Upsizing 1970's BMX bikes to cruisers

[rev106]

Goals are as follows:

1. Get more welding and frame fabrication practice

2. My materials are beginning to rust because I got stuck behind a hot rod project for a year and a half so use up my metal before it goes bad.

3. Use up some my parts that I am foolishly holing onto for some vintage cruiser frame that will never land in my lap.

4. Most importantly, get rad on the bikes I made.

I picked a Dave Shwerma Champion and a littlejohnMurphy for my choices. I got the LJM bikes mostly finished first, they upsized ok, some of the look gets lost in upsizing unless you want to make a lowboy which I'm too tall for. Then I got into the Champion and that has to be the hardest bike to make! 10_ hours just in the dropouts. More to come...Enjoy the progress so far.....

 

[Mr. Monkeyarms]

Very cool! Think I want one in raw steel. Maybe do a light gun bluing to build up....

 

[Jaypem]

That's a cool looking project there!
Looks like you are making quite alot of these?

 

[Schwinn Sales West]

Cool project. It's lots of work, and people wonder why quality frames get expensive. If it were easy everyone would be doing it.

Is that Acetylene Gas welding, or TIG welding?

John

 

[rev106]

That's a cool looking project there!
Looks like you are making quite alot of these?

I am trying to use up my metal, it is getting rusty. Once you set up my horizontal mill, it takes around the same amount of time to run 10 seat tubes as it does one, so why not?

 

[rev106]

Cool project. It's lots of work, and people wonder why quality frames get expensive. If it were easy everyone would be doing it.

Is that Acetylene Gas welding, or TIG welding?

John

TIG, I am seeing a lot of improvement there but still have a long way to go...

 

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[rev106]

This bike is a pig, 46, 48 pounds? Motorcycle wheels look like old Araya 7B's and I had them so there you go. Enjoy.

 

[billyjones]

rad bro!!

 

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