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I am doing a bent back seat post but I don't have a bender yet so it will be a cut and weld job.
Color will be fotina, Sea foam green with reddish brown sanded through.

Taillight came in. Will need to build a bracket to hold it. Not sure how I'm going to get this light to work. I only has one wire....
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CBURKE said:
I am doing a bent back seat post but I don't have a bender yet so it will be a cut and weld job.
Color will be fotina, Sea foam green with reddish brown sanded through.

Taillight came in. Will need to build a bracket to hold it. Not sure how I'm going to get this light to work. I only has one wire....
ZOMBIEHEARSEHEADBADGE by cburke.industries, on Flickr
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i have a taiil light just like that one !
 
patman73 said:
i have a taiil light just like that one !
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Did you get yours wires up to work?

Seat post is done. I should be getting things done a little faster now that I got a bunch of customers stuff out of the way.
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Time to order my seat!
 
I would take the OG forks. cut them at the stem and rotate them a little to add a couple inches to the wheel base but keeping the look of the rigid front end...
 
Like bike, turning out real nice. 3 1/2" cranks suck to be sure. You lose all power on the take off and its hilarious looking when going full speed, hills are no fun either. I had a low rider stretch that I finally broke down and put triple tree fork on because I got tired of struggling over the inter coastal bridge.
 
haha I just imagined what you were saying lol
Good thing I live in FL. Oh wait, you do to! lol
This will only be taken to shows and meets. It won't get ridden all that much.
 
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Well I've decided I'm not gonna chance it and I'll be cutting the lower front bar off to reposition it so I can move the crank to the front of the bike. I think I'll look better and this way I know it'll be ride able.
 
lol I'll smooth it out a little but I don't think I have enough there to bend it over.

I'm not gonna mess with the crank being only a 1/2 inch from the ground so I cut the lower bar and moved it down. I don't have a pipe bender so I used pie cuts to bend the bottom half and slid a small but thicker tube inside.
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Now I need to finish grinding down the welds, had a little putty and I have a smaller bar I want to run across the middle.
All for now!
 
I a in Deerfield Beach. I hear you. All these guys live in the midwest where they can score minor rusted bikes for $20. Here .... looks like it has 50 yrs of rust in a week and everyone wants $$$$$ for there bikes. It's crazy which is why I customize all mine, lol.
 

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