BO15 RaTs GaSs...Great year all!...pg 26

[BartRidesEternal]

This is sweet! Also learned something new about the stained glass. Thanks!

And that kickstand... youre bike is on its own feet!
Please don't kick the competition with it

I'll stop the jokes now, love that gasser build!

 

[SkyknightJohn]

Dang that’s lookin’ good!

 

[kingfish254]

That light came out great!

 

[OddJob]

That light came out great!

Thanks for the inspiration~!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Look'n good OJ!

I have to admit that the first mock up that you posted showing the fork/fender/wheel set up on the bike really looked off to me. But when I remembered that it is a gasser it made sense. I'm thinking that without the gasser reference most people won't get it.

I'm guessing that you have another ace up your sleeve though!

 

[kingfish254]

I know what's missing on the gasser moon tank. It needs a filler cap. Since it's a beer can, maybe use a beer bottle cap. If it needs more size, then you can use gear from a cassette.

 

[Karate Chicken Industries]

The compliment between the light and the yellow in the Moon Eyes = WIN

 

[OddJob]

I know what's missing on the gasser moon tank. It needs a filler cap. Since it's a beer can, maybe use a beer bottle cap. If it needs more size, then you can use gear from a cassette.

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Yes! I am planning on a filler cap for sure. Haven't quite got it down to what yet. But a beer bottle cap might do it.

 

[OddJob]

The compliment between the light and the yellow in the Moon Eyes = WIN

Thanks man! One of those 'unplanned' coincidences. But yeah, I like it too.

 

[OddJob]

Look'n good OJ!

I have to admit that the first mock up that you posted showing the fork/fender/wheel set up on the bike really looked off to me. But when I remembered that it is a gasser it made sense. I'm thinking that without the gasser reference most people won't get it.

I'm guessing that you have another ace up your sleeve though!

You know me too well, TRM!

 

[OddJob]

RaTs GaSs build Day #20

Top Ten Weather.....RaT oN~! Videologue #5

 

[kingfish254]

Diggin the jazzy light idea daddy-o

 

[Fv2]

Been keeping busy out there, back 40 looks a little crowded.

 

[SoulGarageOH]

Love the ideologues, OJ. You have a calming voice that works well with "how to" videos. I'm looking forward to seeing how that acrylic vinyl paint works on your seat. I saw it somewhere and was wondering if it would work well on a bike seat.

 

[OddJob]

Been keeping busy out there, back 40 looks a little crowded.

Yeah, I gotta thin the herd a bit. Helen Wheels is for my grand-niece in about 4 years. Got a buyer for Hawth- Rod. '91 Fisher Montare mtb needs a new home.

 

[OddJob]

Love the ideologues, OJ. You have a calming voice that works well with "how to" videos. I'm looking forward to seeing how that acrylic vinyl paint works on your seat. I saw it somewhere and was wondering if it would work well on a bike seat.

I use the 100% acrylic. It works well. And for the 'vintage' look, it does gradually wear off and gives it a nice aged look.

When I was a kid, I would lay in bed at night in our attic bedroom out on the farm, and listen to the stereo counsel with those big built in 2-way speakers and practise being a late night DJ.

 

[OddJob]

Diggin the jazzy light idea daddy-o

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[OddJob]

RaTs GaSs build Day #21

Gettin' down in the details...
I did a preview of my idea for the rear tail light in my most recent Videologue #5 further up this page 9. Today I was able to finish it off. I ended up not going with the first 'modern' reflector as the lens. Instead, I found a bangle on an old mud flap from my neighbors bicycle that I turned into "Four-gone Conclusion" in an MBBO build off couple years back. This red lens is a doozy!

As I was looking at it, and enjoying a happy hour 'beverage' in the BACK40, something spoke right out loud, it was the ale talking.
"You need a shroud around that lens. Look at the bottom of my can. See ?

Sure enough, if I trim out the inside ring, and then cut the bottom rim off the can, it will fit right around that lens.

Another project today was inspired by my brother and inspirational director, Kingfish. He suggested a fuel cap for the MOON eyes Hamm's beer keg can / faux gas can. His suggestion was to use a bottle cap, as it is shaped like a cap with ridges to grip when twisting off. Of course I didn't have any laying around, so I had to empty a bottle. I like it @kingfish254 !

The third thing I accomplished today was to paint the white saddle. @GuitarlCarl once said,
" Real men don't ride white saddles" (or something like that) during our Fall Muscle Bike BO. That's when I used some black Flex Seal spray paint to paint my saddle on RaTsberry Buffet.

I finished off the black with a couple coats of clear, and it is shiny as the day I did it back in late October / early Nov. So I figured, let's go! I did it again with RaTs GaSs rear end support system.

I forgot to mention, I ditched the 'push light' style idea for the rear tail light. As I was eye balling the size of the trumpet mute, I remembered I had a second remote control LED light just like the one I used in the head light. It took some doing, as I had to splice and dice the two pieces of the mute, but in the end it turned out as good as I could have expected.

Now I have one control, that works for head and tail light.

Off.....

On...

 

[Captain Awesome]

Nice work OJ! Totally using that flex seal hack. Way easier than recovering!!

 

[OddJob]

Definitely use a clear over the flex seal. It likes to stay tacky otherwise. But the texture of it is like a faux leather look, really durable too!