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[theVULTURE]

REALLY?!....... ...........REALLY?!........

you two are out of control....... I'm calling the police

[ifitsfreeitsforme]

you two are killing me. killing me I tell you. wow.

[greg66]

YOU NEED TO BRING THIS TO A FEW SHOWS WHEN IT'S DONE SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. MAYBE MORE KIDS WILL BUILD WITH THERE DADS AFTER THEY TALK TO YOU 2 .

[thatismytruck]

This is the bestest father/child project ever!

[RatRodDad]

Great job on the build so far. It's great to check back each day and see what progress has been made. I can't wait to see you sitting on the finished bike!

I do have a question, though. How to you turn Lampy on?

Do you just reach up under the fender and push the button? Or did you rig up some sort of switch to turn it on?

Knowing how creative you have been with everything so far I can imagine some custom tubing welded to the underside of the fender with wiring running through it - leading up to a switch somewhere. But maybe you went old style and you just reach under there and hit the button on the flashlight to turn it on.

Keep up the good work. This one is going to look great when you are done!

[outskirtscustoms]

Wow looks great.

[mikek]

This thread is better than watching American Chopper on the Discovery Chanel. The Tuttles have nothing on you two! WOW!

[essenciaaa]

This is some serious Work of Design!!!

The details are so professional and meticulous, i'm very very impressed
and more important then that I'm learning!!

Thank you for such a good "report" about this project of yours!!

Inspiring is the word

[Gold Street Customs]

Serious WOW!!!! factor going on here.

[SCHWINNRAY69]

That's cool

[outskirtscustoms]

When I first saw this thread I was like Hmmm but after seeing the top tube done it's more like then the taillight is just

[Fireproof]

Thanks again everyone for all your positive comments! They really help fuel our creativity! We are trying to put new twists on old tricks, and we are happy you dig what we’re doing!

I do have a question, though. How to you turn Lampy on?
Do you just reach up under the fender and push the button? Or did you rig up some sort of switch to turn it on?

Good call RatRodDad! We knew that we would need to be able to switch Lampy the taillight remotely because we want to have the fender hugging the tire as tightly as possible. Your idea is in line with what we want to do. You will have to stay tuned though because we still need to figure out exactly HOW to accomplish our plan. In case you haven’t noticed, we are making this stuff up as we go.

[Fireproof]

Speaking of making stuff up, I started working on an item that is not on my daughter’s list. She has compassion for ALL things, living or not (well . . . except for spiders!), so I knew it would not be long before she started worrying about Lampy being lonesome.
Won’t be a problem now . . . this is Blinky the headlight. A new friend for Lampy!
This one is a little different than the LED flashlight used for the rear, but it too is just an inexpensive aluminum job that uses three AAA batteries.


I put it the lathe and turned the end to spiff it up a little.


I’m thinking it would be pretty easy to mount it to the bars like I did with my son’s BMX. A couple stainless steel hose clamps. A far cry from duct tape, these clamps are strong and handsome . . . ya just gotta love the beauty of their simplistic functionality!
What do ya think? Will it work?

[druggedonions]

I’m thinking it would be pretty easy to mount it to the bars like I did with my son’s BMX. A couple stainless steel hose clamps. A far cry from duct tape, these clamps are strong and handsome . . . ya just gotta love the beauty of their simplistic functionality!
What do ya think? Will it work?

I say go for it! It would be Blinkey's Ying to Lampy's Yang. (Or should that be the other way round? )

On a more serious note. This is inspirational stuff, it's a credit to you both and the community on these forums.
If either of my daughters put half the effort into a project when they're older. I'll be a proud father.

[nick_ish]

Hmmm i think if you just straped it on there it would stick out like a sore thumb!
Maybe intergret some leds to the bars? Something cool like that im sure you can come up with better ideas