rat bike "burgundy beast"

[boondocks]

well i started spring break this week and i had a few bikes laying around, one was an older marquis mountain bike (i think) and the other a chopper bike that was bought at walmart a few years back and i thought why not

cut the frame in the back to fit with the 3- speed rear tire, changed the forks to the ones off of the marquis bike, built a one off shifter for the 3-speed, put on a set of handlebars off of a motorized roadmaster parts bike, and a different seat...im not sure what it is but i like it
to come in the future
-plan on painting the frame burgundy
-new tires?
-artwork
-cleaning all the chrome

 

[boondocks]

so i did some work today...well alot of work
started by taking everything back apart after test fitting everything

starting to strip the paint

then from this point on i forgot to take pictures of the sanding, primer, more sanding, 3 coats of paint, and 5 coats of clear (all walmart paint, plastikote)

up next is taking and cleaning it up more, spraying the rest of the parts such as the forks and fenders, then letting that all dry and see how it all gos together again (hopefully no leftover screws) :lol: excuse the last pic....i used my flip phone

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Looking good!

Luke.

 

[boondocks]

did alot of work today, and got the bike pretty close to finished

got it rolling

ran the lines, finished relocating rear brakes and put on shifter, went for a ride

still to do
-re wrap the seat
-tires
-finish cleaning the shifter
-adjust breaks
-cruise
-grips

 

[RowBoat]

This thing looks sweet!

 

[boondocks]

sorry for bringing back a slightly old topic, my internet was off and i havent been able to get on realy much to uplode, i figured id update it in case anyone actualy was interested

new shifter made of round tubing with a skull stuffed on the top

rebuilt the mechanism that shifts the pin in and out pof the rear hub, and bought a new hub at the goodguys swap meet to replace the old one that locked up

after riding around the swap meet i noticed that it was hard at steering and got home took it apart and looked in it, the bearings were junk, so i replaced most parts in the front end including a new pair of forks to replace the old warped ones

layed down some new paint on top of the burgundy to ad character, the colors are hotrod white, universal black, and silver stripes

got a new fender from the swap meet
and some pictures from the show

i made a pretty good spot saver while i took our coupe to get judged, got back and my uncle told me that it drew more attention then the cars sometimes hahaha :lol:
whats left to do?
-rear fender
-going to mount a small motor and custom transmission with drum breaks running on the rear wheel
-more pin striping
-new valve stem caps.........the stole them off the bike at the show when we were not looking....
-making the new chrome shiny to! 8)

 

[mitchelangelo]

that is an awesome looking ride! Looks very functional too. :mrgreen:

 

[boondocks]

hitin the bike again, added a fender to the rear, new chain shifter, and some custom made forks mad from two sets of older mountain bike forks and a seat spring

before

since the clear coat i put on previously messed up the paint i plan on stripping it all down one last time, cleaning and finishing welds, and painting it black and burgundy with aluminum accents 8)

 

[noodlenoggin]

That is a COOL idea for the fork!