Murrrat ...a few shop notes...

[Rustinkerer]

Soooo, some progress has been made, despite a hacking case of bronchitis! The frame itself is painted except for the purple accents. And some purple on the chainguard. Some gains made on cleaning up some wheels that'll be painted purple too! The big limiter is the Carolina weather, which is currently interrupting the Coca Cola 600, about 40 miles south of here. More rain than should be legal! Slowly but surely, the Purple beast will emerge from the basement! ~Adam

[SSG]

I believe phoenix is a fairly large bicycle manufacturer in China. I like the style of these little "shopper" type bikes.

[Rustinkerer]

Soooo, I realized when I tried to put the sprocket back on that I bent the Fieda frame stays out too far. It's kinda tweaked too. I can fix it, but don't have the time or patience right now! So, for a stand in, I grabbed my Murray Klunker project aka Mudklunk, and stripped it down. Here it was in it's last configuration: It has killer patina, but it's more of a candy apple red (under the flat black) than the burgundy I thought it was. So the purple parts aren't gonna fly. However, I was diggin' thru some parts boxes, and found a tank that'll fit (flipped girls' tank), and other goodies. Still using the Flightliner springer! I'm thinking maybe some crusty chrome fenders and a rear rack too. Someone was commenting about the lack of rattiness on this BO's entries recently, and this one will help balance that out!! New name: Murrat! ~Adam

[karfer67]

wow cutting it close. good luck with the build and hey i thought i was carrying the ratty flag with my build at least

[Rustinkerer]

Today, had some quality bike time, and got paint on the Murrat! Ivory accents on the frame, Krylon cherry red on the tank, rack and front rim, and more filler primer on the Schwinn chainguard! Also swapped the crankset for a slightly smaller one, complete w/ freshly greased bearings! I'ts all coming together muhuuhuuuahhh!

[Rustinkerer]

Despite the swamp heat, the Murrrat is nearing completion! Tires & tubes on, rear one held air for a whole five mintues .. Rack's painted, with jaunty stripe! Still in the paint "shop", chainguard, and, I painted ivory accents on the tank, shown here in taped on mock up mode! I have a conduit clamp for the top, and mini zip ties for the back. Still m.i.a: bolt for the springer truss, I took it off to wire wheel the thing. I searched around for a seat, and my eye caught the brown mesinger, so I stuck it on there! I feel confident this will be roadworthy and posted finished before the deadline!! ~Adam

[Rustinkerer]

I meant to add these to the finished post, whoops! Some may wonder how I mounted the Schwinn guard on there. Well, I got some "L" corner brackets from Lowe's, and bolted one to the guard, and used a self tapping screw to attach it to the BB. At the rear, I used a funky small strap that must have come off the Feida! But a regular coaster brake strap would've worked. The mid rise apes are from a crusty Ross Barracuda, I was amazed how well they cleaned up! And I still haven't found the springer bolt, so I stuck a fence bolt in there! ~Adam

[socal kid]

where did you get thoes springer forks?

[Rustinkerer]

where did you get thoes springer forks?

Ebay. They're 60s Murray Flightliner/spaceliner forks with the struts reversed to lower it. Quite a few of them on this build off! ~Adam