Hello all,
Here are two pictures from Craigslist of the project bike I bought. It is a workmen industrial cruiser. What do all of you think?
I think it has good bones, but it will need some work. The chain is not on it because the guy I bought it from did not have a master-link for it and because the chain is a bit wider than usual, he had to order it directly from Workmen, so I should have it in a few days. The fenders are miss-shaped and they have a lot of little dents. The tiers look like they may need to be replaced. They have a number of little rubber bits peeling off, and when I put air in the tiers and rolled down the driveway, the back tier still seemed flat.
It will be a rolling project for a while. I have a few ideas for what I want to do to it. I am thinking of doing a wood tank, using 2 pieces of mahogany with a strip of yellow heartwood down the middle. I plan to switch the fork out for a Springer front fork. Replace the black tiers with white ones. I will add a head light, new seat (in brown leather), new grips (either in leather to match the seat or in wood to match the tank) and a back rack. Once I have all the bits and pieces added I think I will have it painted or powder coated a dark green with flake. Once it is painted, I will probably get it pinstriped and possibly have something painted on the side of the tank. I have also considered to eventually make a wood piece to match the tank to put on the chain guard and maybe do something similar for the peddles. As I said it will be a rolling project for quite a while. I am thinking of it sort of like a bike version of a woody car. So what do all of you think?
Here are two pictures from Craigslist of the project bike I bought. It is a workmen industrial cruiser. What do all of you think?
I think it has good bones, but it will need some work. The chain is not on it because the guy I bought it from did not have a master-link for it and because the chain is a bit wider than usual, he had to order it directly from Workmen, so I should have it in a few days. The fenders are miss-shaped and they have a lot of little dents. The tiers look like they may need to be replaced. They have a number of little rubber bits peeling off, and when I put air in the tiers and rolled down the driveway, the back tier still seemed flat.
It will be a rolling project for a while. I have a few ideas for what I want to do to it. I am thinking of doing a wood tank, using 2 pieces of mahogany with a strip of yellow heartwood down the middle. I plan to switch the fork out for a Springer front fork. Replace the black tiers with white ones. I will add a head light, new seat (in brown leather), new grips (either in leather to match the seat or in wood to match the tank) and a back rack. Once I have all the bits and pieces added I think I will have it painted or powder coated a dark green with flake. Once it is painted, I will probably get it pinstriped and possibly have something painted on the side of the tank. I have also considered to eventually make a wood piece to match the tank to put on the chain guard and maybe do something similar for the peddles. As I said it will be a rolling project for quite a while. I am thinking of it sort of like a bike version of a woody car. So what do all of you think?