sex change junkie (new pic)

[gato'sbikes]

so i saved this girls huffy from my local swapmeet trash can ... and i had seen so many people do it..... so it was time i get to it . this bike is going to be completely overhauled. summer is getting closer and my significant other needs a ride... :mrgreen: so hear she/he is

 

[gato'sbikes]

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and here she is after she went under the knife (and or sawzall ) :shock:

 

[gato'sbikes]

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and heres the rest of the junk she came with ... and a five dollar seat i picked up for her

 

[gato'sbikes]

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i just ordered some cream color tires (not thick bricks ) but they look kewl so i thought what the heck they should be here tomorrow or a lil later on today (fingers crossed) check back soon bros BUILD ON :shock: :shock:

 

[Carbon]

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Looks awesome! Nice save, that's gonna be sweet with some fresh color on it.

 

[gato'sbikes]

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thanx bro look forward to painting it

 

[MeanOldManMike]

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I love these. There are so many girls bikes out there for almost nothing and what you can do with them is endless.
Good job so far.I want to see more!

 

[mitchelangelo]

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Wow! That made a sweet looking frame. Keep us updated on the finished "operation"!

 

[gato'sbikes]

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will do bros gonna make it a straight bar frame ill try to get some pics in tonight or tomorrow morning ... build on !!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

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lookin good ! , interested to see what you do with the pieces you left on the seat tube :?: And did anyone ever tell you ? you look juss like "ROY ORBESON ? :lol:

 

[FatBoy]

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Lookin good so far! Im gonna keep watching cant wait to see what ya come up with 8) :mrgreen:

 

[gato'sbikes]

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lookin good ! , interested to see what you do with the pieces you left on the seat tube :?: And did anyone ever tell you ? you look juss like "ROY ORBESON ? :lol:

lol .... ...no sorry i look nothing like roy orbison :mrgreen: :mrgreen: ......and i still have to take the torch to those things

 

[gato'sbikes]

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well so far my frame has been a hold up.... (tech difficulty).... so here are the hubs just routine clean up.... i had to change the whole gut with some other hub cuz the other was just busted up...... bad :x :x :x

and after a good spit shine

 

[gato'sbikes]

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and here are the "before" pic for the rims and fender...... now just need to tackle these with some good ol' fashion hand tools (hand tools < dollys and hammers pretty much tons of dings in the fenders under all that rust.... well here there are

and here's a chain guard i wanna build for it.... just an idea

 

[gato'sbikes]

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pre weld mock up...

i just finished welding just need to clean up the welds will post pics soon :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[Sinner4]

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Looking good.

 

[Carbon]

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Thats lookin real good! We need some current side pics!!

 

[gato'sbikes]

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i went ahead and gave it some primer after i cleaned up some of the weld and here she is so far... next step paint

 

[BackWoodCycle]

Wow.. Had I not seen that before picture i would never have guessed it was a girls bike.

 

[gato'sbikes]

appreciate the kind remarks bros....build on i have to keep this a secret .... i hope it goes unseen :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: