BEER RUN Blog photo of me riding BEER RUN in Costume

[kingfish254]

It is looking like the only time I have left to work on the bike is part of Sat and part of Sun.
I am almost sure I will swap the springer for a triple tube.
I also have this 1.3 gallon beer keg can on the way but I not sure if it will make it Sat.




Too many ideas still going through my head and toooo little time.

[pick]

drink another 12 pack and squint at it right before you pass out all shall make sense then and you will know what you have to do!!! love the bike it makes me smile everytime i look at it

+1

[whoinphx]

I dig this bike, at first I thought it was a bit over the top... but then it came together at some point and I was digging it....It's over the top like a nice frothy head on a well drawn tap....

" Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin

[kingfish254]

drink another 12 pack and squint at it right before you pass out all shall make sense then and you will know what you have to do!!! love the bike it makes me smile everytime i look at it

I haven't had any time to do anything else with the bike, so I feel like I blacked out for a few days. Now I'm getting the shakes from not having my hands on the bike lately.

This is meant to be a fun build, so I am glad for the smiles it provides. Just hope I have more time to make more smile worthy work this weekend.

[kingfish254]

I dig this bike, at first I thought it was a bit over the top... but then it came together at some point and I was digging it....It's over the top like a nice frothy head on a well drawn tap....

" Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin

Thanks, I am adding that quote to my sig.

[Jake Sensi]

IF YA GONNA BE IN PHILLY LET ME KNOW WE CAN GET SOME BREWS AND A CHEESESTEAK. MAYBE I'LL LET YA RIDE THE RAT. PEACE

[kingfish254]

IF YA GONNA BE IN PHILLY LET ME KNOW WE CAN GET SOME BREWS AND A CHEESESTEAK. MAYBE I'LL LET YA RIDE THE RAT. PEACE

Jake, I'll be staying in CC. I beleive my co-workers have made plans for us every nigtht, but maybe we can have a brew at Monk's Cafe.

[kingfish254]

It is looking like the only time I have left to work on the bike is part of Sat and part of Sun.
I am almost sure I will swap the springer for a triple tube.
I also have this 1.3 gallon beer keg can on the way but I not sure if it will make it Sat.




Too many ideas still going through my head and toooo little time.

Here is my thinking on the 5 liter beer keg. Lay it on it's side and cut the upper 1/4 off of it.
Mount it on the front of the bike with copper pipe struts like a porteur rack.
Re-use the upper quarter that I cut out as a rear mini fender. Especially if I use the fat Nirve 20" wheels.

[Jake Sensi]

A'IGHT MONKS IS DOWNTOWN AND I WORK AT CHOP. LET ME KNOW WHEN YA GET UP HERE. PEACE

[kingfish254]

Well, I managed to get off work earlier than expected and I didn't waste any time getting my hands dirty.

Big change for BEER RUN after some encouragement from Karfer. I decided to go for the more agressive look of the fat Nirve 20s and at the same time I changed out the forks and popped some apes I had off of a 1960s Italian folding tandem 16" wheel tandem bike of all things.

Well enough talking, give me your opinion on this setup.

[kingfish254]

Of course, I will replace the 7" crank with a 5" I have.

Here is the surprise. I have had this idea ever since I decided that the board was the seat. This is the first time I truly mocked it up.
To me this really changes the feel of the bike.

[kingfish254]

So tell me, is this a change for the good or a change for the bad?

OLD


NEW

[texasbigjon]

personally....i like the orignal version,but with the baby apehangers you have on the second version.in the end you gotta trust your gut instinct most of all! you have taken beer bikes to a new level.

[KOTA]

I gotta tell ya. I LIKE them both (big help, eh). The NEW version is kinda "freaky"!....I like freaky. Besides. Why would you listen to a guy (karfer), that is about to win his third RRBBO?

[CCR]

build what you like man but i'll throw a couple pennies in the koi pond ... i like the apes and the backrest combo