ride29er
22-07-2012, 07:39 AM
Ive noticed a lot of you guys like your older bikes well here is my first ever build, I swapped this old 1983 jr50 for a job about 8 years ago and it has been sitting since, my boys are getting big now so time for a spruce up, here it is the before shot
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2302/48021735811587769393688.jpg
I was originally going to rat rod it but now im glad I didnt, so I stripped it back, Added some paint and got some new forks from Ebay
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3351/52819235811701772241556.jpg
then had to make some pretty wheels, so from this
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3601/29512135811760973721428.jpg
I made some heavy spokes then got everything powdercoated to this
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5881/53114935811698572162013.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2189/52678135811714972571340.jpg
then Hunted around the interweb for guards and got some stickers made
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2763/52710835811582169251063.jpg
then seat redone and some training wheels and she is a runner,
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2504/53046537395892176011864.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2302/48021735811587769393688.jpg
I was originally going to rat rod it but now im glad I didnt, so I stripped it back, Added some paint and got some new forks from Ebay
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/3351/52819235811701772241556.jpg
then had to make some pretty wheels, so from this
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/3601/29512135811760973721428.jpg
I made some heavy spokes then got everything powdercoated to this
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5881/53114935811698572162013.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2189/52678135811714972571340.jpg
then Hunted around the interweb for guards and got some stickers made
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/2763/52710835811582169251063.jpg
then seat redone and some training wheels and she is a runner,
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/2504/53046537395892176011864.jpg