Recent content by rick74304

Big red, shortly after I bought it; After riding rigid for a season, my back was pooched. Chopped up a dep't store bike for the suspension; My son's chopper, built for the kids bbo' Big wheel 2.0 The chopper thats also a spin trike; More pics in my photobucket...

Hey all, I think im on the right track, but ive been known to be wrong a time or 2,..maybe 3 :lol: Pretty sure theres supposed to be a tank there, maybe a rear carrier as well, and that headlight looks wrong also. Anyone know what this is supposed to look like? Hoping to get it for a decent...

Here's how I did it; viewtopic.php?f=38&t=22242&p=223204#p223204 Rick

Guess it depends on what bracketry you can find/make, i've done it a few different ways; Hope that helps, Rick

Cycle trucks are typically 26 rear and 20 front for 2 main reasons, 1 is to keep the center of gravity as low as possible when carrying a load, and 2, to keep the load down low so the rider can see over what they are carrying. If you're building it from scratch, remember to keep it strong and...

Hey Kendall, if you're dead set on a multi speed rear hub, honestly, your best bet would be to purchase a trike rear end kit, and build the rest of your trike around that. Building your own hubs is suprisingly easier than it sounds, in fact heres a link to the zombies tutorial on how to...

Re: skull-o sis (almost stolen) Hey leigh, you have to wonder exactly what he was thinking, trying to grab a one of a kind custom? Did he think he was going to be able to keep it and ride it around town without anyone noticing? Heck, you should have let him hop on and try to ride off...

Re: skull-osis (name pending) Yo Leigh, i'd seen your previous post showing that frame, but it wasn't until you showed the entire bike that it hit me. My buddy (as a kid) used to have the exact bike, which we used to jump over the hood of a car. We set up a ramp consisting of a 2x12, 2...

Well, they arent quite apes, but check out the funkalishious bars this vintage lil czeck came with! And its a 3 speed too, so you can really get some speed up b4 it folds and kills you! :lol: Rick

Just a thread to put the bikes i've built for the site here in one place, kind of a builders gallery I guess.Here they are in build order; Forked Up; Build thread; http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=6132&st=0&sk=t&sd=a My 1st Boardtracker; Build thread...

Here's a twofer; I've got to get some decent solo pics of that orange norco in the background one of these days; it's all original and deserves it's own pictures. :roll: Rick

Kim, thanks for the heads up on the special crank, i'm not 100% sure I follow how to build one, but I know how to spend $ lol Fireproof, thanks much for the apes link, might be just what I need! So, I guess it's time to post the re-build pics, here ya go; Everything spread out and ready to go...

Hey gang! Truth be told, it's been finished for nearly a week now, for whatever reason I thought the deadline was last weekend. We've had so much fun riding the thing it's already back in the shop for repair :roll: (just a snapped brace caused by dropping the bogie wheels hard repeatedly) 1st...

Pretty schw-eet looking John, no wonder you were checking out my trike build :D Funny how 2 people can take the same bikes and think of totally different (and yet still cool custom)roads to take them down. Those apes you used, are they double knurled where they bolt in like the schwinn bars? Rick

So, it's now Sat. night, close to midnight eastern by the time this post is done. Started in the shop at 9am. Been a long time since i've played with body filler. The frame is just sitting in the bench-vise waiting to be hung. This is my hi-tech frame painting system, a pair of old braided...