A Ross ChopRat, no chopping, rat style chopper

[toyota_boy85]

so I responded to a craigslist ad for a best offer vintage red bike. Not knowing brand or model I offered 25 bucks and ended up with a free bike because we had the same last name spell the same way. Some people are easily impressed. Here the ad pic.

Brought It home and took some decent pictures.

Took off some paint on the head badge to figure out a brand

Tear down in 10 minutes flat.

Consulted RRB with serial number to figure out what this thing is. we determined a Ross Jet Model of some sort?

Took of a ton of paint.

Mocked up a styrofoam tank and threw on original fender to get an idea of what im gonna do.

thinking of making a panner for it out of this old seat i had sitting around

Ok so I chopped the rear fender a little bit and set the "panner" up on it.

 

[toyota_boy85]

So this is whats got done in 38 hours of ownership of this free bike. Any suggestions are welcome and greatly appreciated. im thinking all satin black with white walls. clean and simple. I have a pretty good idea what I want it to look like in my head. Im trying not to rush this build like I normally do cu then I'll be looking for another bike in a week to build another. Im taking the first step and admitting that I am addicted.

 

[user 135]

Looking good. How are you going to finish the tank?

 

[toyota_boy85]

i am thinking of doing a fiber glass one. possibly. or finding a metal one. not sure yet

 

[dwaynev]

you must have really short legs :?

 

[toyota_boy85]

heres what we're looking at so far. thinking about painting fork legs to match frame. gloss black on rims and a some fat ... white walls to boot. and a boardtrack style flat/drop bar.

 

[mrgreen]

those forks are awesome!!! I want some

 

[patman73]

cool bike ,did you finish it