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KurseD · May 13th, 2009, 04:51 PM

one of mine, I'll try to get pics of others soon..

1976 Western Flyer "Galaxy Flyer" model... All OG 'cept tires, chain, and mini apes (still have the OG bars with OG grips stashed in the basement) built Aug '76

KurseD · May 13th, 2009, 05:11 PM

Almost forgot about a cool site I came across

http://www.ratrodbikes.com/

bugroadster · May 13th, 2009, 05:22 PM

im not going to post a pic of mine it cost me more than my vw 3k for it

KurseD · May 13th, 2009, 05:25 PM

I searched all over for friggin "bicycle thread" cause I thought we had one, It was "Bike" thread... dammit...

UncleSlacker · May 13th, 2009, 06:21 PM

Awesome... just unpacked my Black glitter banana seat, sissy bar, ape hangers, springer front end I bought on ebay and installed on the Jaguar.

Pics will be taken tomorrow and I should be to be get them posted Friday.

Want taller ape hangers though, the 11" ones are too short. Need 15" or so.

Then white walls and paint the bike... although the Blue metalflake looks pretty nice.

skaterwithasquare · May 13th, 2009, 07:22 PM

I just picked this up the other day for a couple bucks. I think I'm going to do a rat/mad max style with it. triple clamp forks, dual headlights, low banana seat. wrap the seat and the grips in strips of old brown leather, and leave it rusty..

~~p1zl3~~ · May 14th, 2009, 10:22 AM

I can't justify owning a bike because I live so damn far from everything (even beyond biking distance), but they sure look fun to build!

KurseD · May 14th, 2009, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by p1zl3

I can't justify owning a bike because I live so damn far from everything (even beyond biking distance), but they sure look fun to build!

do you have a yard? ride the biatch round and round in your yard! If I had no roads that's what I'd be doing with my oval... hehehe

UncleSlacker · May 20th, 2009, 08:06 AM

I've (and I really hate this term... it's so played out) Pimped my Schwinn.

More in it than I wanted to, but a hundred dollar Schwinn Jaguar from Target and fifty bucks worth of handlebars, springer forks, glitter banana seat and sissy bar.

Not bad for a time machine - it's 1976 all over again.

Also just bought a Kona Blast for trail riding.

oldskewljay · May 20th, 2009, 09:17 AM

Here is the old one that was in my basement when we moved in

It was a 1936 Sears Elgin Bluebird.. It was pretty kick ass since it had a built in speedometer, headlight, horn, self leveling pedals, self oiling rear hub and crank and a bunch of other random stuff.. Pretty high tech for a 1936 bike.. I ended up selling it because it was worth way to much to cut up into something custom and I had a feeling that if it stayed in the basement I would have done something to it

spedie · May 20th, 2009, 10:51 AM

that's a sweet bike! I saw a similar one a while back all fixed up.

This is the latest frame I built- bamboo. Still experimenting with the bamboo, we'll see how it holds up.

Gravedigger · May 20th, 2009, 03:36 PM

I have a '70 Schwinn Sports Tourer that I bought new back in the day,it's worth some bucks now.

But I recently pick up a Yamaha Chappy 50cc moped, curca '79 that is very very nice

ed twisted · June 4th, 2009, 03:06 PM

Here are a few i have built. Choppercabras 909

i_am_cool_fred · June 5th, 2009, 05:29 AM

here's my beach cruiser, it's not old school like most of the ones here, but i like it single speed action lol:

marnat3 · June 5th, 2009, 06:01 PM

this is on deck for me after the roof chop

http://s239.photobucket.com/albums/f...ent=bike-3.gif

Mikelrome · August 5th, 2009, 10:17 AM

For sale on Ebay.

More pics
Other Makes:eBay Motors (item 320406285516 end time Aug-06-09 11:39:25 PDT)

Texson · August 5th, 2009, 04:34 PM

The only bike I have to work on is a lazy man's bike..... no pedalling....

UncleSlacker · October 5th, 2009, 05:51 AM

Went out riding with my nephew Saturday morning and got a few pics.

Normally I'm on the trails but there was a 12 hour race going on so we stuck to the BMX park.

Gary Fisher 29er mountain bikes were made for flying, right?

briancustoms · January 30th, 2010, 08:39 AM

Bringin it back yet again! I was just thinking about putting my bikes back on Craigslist again soon since the weather will be getting better over the next couple months, and decided to show them off here since you guys seem to like the other stuff I build.

These were all built while my fiance and I were staying with her parents until we found our house. Little storage and room to work meant I needed to find a small hobby.

The first:

Paint detail:

I have long since added a chain tensioner. That one pissed off Schwinn purists!

Then I built one for my fiance who claims she is "balance challenged".

And then, I built my favorite. It started out as one of those lame West Coast Choppers Sting Ray bikes, but I built the frame out of conduit only utilizing the factory rear triangle, bottom bracket tube, and head tube/triple tree. The seat is from the above Schwinn just stripped of it's upholstery. It took me three months to finish because I wouldn't stop riding it while I was building it, I probably logged at least 15 miles on it before I got the paint on it, and probably another 60-70 miles since then.

In this picture you can really see the color on the triangle, it was metal flake black with a holographic flake clear on top.

JiI · January 30th, 2010, 08:56 AM

I have a Trek 820SHX that I love, but my first bike, 20" Red Schwinn Stingray is sitting in the basement. Still looks great!!!!!! 2 small dents in the fenders and a small cut in the glitter banana seat (thanks David, circa 1977) but still rolls on the original tires. Got it up to 32MPH once!

Jeff

mkparker · January 30th, 2010, 03:34 PM

Those are all so cool Brian!! I'm especially diggin' the 3 wheelers!!

mkparker · March 4th, 2010, 06:27 AM

Those are pretty cool!

JiI · March 4th, 2010, 09:15 AM

Needs pinstriping and whitewalls.....