How's it going folks? Just thought I'd introduce myself. Im Hewey, Im 25 and live in Sydney Australia. I've been into pushies since I could ride, even raced MTBs cross country for a while. I've always loved old cars too, and old cruiser bikes as part of that. Drooled over cruisers for years until I saw this one cheap on ebay, which was perfectly timed because I had just done a bunch of overtime which paid for it nicely.
Unfortunately cheap was the word as I soon found out: :?
My bike shop (which doesnt deal with cruisers/lowriders at all, just roadies and MTB) just happened to have a complete brand new Sturmey Archer 7 speed back pedal brake wheel and grip shift shifter gathering dust in their workshop. A bloke had it built up a few years back, baulked at the price and never collected it. To say I got it for a song is an understatement!
So currently working towards getting it going again so I can clock up some kms on it. For now I just want to get it on the road and ride it, but down the track it'll probably get a custom tank and a cool paint job. Paint job ideas swing between vintage board-tracker inpsired paint, WWII bomber inspired paint, matt black rat rod look with pinstriping, or a full on metalflake/candy/lace paintjob straight from a 60s showcar! Depends what mood Im in at the time...
The things keeping me from messing with my bike include tiki carving, pinstriping, and playing with old cars. My daily driver:
and my project (getting a tiki/surf theme) to replace the bug as the daily driver. Much more room for hauling around tikis and bikes!
Unfortunately cheap was the word as I soon found out: :?
My bike shop (which doesnt deal with cruisers/lowriders at all, just roadies and MTB) just happened to have a complete brand new Sturmey Archer 7 speed back pedal brake wheel and grip shift shifter gathering dust in their workshop. A bloke had it built up a few years back, baulked at the price and never collected it. To say I got it for a song is an understatement!
So currently working towards getting it going again so I can clock up some kms on it. For now I just want to get it on the road and ride it, but down the track it'll probably get a custom tank and a cool paint job. Paint job ideas swing between vintage board-tracker inpsired paint, WWII bomber inspired paint, matt black rat rod look with pinstriping, or a full on metalflake/candy/lace paintjob straight from a 60s showcar! Depends what mood Im in at the time...The things keeping me from messing with my bike include tiki carving, pinstriping, and playing with old cars. My daily driver:
and my project (getting a tiki/surf theme) to replace the bug as the daily driver. Much more room for hauling around tikis and bikes!
