Black Lightning Build

[bare bones]

I got my bike stolen two Saturdays ago. This is the second MB I have had stolen this year! Anyway, I have all my parts in for my new build and I now have the bike too. Here is what I am starting out with. The bike has 24 in wheels. I bought new high quality double walled sealed bearing wheels w/ a free wheel. I am also painting the bike flat black. I am going for the traditional hot rod look. This bike already sits really close to the ground. It is from the early 60's. I can't wait till I'm done I want to chop the seat and have it sit as low as possible. More pictures on the way!

[silverbear]

That's a nice frame design & looks like plenty of engine room, but I'd measure anyway. Too bad about your bikes getting stolen.
SB

[bare bones]

I have got a bit further with the build. I have the bike painted. I mounted the motor, flipped the bars, Installed the throttle and clutch ,and hooked up the CDI. I had to grind the drop outs a bit to fit the new wheel axles. I also had to Grind the crank arm on each side to get enough clearance to clear the motor. My new wheels have a freewheel and not a coster break so I also put on a rear brake using an adaptor that converts a single mount brake into the duel cantilever style. The coolest thing I have done (at least to me) is that I chopped the seat and lowered it as low as possible. I am thinking of using only the rear rack as the rear support for the banana seat. It looks way cooler that way, but may not hold up. I will probably have to reinforce it. I still need to mount the sick bike parts expansion chamber and get a brake cable installed. Here are some picks!!!

[bare bones]

Here is another pic with the seat chopped.

[bare bones]

I have been sick these past few days, but once I am better I will finish up the bike and post some more pics

[silverbear]

Originally Posted by bare bones

I have been sick these past few day, but once I am better I will finish up the bike and post some more pics

Take care, Bud. I'm just getting over a flu bug myself. You'll be riding that bike pretty soon!
SB

[bare bones]

Thanks Sliver Bear. I have a flu bug as well.

[bare bones]

I just checked the mail and I got my new white wall tires in today so those bad boys will be going on the bike soon!

[bare bones]

I have still been feeling a bit under the weather, but I did manage to do a bit more to the bike. I installed the pipe and set up the brakes. This bike is not set up for caliper type brakes and I bout an adapter to convert it to caliper style. I thought these would be way better for stopping power. The main obstacle I had to overcome was that the frame does not have a shroud holder/stopper before the brake line gets to the triangle mount for the calipers. I solved this by using the engine mount as the thread point and I used a large washer and a drilled penny as the stopper. The drilled penny hole is only large enough for the cable to pass and not the shroud thus I have my shroud stopper as seen in the photos Ghetto engineering

[bare bones]

I don't know what happened, but my pics didn't show up. Here goes another try.