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Re: Mustgo

Postby MplsCoaster on Wed May 16, 2012 9:01 pm

fordsnake wrote:Image

Nice!
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Re: Mustgo

Postby Road Master on Thu May 17, 2012 12:25 am

Yea, those vintage race bars are the hottest - dude you've got a ton of CWC parts I need. I have a 1940 frame identical to yours that is dying for a tank - leave me one in your will, please! Should be a great build to watch, of course I am partial to CWCs. Robert
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Re: Mustgo

Postby kingfish254 on Thu May 17, 2012 8:36 am

Slap a chain on and your done.
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Re: Mustgo

Postby ifitsfreeitsforme on Thu May 17, 2012 8:38 am

That is looking oh so sweet.
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Re: Mustgo

Postby fordsnake on Thu May 17, 2012 9:46 am

kingfish254 wrote:Slap a chain on and your done.


Oh no...I only just begun. The creative mind never ends, there's more to come. Stay tuned :D
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Re: Mustgo

Postby Skipton on Thu May 17, 2012 9:52 am

Great Stuff! :mrgreen:
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Re: Mustgo

Postby Circa Cycles on Thu May 17, 2012 4:32 pm

fordsnake wrote:
kingfish254 wrote:Slap a chain on and your done.


Oh no...I only just begun. The creative mind never ends, there's more to come. Stay tuned :D


Yeah,Man :!: That's what I like to hear :!:
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Re: Mustgo

Postby fordsnake on Sat May 19, 2012 12:14 pm

Not much progress this week...had personal matters that took priority, plus this weekend is shot. However I did dig up a few items for the build. What kind of seat to throw on the bike has had me stumped, although I have a selection of traditional long spring seats to pull from, I wanted something a more characteristic of a Rat Rod (raw & rough). I've decided to go a different route without springs and an undercarriage. Hopefully next week I'll be able to jump on it and have it mocked up?
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Bought this really cool 12" chainring off eBay, I don't think it's a Racycle sprocket...any thoughts as to what it could be off of?
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Re: Mustgo

Postby kingfish254 on Sat May 19, 2012 2:42 pm

I say that you should weld all of those sprockets together and weld them to the bike as a body insert. That's art man!
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Re: Mustgo

Postby fordsnake on Sat May 19, 2012 8:03 pm

kingfish254 wrote:I say that you should weld all of those sprockets together and weld them to the bike as a body insert. That's art man!

...cool idea, how about doing it as a fender ornament? :D
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Re: Mustgo

Postby kingfish254 on Sat May 19, 2012 8:11 pm

fordsnake wrote:
kingfish254 wrote:I say that you should weld all of those sprockets together and weld them to the bike as a body insert. That's art man!

...cool idea, how about doing it as a fender ornament? :D


Or as one side of some fender skirts!!
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Re: Mustgo

Postby fordsnake on Sat May 19, 2012 9:51 pm

kingfish254 wrote:
fordsnake wrote:
kingfish254 wrote:I say that you should weld all of those sprockets together and weld them to the bike as a body insert. That's art man!

...cool idea, how about doing it as a fender ornament? :D


Or as one side of some fender skirts!!


Sounds like a Steampunk direction? I like it!
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Re: Mustgo – update 5/22

Postby fordsnake on Tue May 22, 2012 6:03 pm

When you get a certain age, slow and steady is preferred...I'm taking my time on this build. I've spent the last few days trying to figure out a seat direction? I want the placement to be as low as possible over the frame (no springs), so I've settled on a hard pan! I walked away from my initial design and decided on a full under pan to stiffen the original seat. I was able to shape it out of a piece of 1/8" metal. I literally beat the crap out of it with a ball-peen hammer on a large anvil ...Image

I'm happy with how it turned out! Image

Finished the sprocket, it's now ready; centered and seated with the crank arm in place. Drilled a new hole in the sprocket, and added a shim for it to fit the hole.Image

Tomorrow I'll pick up some thin foam for the seat and try my hand at stitching the "M" design into some scrap leather before I wrap the seat. Image
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Re: Mustgo

Postby Circa Cycles on Tue May 22, 2012 7:23 pm

Nicely done :!:
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Re: Mustgo

Postby motopsyco on Tue May 22, 2012 7:32 pm

like wow
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