plans for the next one.

Frame is powdercoated, but I'd paint it if I had to do over- unless I found a coater who could get a candy color more consistent than this.

Seeing the bikes you guys post on here really make me want to do more stuff!

 

[Markm]

Cool! Is that a flightliner frame? Dont forget to post an intro and tell us more and where your from!
Welcome :mrgreen:

 

[muddywater04]

clean and classy, looks great....

 

[Travis]

It's a 1958 Flightliner, but has quite a few Spaceliner parts on it... that saddle is now being recovered in black & white leather, and the white tank is on my dining table, being rewired with 2 18-LED headlights.

Those wheels are hard to come by in Ft. Smith, Arkansas... ordered them from Let It Roll Bike shop in CA.

 

[HotRodJen]

agreee with the other post .. very classy i like it

 

[ratina]

Sharp bike!

 

[Travis]

Thanks, guys...

 

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

that bike is a beauty. seriously. nice job. i'd put a lincoln continental hood ornament on it for a head badge.

 

[slacker]

That is a sweet bike. It will be killer when you get the tank done. Amazing first effort.

 

[Galtbacken]

Really nice looking bike!

 

[Gold Street Customs]

8) 8) :mrgreen:

 

[SSG]

That looks awesome. Man that's a ton of spokes.

 

[greggah]

love the rims.. I had a set and they look killer when rolling.

 

[roadmaster]

sweet!!! love the color and those rims are sick. whats the spoke count of those? 144's? clean and classy all the way. welcome. :mrgreen:

 

[Travis]

Yeah, there's 288 spokes on that bike. I was hoping to get the tank wired up this weekend, but taxes and paperwork have been the stars of the moment.

The color is Prismatic Lollipop Red, and is apparently very difficult to shoot (and of course, that's the color I choose). I tested my powder coater with this one, I guess.

Sometime this summer I'll be getting some white pinstriping and lettering on there, I think.

 

[Travis]

Tank is finally on! Not finished with it, though. Headlights are 42 LED lights of blazing awesomeness. I plan to have some kind of accent on the tank sides... still deciding. I have vector artwork prepped if I want to add the JC Higgins logo, but I don't plan to add the Flightliner logo at all. The aluminum strip on top of the tank above the headlights was not salvageable. Still trying to decided how to handle that...

 

[mastronaut]

WOW! Nice work on the headlight! The tanks are awesome on the old Flightliners. I lucked out finding my decals online....

 

[Travis]

Hey, I saw these photos over on the CABE site... cool decals! I am currently designing my own decals and will be getting them cut (or printed, if it works out) soon.

I am still waiting to get my real saddle back from the guy who's recovering it for me... this poor little seat kills me! I'm a big guy, and the seat is like concrete where it counts!

 

[mastronaut]

Where did you get those hub caps?
The updated pics of my Flightliner are here:
http://velospace.org/node/20239

 

[Travis]

Got the hubcaps on eBay for about 40 bucks a set. I have some for the front axle, but I'm not sure how to fit them on there... the springer mounts get in the way. I had the larger chainring that you have, but I put a smaller Spaceliner one on there... I have the plastic hubcap that goes on my chainring but the finish is gone & I'm looking into ways of making it shiny again.

You should get some LED lights going behind that grill in your tank's headlight opening! Like you need more lights, but still...