My vote is for the first bars with the lowered no-spring seat but you really cant go wrong.
Bare Bonnie(ville) ... what a trip....... moving into the finished builds
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This is just so danged cool that I don't even have words...great stuff, man!
I know this had been said, but great idea with the rototiller bars.
I just realized that this is the same frame that I have on one of my latest Fresh Find bikes.
Thanks all 3 pics are with same bars just different positions as they are adjustable
Not much update here just been to dang busy with other things did get it into the garage so hope to start hammering on it soon though, Bare Bonnie needs gearing for speed so big ring 65 tooth shown is my backup will need some holes in it if I need to use this one, hope to get my custom one in before the end also trying to get a custom rear cog to equal out the gearing time will tell.
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You're really capturing the salt flats theme here. Love the aero fenders and now the high speed chain ring! 
You have to put a number plate on it!
Great idea with the custom rear cog to 'equal out the gearing'. The large chainring looks cool but would be next to impossible to ride otherwise.
You have to put a number plate on it!Great idea with the custom rear cog to 'equal out the gearing'. The large chainring looks cool but would be next to impossible to ride otherwise.
Looking forward to seeing your custom BIG ring. Someone made a sweet custom ring out of one of those Exerciser rings a couple of BOs ago. If I find it I'll let you know.
It's funny how your bars are so cool people thought you were testing different sets.
It's funny how your bars are so cool people thought you were testing different sets.
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I just had a thought on the chainring. Instead of holes what if you kept it as is but added a spun aluminum look to it to match the wheel covers?
Shhhhhhhh spoiler LOL
Here is a link to the ring that @Machine Age Victim made for Simplistic Speed in BO8
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...100-done-pics-posted-lightweight.72073/page-7
http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/in...100-done-pics-posted-lightweight.72073/page-7
least gotta look the part for speed
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been struggling with finding parts I need for this build that I had in the 'ol noggin but finally found a doable solution for my rear cog after failing on my normal resources trying to get a custom one made but found this 36 tooth one on ebay after a lot of searching not exactly the tooth count or solid design one I was looking for but has the same depth indent I needed, beggars cant be choosers at this point think I will be making a aluminum cover for it at least I will be able to ride this with ease with the bigger chain ring and hope soon to be bigger one
Has same I.D. Dia. and thickness but not same drive teeth on I.D. but little modification and it will work.
Has same I.D. Dia. and thickness but not same drive teeth on I.D. but little modification and it will work.
next is mounting the shifter running the nexus 7 speed and no matter where I mounted the shifter it looked like poo even with the thought of a slap shift like the old motorcycles the cable exit just did not work, I thought of custom making one but reading up they need to be pretty precise and I don't want some big muscle bike shifter or aftermarket that will look way out of place, so lots of staring and mocking up (and some cold ones)hiding the original nexus shifter may involve a cowl light housing off a 34 Ford along with the brake lever in one with custom handles, more to follow in the next few days...........
good thought on doing it in black for contrast guess it depends what my final chain ring will be like
well here is where I Was heading with those cowl lights to hide the shifter from hanging in space, lots of mockup thought they looked good with the fork torpedoes until I started mocking up the rear of the lights back towards what would be a round tank between bars, bad idea it got looking Way to bulky/thick/wide and everything in between not the look I am going for on this, so ripped it apart and had to walk away this morning, few hours of my life I wont get back so went for breakfast and came back and stared at it again thinking I tried everywhere to mount this small stupid shifter....
(obviously would have been 2 lights mounted)
so staring again for abit the light bulb goes off didn't try this spot
should have walked away sooner will be a easy mount/short cable/ fabricate a shift rod parallel to seat tube make brake bracket same bottom location and very little cable exposed, man I make my life hard sometimes, my other pet peeve was the cables running down the frame rails to rear this solves both and I can make a small metal cover to blend both into frame
(obviously would have been 2 lights mounted)
so staring again for abit the light bulb goes off didn't try this spot
should have walked away sooner will be a easy mount/short cable/ fabricate a shift rod parallel to seat tube make brake bracket same bottom location and very little cable exposed, man I make my life hard sometimes, my other pet peeve was the cables running down the frame rails to rear this solves both and I can make a small metal cover to blend both into frame
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