Recent content by gumby_mac

Thanks for the great compliments! I'm really enjoying this bike. It's much more comfortable (and better looking) than my first chopper bike attempt. I think the only thing it's truly missing is a few more speeds. With the single speed coaster wheel, it's perfect for flat trails but it lacks some...

Well, my Rat Rod Chopper is finished! ...mostly. :mrgreen: After the frame got welded, I used some body filler to fill/smooth out the seams. The bike then received the usual primer and then some Rustoleum Metallic black rattlecan paint. The color is pretty cool... it looks black when you...

Here's my favorite combo, from my current chopper project... red rimmed 68-spoke wheels with fat white wall tires!

I finished truing my rims this morning which actually went a lot faster than I expected. Since I had some time left over to fill I decided to pull the white wall tires out of their protective hiding spot (can't tarnish that beautiful whiteness) and mounted them on the rims. I think the finished...

Here's a third photo I wasn't going to include because after trying it out, it just didn't feel right. Maybe it's because the seat is still too high... That's as close as I have to the Nirve bars. I want it to look good, but I want a comfortable ride and with the MTB bars I felt I was leaning...

Well, it's been a long while, but I've finally gotten "unbusy" enough to get some work down on my chopper bike! The weather is warming up down here in 'Bama and I'm ready to hit the street on my chopper! Here's what's happened since I last posted. 1. I found a local supplier of steel tubing and...

Can't wait to see the pics. If you don't mind, what was the cost? I asked a local powdercoater where I live and I kid you not, this is what he told me when I asked about coating some rims: YES WE CAN COAT YOUR WHEELS FOR YOU. A SET OF MOTORCYCLE WHEELS WOULD NORMALLY RUN $375.00, BUT WE WILL...

That thought crossed my mind a few times when I was bending the tubes. I came really close to buying a Nirve Switchblade but I thought I would end up switching out so many parts on it that it wouldn't be worth the $500-600! So I decided to build my own, but I think the seat tube from a...

I was looking up the official Rat Rod Bike schwag on Cafe Press and came across another cool design. Has anyone here heard of Rat ....... Bikes? Do they frequent this site or does anyone know if they have a website? http://www.cafepress.com/ratbastardbikes

I was able to spend a little more time on my bike this weekend, mostly playing with the layout of the frame. I bought some 1" EMT conduit at Lowes and lacking a proper conduit or tubing bender, proceeded to the front yard and wedged it in the Y of a large tree and started yanking. :P I managed...

I was thinking of using some 1" conduit in my current bike build, but I think this thread has changed my mind. I already the conduit bent into the shape I want. I used used the "Y" of a large tree in my front yard and got some long smooth curves. Hmmm... if I was able to bend it that easily by...

Isn't CORPERATE misspelled? Or is that just the way it's spelled overseas? Other than that, the choppers look real slick. How much are they?

Check the first couple posts of this thread. I attached a render of what I think I want. I've also got a similar thread going on Freak Bikes and they're suggesting I keep the rims chrome. It would sure save me a lot of work: removing the rims (loosening 140 spokes!), getting them powdercoated...

Got my latest box of goodies in today: chrome headlight, 5.5" crank arms, white walls, chrome seat post, chrome/leather grips, and black dice valve caps. I also finally had some time tonight to play around with the frame mockup. I found (read: stole) a different set of handlebars from my...

The brazing didn't go so well last night. We got the tube red hot, but the brass rod didn't want to flow into the joing. We were just using simple brass brazing rods, but we did put flux on the tube joint. So my buddy broke out the MIG and within a few seconds laid down some sweet welds. I think...