rat racer

[willyschad]

this is my rat racer. my brother has posted some pics of this bike before, but i've done a lot of work since then. i'm not sure what kind, model, or year the frame is, i just like cutting it up. i put a slick on the back that is actually a tire from a horse racing buggy. cut the seatpost off and fabricated my own seat out of aluminum. put a skinny tire on the front for that drag bike look and some low short bars. like any project it'll never be finished. made panel out of sheet metal to fill in between top bars. next step is some cool lettering.
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[KOTA]

Nice job! Clean and simple. I like the skinny tire up front. A (contrasting) # plate on it would look nice.

 

[Anonymous]

Willys,You nailed the look BIG TIME!

 

[aka_locojoe]

Nice bike.
Maybe you could share how you made and mounted your seat here... viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5592

 

[willyschad]

i made a couple of seat patterns out of paper until i found a shape i was happy with. then i traced the pattern onto 1/8 inch aluminum and cut out with a jigsaw. bent the front of the seat with a handheld break to get it to fit around the top post. to get the curve up in the back i bent the seat around a 4" piece of exhaust tubing. i drilled and tapped a 1/4" hole in the top tube to mount the front of the seat and welded a piece of 3/8" roundbar between the bottom of the seat and the rear frame of the bike.

 

[necessaryevil]

Snap a picture with the willys in the background, they kinda belong together.

 

[oldgreenbean]

Hey willyschad,Post a pic of the seat.How did you mount it? Real cool bike.

 

[Boardtrack fan]

Looking good! I like what you did with the seat especially.

 

[Sabotagecreations]

i put a slick on the back that is actually a tire from a horse racing buggy.

Very Cool bike!

But, what size are those wheels and the frame size?

and Where do you get tires from a horse racing buggy????

 

[user 135]

Cool bike. neat setup on the seat. We were just talking about those horse buggy tires. Looks great on a bike and like and old General tire that i just threw out (cracked).

 

[willyschad]

the wheels and bike are 26". i got the rear slick at a bike swap meet in indianapolis

 

[willyschad]

here's a closer look at the seat, slick, and custom cut rear fender

 

[Sabotagecreations]

the wheels and bike are 26". i got the rear slick at a bike swap meet in indianapolis

26" Slicks!!!!!

Does anybody know where I can find these tires????

 

[bigredddaddy]

That bike is sweet! I love the seat, I've got some AL diamond plate colletting dust that you've givin' purpose to. That 26" slick is cool and stirs everyone, so can you tell what brand it is.

 

[66olds98]

No Frills, No Gimmicks! I like yer style...

 

[willyschad]

the only writing on the slick is the name JERALD

 

[october]

here's some on this page... top right... $20 a tire

looks like they come in 20, 24, and 26

oct.


http://www.bennettstack.com/jeraldwheels&tires.htm

 

[mastershake916]

here's some on this page... top right... $20 a tire

looks like they come in 20, 24, and 26

oct.


http://www.bennettstack.com/jeraldwheels&tires.htm

That's cool.
I have some that are kind of like that, except the tread isn't as wide, they're from like the 50's and from goodyear I think.