Roadmaster Rat --- My first Boardie Build

[ChopperDave]

Scored this cool old frame on ebay

Then went to Wally World and came home with a $75 buck Crannie for parts

About an hour later it looks like this

 

[ChopperDave]

Wa La its a start

No stand yet so its a leaner

Gonna buld a tank for it and install a motor for a cheapo Rat Boardie

 

[Goat Herder]

Looking good Chopper Dave What kind of rough driving did you do to those car rims?

 

[ChopperDave]

Looking good Chopper Dave What kind of rough driving did you do to those car rims?

Large pothole @ 60 mph

 

[poo poo pipe]

Can't go wrong with a new $75 dollar parts bike! looking good!

 

[ChopperDave]

worked on it a little this time home, Brooks seat, cut the bars, installed the sprocket and modified the brake arm, got the thumb throttle on and changed tires.

got a cool Roadmaster Springer

 

[ChopperDave]

couple more pics

 

[Blackhog01]

Sweeeeet!!!! love that old frame kinda looks like mine havent figured out if its a hawthorne, roadmaster, or what. anyway nice score on those forks, and the frame shes gunna be a looker.What brand are those tires? what do they run price wise?Tryin to decide if i want those or the white ones .

 

[ChopperDave]

Grand Tycoon Bricks, 36 bucks and 13 shipping a pair including tubes. here is a link:
Brick Red Grand Tycoon Balloon Bicycle Tire's,26"x2.125 - eBay (item 310196427454 end time Nov-19-10 16:37:14 PST)
I tried the Fat Frank cremes first on my Cadillac, really hard to keep clean so thought I would try these...

 

[Allen_Wrench]

Those springer forks look cool, will you be using those? And what do you think of an in-frame tank? Man, I cannot wait to see how this bike turns out. It looks fantastic already.

 

[ChopperDave]

Finished up the Aluminum Baseball Bat Gas Tank for the Rat...

 

[ChopperDave]

Some More Pics:

 

[ChopperDave]

And Mocked up on the Bike:

 

[ChopperDave]

Those springer forks look cool, will you be using those? And what do you think of an in-frame tank? Man, I cannot wait to see how this bike turns out. It looks fantastic already.

Yes I will eventually install the springer and am bulding an inframe tank out of a baseball bat.

 

[rustycase]

Nice work on the tank!

lol Good idea abt a baseball bat ! That would be all the volume I'd need for around town... I'm going to look into it.
Best
rc

 

[Velodrome]

!!Geinus!!

 

[CrazyCatLady]

Nice bike and nice dually too...is it bagged?

 

[SlowBalt]

looking good.

 

[ChopperDave]

Some pics from Bonnevile Speedweek 2011

 

[ChopperDave]

Nice bike and nice dually too...is it bagged?

Static with helper bags on the rear...