Riding in the hood.

**CRUISER** · #91 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by deacon

I finally have the bike back to the point that I trust it. I have finally give it a name. "The Transylvainia county chopper

great name. i named my motor bicycle kathy rose after my wife. got to get them points every oportunity we get lol told her i like to ride her

deacon · #92 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 05:36 PM

We actually have a transylvainia county in NC... Going along with the frankenbike theme

deacon · #93 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 06:48 AM

it 42 degrees at 8am when I get back from the store (being the wife;s pack animal) I'm going to ride my bike a long time. Pray for me since i built it lol

**CRUISER** · #94 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 06:51 AM

enjoy the ride deacon. its in the teens here and lots of snow so i am going to watch some tv and stay warm

deacon · #95 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 09:13 AM

If it were in the teens here I wouldn't even move my butt let alone the bike..

deacon · #96 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 10:41 AM

I have finally, finally I say, made a bike that is perfect for me. The pedals are about two inches off the ground. Easy for me to reach on the top stroke and with enough torque to start the bike without weaving. It gets up to speed in a reasonable amount of time. I rode the bike for about ten miles today. I took it out to the lake which was one of my goals.

The only problem was the kickstand came off. Now that is a pain since I have no idea where along that ten miles it might be. I am as thrilled as a girl after her first prom. Too bad we both lost something. Oh well.

**CRUISER** · #97 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 11:13 AM

congrats deacon. i really admire your persitance and dedication to this. you did well my friend. enjoy it!

deacon · #98 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 11:55 AM

Thanks it only took bits of ten bikes to make it work...

For a temporary kick stand, I went with 2 broom sticks one for each side, a hose clamp to hold on a flat bar with a hole in the end. The hose clamp is so that the bar is adjustable. The bar bolts to the outside of the rear axle. One broom stick on each side with a slight outward angle. The broom sticks hold the bike upright and very steady. I can take off the broom sticks quite easily and then toss them in the basket till I need them again. I intend to lock the bike to a pole and lean it on same, but now and then I probably will need the brookstick kicker. I need it in my shop for sure. I can rotate them on the axle to move it around then set them to hold the bike. It seems to work pretty well. I feel better with the bike not leaned over but sitting upright.

deacon · #99 (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 11:59 AM

The thing about having so many er er custom features on the bike, is you really do need a fill tool kit just to go to the store. I took off to the lake again today and got home without incident so I decided to do a full tour of the neighborhood. Off I went pushing the toy chopper up and down the large hills of high point. Yes it is called that for a reason.

The custom thumb throttle screwed up close to home so I rode it home using my fingers to help out the controller. when I got home I did a couple of things that seemed to work, so off I went again. I got about two miles and out it goes again. I did a couple of things with my tool kit and it seemed to work.

When I got home and took it apart so that I could really find the culprit. The big problem lol was that I had moved the control too close to another control so that it wasn't able to seat itself correctly. No big thing but being home made the adjustment so much easier.

I would also like to report that the Transylvainia Chopper is ideal for a fat old man. Now that I have it pretty well set and running or walking in it's case, I suppose this thread my be replaced by riding in the country. One thing is the vibrations are soooo fierce I may have to go with some very old cameras since all this new stuff couldn't stand the strain.

Spring is on the way.

deacon · #**100** (**permalink**) 03-02-2008, 01:46 PM

Since the weather is really nice, 60 degrees I decided to take another ride this time to the city park about twice as far as the lake. At the first stop light I pulled up along side two of those huge honda bikes with the travel box on the rear, traveling together. I was in a different lane so I pulled right up beside them. The driver of the lead one looked over and I think a little down his nose at me. I said, "Hi." He forced himself to answer. I just smiled because I knew, unlike him, that he couldn't possibly be having more fun than me.