★★ The Young American ★★ (DONE!)

by **Dr. Tankenstein** on Tue May 17, 2011 8:39 am

RRB sticker aside, it might be cool to keep the decals all in red, white and blue (like the STP).
Keep it up young'in!

Have you figured out your seat height dilema? I've mentioned him before, but Marty at 1018 Kustoms has some cool 'lucky 7' posts that may not only set the seat back, but lower too.
http://www.1018kustoms.com/parts.html

Cheers,
Dr. T

by **SCHWINNRAY69** on Tue May 17, 2011 8:48 am

Thanks Dr.T :wink:

I'm just gonna lower my seat post :mrgreen:

Yeah, I was thinking of keeping the decals all red, white and blue too :wink:

The only dilema I have is that my rear wheel has "s" bends in it

So I gotta look for a new one for cheap

by **SCHWINNRAY69** on Sat May 21, 2011 11:08 am

UPDATE #8
Finally stopped raining and got to use chrome in a can on my fender :mrgreen:

May clear coat it too :wink:

Here it is with me :mrgreen:

I look weird in the pic...I know :lol:

by **Dr. Tankenstein** on Sat May 21, 2011 11:18 am

I like the chrome fender, it repeats the chrome color from the fork.
What's planned for the rear tire? Or is it a secret (hint, 26" Jerald slick would look cool, hint, hint).

Just playing around with my tank idea and horrible MS paint skills, someone with Photoshop could make it look WAY better!

Cheers,
Dr. T

by **SCHWINNRAY69** on Sat May 21, 2011 11:19 am

^^^^^^^^^^
Yeah, I want one BUT they are to wide from what I here :cry:

by **Dr. Tankenstein** on Sat May 21, 2011 11:42 am

I thought they were 'officially' a 26 x 2.125 (closer to 2.25 installed). Will a balloon tire fit that frame?

Cheers,
Dr. T

by **SCHWINNRAY69** on Sat May 21, 2011 11:43 am

Yeah, it's a 2.125 :wink:

That's as big as it can be

Thanks for the mock up of the tank too :mrgreen:

by **ej599** on Sat May 21, 2011 11:54 am

Looking good!

by **herr_rudolf** on Sat May 21, 2011 12:09 pm

SCHWINNRAY69 wrote:Here it is with me I look weird in the pic...I know

Weird? no...
That's just the face of a proud young man and, rightfully so.
The bobbed fender looks just about right. Just as the rest of the bike. Loving the mock-up sketch Dr Tankenstein did with that tank...

Can't wait to see a reartire mounted on...

by **SCHWINNRAY69** on Sat May 21, 2011 12:29 pm

My face is fine...I'm just leaning forward A LOT :lol:

Thanks for the compliments :wink:

by **Peatbog** on Sat May 21, 2011 1:19 pm

Cool bike. All I have is a seat. Someday I am going to put a bike under it.

by **JoKeR63** on Sat May 21, 2011 4:27 pm

What kind of spray chrome did you use? That looks pretty close to what I need. Lookin' good so far.

by **SCHWINNRAY69** on Sat May 21, 2011 7:21 pm

It said on the can "Rustoleum Bright Coat Metallic Finish" :wink:

More aluminum colored than chrome but hopefully my clearcoat will make it shine

JoKeR63 wrote:What kind of spray chrome did you use? That looks pretty close to what I need. Lookin' good so far.

by **SSG** on Sat May 21, 2011 7:23 pm

Nice! Great color scheme.

by **masterpoop63** on Sat May 21, 2011 7:49 pm

im liking it, very VERY american

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