I had absolutely no reason to build this other than the curiosity about this small, 196cc diesel engine. Took about 12 hours of Total work from start to finish. Absolute, bare minimum tools. Full suspension. Not the prettiest or the best thing, but I think it fits in this community ๐
Well this is turning out interesting.
Hopefully this video fits the subreddit. On my channel I make odd stuff, this was a video from last week. I'll have a video posted in a couple days here in regards to my newest build. Shooting for under 10 lb, ability to fit it in a backpack and without the use of a welder. Should be pretty fun!
I know the video quality is kinda crap, but I was doing some cleaning and found several miniDV tapes from my teen years. Well, a couple hundred bucks later on eBay - I got a camera to play them. I haven't figured out how to put it on a laptop, but I did transfer to VHS and then trying to figure out how to go from VHS to USB stick thing. Anywho - I thought the video would encourage a feeling of nostalgia. Or maybe it's just me lol. But I'm sure we've all got footage of a better time in a better place.
Last time I posted, several people thought that a welder was some special tool that cost thousands of dollars lol so I figured I would make one yesterday without using my welder (which is a 60 year old POS haha.
Unfortunately, the throttle is not variable, but luckily the slipper clutch in the machine does as it's needed. Moves my 180 lb just fine on flat ground. But with a 45 lb rider, it should be a lot better lol. It was just a $3 bike from Goodwill and a (on sale) $30 cordless tiller. Took about 2 hours to build. Still pedals like a normal bike etc. Kinda fun! Hopefully if y'all have kids - you're inspired to make something funny and dumb like this. It's a blast and super easy!
Why buy it for $35 when you could build it for $25 and 5 hours of time ๐คฃ๐คฃ. The full video is not out yet, but it will be in a couple days once I put some miles on the "Bicentennial Man" bike. Hope you guys enjoy! I thought it was pretty clever. Very rebuildable with the bronze bushings. This thing should pretty much last a lifetime except for the rubber bushings. The ones I got from Ace are a tad too soft, I wind up using a shock absorber bushing from an old car. The shock absorber bushings are available brand new from O'Reilly's for about $1.50 a piece.
So recently on my YouTube channel, I got a copyright strike. I pulled a song from a royalty-free page that was recommended by Google and youtube. With all my spare money going into the channel, I can't risk having another copyright strike. Especially now that I am monetized after 1.5 years and thousands invested.
Does anyone here make Lo-Fi music or anything of the sorts? I'm happy to pay or promote the maker. I'm getting dragged pretty hard for making a silly, 15 second joke song during a welding montage. So, I'm here asking for help ๐
The YouTube channel is mostly RC cars and Homebrew bicycles/projects. Family friendly. Somewhat educational. If that matters, in regards to music type.
I mean, it still has cranks and a chain. So, it's mostly still a bicycle. ๐ 2 day build for about 20 bucks
So, I made another bike. Kinda. Free girls bike. 10 bucks spent on Amazon. A little welding and she's all done! My crap Brompton. The "Compton"
Well, this video came out about a month ago. I've logged quite a few miles on the bike so far. I'm absolutely amazed by it. I haven't waited the complete bicycle yet, but I'm figuring it's about 26 lb maybe? The frame came out surprisingly light. Lighter than my flatland frame from 15 years ago.
It may not be to everyone's taste, but I built it with my version of a late '80s styled BMX that came from a box store. I purposely used relatively cheap looking parts because I wanted to carry on the influence of the lower grade Mongoose of the day etc. I think the stickers I designed turned out wicked cool. Definitely a neat bike. If you have an angle grinder and a welder, you could easily Fab up your own scratch built BMX frame.
I couldn't find any good, DIY kick scooter tutorials on YouTube so I decided to make one. Had a couple free hours this morning. Here's the progress so far. 12 inch kids bikes are very good for these little weird projects
I can't believe so many people were thinking that it would be un rideable. It does perfectly fine for a 50lb cruiser ๐คฃ
I build t buckets and roadsters from scratch. Bodies included. But, not wanting to take on such a big project again, I figured this would be a fun hot rod inspired bicycle.
On Monday it started out as a typical Cruiser bike. Usually I like to build my own frames from complete scratch, but this one here, I just widened the rear and did some metal work to fit the car tire in the back. Made a jack shaft for the chain. And painted it a super heavy metal flake red. I was kind of going after the style of an EJ Potter motorcycle. Hopefully this build does good on my YouTube channel. I think it turned out pretty cool for 5 evenings of work and under $200 invested. Would you guys ride this thing?
On Monday it started out as a typical Cruiser bike. Usually I like to build my own frames from complete scratch, but this one here, I just widened the rear and did some metal work to fit the car tire in the back. Made a jack shaft for the chain. And painted it a super heavy metal flake red. I was kind of going after the style of an EJ Potter motorcycle. Hopefully this build does good on my YouTube channel. I think it turned out pretty cool for 5 evenings of work and under $200 invested. Would you guys ride this thing?
It's kinda DiWHY, right? I mean, a car tire on a bike is not very practical, besides the improbable chance of a flat tire and it looks cool haha
I'm building this EJ Potter inspired bicycle for my YouTube channel. I still need to build a coaster brake mount but otherwise, I believe it's done.
This is an automotive wheel and Tire in the back. Doesn't weigh too much. Feels about like a regular cruiser with about 25 lb strapped to it. Haven't had much of a chance to write it yet, only a few circles in my driveway. But let me know what you guys think of it! The metal flake is insane. The camera doesn't quite pick it up as good as it does in person unfortunately but hey, it's looking good, maybe?!
Sorry for the dusty hot rod. But here's how I get massive metal flake paint jobs on both cars and bicycles.
The hot rod is home built and started with a fence post. The metal body is hand fabricated by yours truly. Pretty much all the metal came out of a gutter manufacturing businesses dumpster next door to me. It's been reliable for 7 years, 12 lb of boost on a stock ka24 engine. Approximately 250 horsepower and 800 lb with me in it. The hot rod is wicked fast.
Now the bike, you may have seen it on a previous post. It has a car tire in the back now. But here's the red metal flake paint job I'm doing for it. Hope this shows you guys a cool trick to get some massive metal flake..
When the paint is good and dry, it will need to be sanded with 1500 and polished for any little metal flakes that are still poking up. But this paint seems to last without fading. At least it did for my hot rod so far, 7 years of daily usage up until recently.
Hopefully this video does good on my channel. The thing is going to be wicked awesome when done. Hoping to paint it Friday, ride it Saturday
Today is just day one. The video on my YouTube channel covers just the back wheel in the video, along with the "plans". But I build stuff pretty quick, so stay tuned and see the final product ๐๐
3.5 evenings of work (15 to 20 ish hours). About 40 bucks. Something fun.
Introducing the "Citi". Version 2.
Keep your hands dirty, build what makes you happy.
If you're interested - builds of a few bicycles from scratch and some restoration work is on my YouTube channel: Rodsoverbricks. Either way, Thanks for watching!