Bunyacks Retro Bike Project

[Bunyack]

SO...... i acquired an old bike.




Actually it's a Red-Line BMX with a banana seat and railing. It looks like it was a stolen bike as someones done a very quick 'mod' of spray painting most of the bike (stickers, tyres, brakes + pads) rattle can gold.


im gonna do it up over the holidays.

What are your suggestions???

[=Stevo=]

remove sissy bar/banana seat, replace with a normal seat and post - sell it on ebay for $50-100.

go round the rubbish collections for each suburb and find something that is more of a vintage shape and then modify that instead.

it just looks silly, its a relatively modern bmx bike trying to be pose as something dragster-ish
You can pick up some way cooler old bikes for free if you look around

[Cip]

white painted tyre labels

[Bunyack]

Need to find front and rear huggers and high-rise handlebars. :p

[Rastas]

Dude, bring it to me, ill chop out those ugly straight frame tubes and put in some nice curvy rolled ones..

[Jomac]

I think you should paint naked ladies on the frame.

[Sentry]

So judging from your poll I guess you want white wall tyres Nice aquisition!

[millsy]

mmm i'd like to see a bmx race styled, (paint, number, 80's colouring etc) chopper. a nice Green or pearl dark blue like the blue in E.T movie posters or the green from Ninja Turtles. chop the seat bar down low, chop the angle and change the rake of the front forks and change'em to a long stem on curved front forks.
Or if you really want a matt black frame but keep the same theme with red coloured rubber ohhh yeah

[millsy]

Ooo and colour the clamp and sprocket and little bits to match the rims.. Red not chrome

[Spuddy]

Matt Black frame, RED spokes.

[millsy]

Red Tyres woop woop!

[Bunyack]

this is good infro to be getting. cheers guys.

I sourced some front and rear tyre huggers. they'll be stripped back and chromed as well.

[Envy]

gloss black with candy apple green spokes, cogs, pedal arms (?what every they're called)

[MattyA]

nah candy apple red and candy apple green in the right mix will look sweet. good for x mas too!

Chrome can go in anywhere

[Shortfuse]

White frame, white seat, gold sissy bar, gold spokes, white rims.

[Bunyack]

This is where im at so far. stripped the frame back and went matte black.

was a bit lazy, so I didnt take the rim off and chrome it.

went the black chrome.




I only tried one side with the paint pen. it does work.....



but doesnt look to bright/good up close.




Will soon be adding these bad boys (chrome fenders) just need to chop them to fit.

[George3000ltd edition]

why is it that all i can see snoop dogg riding that thing?

[Bunyack]

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Before the haters be hating, I know the front fender should be ther other way around but I Cant get it to fit as the front forks get in the way and prevent the fender from attaching to the axle.


Total so far:

Hand grips: $20
2 cans of spray paint: $8
5 new allen bolts: $3.70

total: $31:70


Quick Question:

Can anyone fab up a "ape-hanger" style handle bar???? The BMX style bars do not fit the style im going for. I have a ape-hanger style h-bar here but they are the same height as the bmx ones. Ideally, I'd like some bars that rise up another foot... possibly to be at the same height as the rear sissy bar.


Things to do:

Paint / (buy new) white foot pegs.
Get kick ass ape-hanger handle bars.

[Bundera]

needs spokey dokeys

[XS650]

Hi ya
i've got an old school dragstar frame going cheap that may suit the look you're going for better than the BMX frame.... PM me if interested