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FlyingO.murrayeliminato...	FlyingO / Resto Mod / Murray "Cat-Tastrophie" FINISHED	Lead	[-]
Posts: 353 (01/17/12 08:38:16) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	You've seen this parts pile before, in another thread, so I hope it qualifies. Got the frame and parts from several different MBF members... And from a swap meet... Please let me know if I'm offically entered, RailRider... Last Edited By: FlyingO 03/31/12 16:09:42. Edited 1 time.
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Bicycle-o-holic! (25+ Posts) Posts: 315 (01/17/12 13:49:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks fine to me!
FlyingO.murrayeliminato...		#2	[-]
Posts: 353 (01/17/12 15:23:10) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My first task was to get a wheel onto a fork not made to accept one. (The fork has holes, not slots. It's a partial springer fork.) I had to completely disassemble the front axle and still barely got it to fit. The wheels were robbed from a beautiful little pink Ross girl's bike. Tires are new from the bike shop.
FlyingO.murrayeliminato...		#3	[-]
Posts: 353 (01/17/12 19:11:26) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The rear tire is a 20 X 3.45 Fat Boi that barely fit the frame. And that's without the rear fender which is yet to come. Removed the graphics from the Buzz Bike chainguard and had to drill a new hole in the dropout as the BB guard was a fraction of an inch too long. Check my one dollar purple chain from a swap meet. I'm thinking of adding some kustom graphics to the chainguard. But I'm worried that it'll be too busy with the flames already on the frame.
FlyingO.murrayeliminato...		#4	[-]
Posts: 353 (01/17/12 19:16:20) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	These parts will play an integral role in the "Cat-Tastrophie" look. My good friend CustomCruse gave me the rear fender for Xmas and I bought the plastic Big Daddy Roth-style german helmet on eBay. I'll have to repaint them both a lighter color. Suggestions?
FlyingO.murrayeliminato...		#5	[-]
Posts: 353 (01/19/12 08:33:40) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CustomCruse wrote: Fender I would try and stay with the color of the bike. Helmet I'd put flames on to go with the theme. The bike's got red, orange, yellow and purple on it (if you count the colors in the flame decals). How about yellow on the fender and helmet? The stock color on the fender was red, wasn't it? But that would be too dark. I was thinking of putting some vintage 1960s iron cross decals on the helmet. They would show up best against the yellow.
John Brain		#6	[-]
Coo-Coo f☺r Muscle Bikes! (1000 +) Posts: 1529 (01/31/12 12:03:13) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I like what I see, looking forward to seeing it in the altogether. Love the German helmet too
FlyingO.murrayeliminato...		#7	[-]
Posts: 353 (03/29/12 07:47:36) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	How long was I asleep? Now I've got three days to finish? Today (Thursday 3-29) and tomorrow will tell the tale. No way I'll have time to work on it Saturday. Wish me luck.
FlyingO.murrayeliminato...		#8	[-]
Posts: 353 (03/30/12 15:58:56) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Done! (Or at least 95% done.) I didn't apply the iron cross decals to the helmet and the bike because I'm beat and if I mess 'em up now, the entire bike is liable to end up on the trash pile. Also, I want dual headlights like the old choppers from the 60s but haven't yet found any small enough to fit side-by-side. As I was finishing, I decided to try a red sparkle tuck and roll Mesinger seat to reduce the number of different colors on the bike. It didn't look good so I went back to the green seat and grips. I like the way it looks now, even if it is over-the-top. Psychedelic, man! Hope these photos are OK, Ron. I don't know how to adjust my camera for better shots.
RailRider		#9	[-]
1 Crazy Bicycle Collecting Mo-Fo! (2500+) Posts: 18538 (04/11/12 02:38:21) AKA-Raleigh Ron! â�» Site Owner/Operator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Looks fine to me, good luck!

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