Look what I got for my chopper!

[ratina]

Driving home I saw a pair of motorcycle tires in the garbage, I thought nothing until a block later I remembered someone on the schwinn site saying some fit on a stock occ rear wheel. So I went back and grabbed them. Sure enough they were the right size. The size is 90R16 if anyone wants to know. Took about a half hour of convincing but it fits great. Boy is it heavy though. Had to put the bike back as a single speed so the chain will clear...still needs some tweaking but man it looks awesome! I think I'm going to mount the fender up higher since it wont fit in the stock spot. I wish I had a crappy occ frame then I would cut the fender mount off and reweld it shorter but I dont want to ruin this paint.








When I first got it: (UGLY)




After some mods:

[Markm]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!

[cody-james]

if you need a frame let me know i'm in mass but i could ship. i'm parting out the entire bike

[GodHatesCleveland]

Those apes make a difference-good call.

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

gosh that is so cool. you win showing up with that bad boy.

[ratina]

Those apes make a difference-good call.

Thanks, I was eating my knees on the original bars plus huge apes are awesome.

gosh that is so cool. you win showing up with that bad boy.

Thanks!

[OUTLAW]

look at my Gasser bike, i have a motorcycle tire on it. its just way to narley but kool.lol

Outlaw

[cman]

Looks good.

[ratina]

look at my Gasser bike, i have a motorcycle tire on it. its just way to narley but kool.lol

Outlaw

I saw that...its really cool!

[ratina]

Tire cleaned up REAL nice...looks brand new! Also polished up the paint as its been sitting for about a year and it was dirty.

I just need a longer brake cable and a way to hold it off of the tire, I'll probably use a zip tie around the seat tube temporarily.

[RATAFIED]

love this bike and the idea of having gears

cheers

[chimichanga]

wow thats awesome!

[cman]

To fix your brake cable, you may need to rig a pulley to keep it away from the tire. Try an old 3spd pulley.

[ratina]

Thanks for the comments!

I only wish there were another week or two of warm weather so I could go riding.

Thanks for the pulley idea, that sounds like it would work.

[ratina]

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