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Hello there! Yes there are news on this.. it worked really good. If you check my other thread in the build from scratch you ll see the results

lol! Thats the look I am going for!

No not at all I just didnt have the time to mount the suspension under the seat. Its only kept in place with some tape:)

Hey guys! I ve been so busy with work lately I had no time to work on the bike:( Today I managed to do a mock up of the bike just to check the stance and figure out ho i m gonna fabricate the motormounts battery box etc. I used the old handlebars which suck if you ask me but it ll give you an...

I really like the end product!

I re fabed the seat post and and hinge. I think the new set up flows nice with the frames lines. Now I need to find an Mtb shock absorber and make the mounts for the seat and the frame so I can sit and make vrooom vroom sounds;)

...and thats the seat roughly fitted to the bike frame. I need to lower the seat bracket on the frame because it makes the front part of the saddle sit too high and messes up the lines of he frame

Yeah I hope it does. Wood together with the steel and brass fittings I wanna give a steampunkish look to the bike

Thanks a lot. Its motivating knowing that other people enjoy seeing my work. More pics to come!

Thanks Luke! What do you think of the result so far?

In the first pic you can see the saet after i treated it with the blowtorch, it gave an old burnt look and darkened around the contours of the holes and the perimeter adding volume in the next pics you can see the seat after 2 coats of redwood stain. It turned out pretty good i thuink and...

after some hours of sanding and sanding the seat is ready for some final.....eh sanding .The back nuts are in place and i put some diy wood putty in some nasty wood chip offs. I worked with the dremel and made tear drops in all the holes , i think i adds to the whole look. After i m done with...

somemore progress pics.. the seat is roughly cut and drilled now you can get an idea of how it will look like. Now comes the painfull and time consuming carving and sanding it to shape

the seat is finally laminated. It turned out great i think... I bought some brass screws and these weird nuts that get countersunk in the wood so from the bottom they wont be visible. the brass screws serve adual purpose.first they add to the cool vintage look and second they reinforce the seat...

Ok here we go! wood working-bending 101 First i cut several pieces of very thin (4mm) plywood into rough rectangular shapes. Then I soaked them in hot water for 2 hours till they were quite soft. I made my seat-curve dies out of some off-cuts from a kitchen bench. Then I used my jack and the...

Some more work done to the frame, put the seat post on (inside it has a small rubber bushing for some extra cushion). I also added two support tubes on the lower frame. Now I am going to buy the sheet metal to close those gaps and form the tank. One of them will act as the mount for the battery...

Minor update... I finished with the reinforcements of the dropouts and fitted the rear differential here are some pics) the rear diff is quite dirty and old looking so it definately needs some tlc but it ll have to wait till everything is mocked up and ready

Wow thats the Rumbler one of my favorite bikes ever!!! The rumblers front end uses a small mountain bike suspension mine is going to be a leaf spring front end more like this

Thanks! Its actually not that wide. I kept the original width and original rims. Both are 4x19 with an old school profile tyre. I think it looks wide because the rest of the frame is sooooo narrow

Some more progress on the frame! now you can finally see the lines.. I am very excited and its coming along as I had it on my mind. Still need a lot of work my next steps will be to reinforce the rear dropout mounts and start fabricating the motor mounts