PureBred Fab's "Down To Brass Tax" build ..

Luke4554

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Alright well i cant hold out any more .. ive got this thing about 90% done. The bike was purchased for $1000 last september and has been a work in progress for the last year. I probably would have finished it alot sooner had it not been for shattering my leg last fall leaving me in a wheel chair and crutches for about 2 months. I didnt get a whole lot of fab hours in the bike until this spring around march and since then have put the peices together to build what i named "down to brass tax". The bike isnt anything crazy .. pretty common actually. I went for a clean look that i found appealing but still has enough edge to turn a couple heads locally cruising down the street. This is my first XS build and my partner is also building one separately himself. Because it was the first one i decided to go with a weld on tc brothers kit went from there. The rear fender is a '36 ford spare tire ring cut down. Tail light (not shown in picture) is from a '37 Ford. Fleabay headlight and solo seat and 70's peanut tank. Rear struts, pegs, exhaust, bars, seat risers, license plate bracket, solo seat hinge brackets, heat shield, battery box, and all other random brackets and flanges were made by me in my garage. Gold leaf graphics from a friend.. brass exhaust tips from lowbrow.. brass kicker from fleabay. All electrical components contained in the military bags. Radioshack rectifier. BMX grips .. modified .. Black spokes and everything else mostly. Ive been slowly going through the hardware and swapping everything with brass hardware and its looking great. Still to come .. firestone replicas .. and im designing a leafer springer this winter to go on it as well. Anyways enough about that crap here are some pictures. The tail light and plate bracket have been since scraped and re done. Ill be getting sime nicer shots done with a friend in the next couple weeks hopefully.

Hope you guys like it as much as i do.

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Progress Pictures


Day 1 .. looking good for $1000
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Frame
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Rattle can ivory
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Negro
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Yellow
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Box
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Modified the battery box from original design and added brass rivets
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More rivets
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Early pic of my ignition plate .. now has a push button for elec start and coil kill switch also
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Cost me $3 each to make (peice of tubing, washer welded on, and a shortened clevis pin)
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My bags.. theyve since been thinned out a bit
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Welding up pipes
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More
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Its sad that the tips make these expensive pipes
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Another angle
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Making Pegs
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Grip n go
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Finishing the rear struts
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Thanks for all the help guys ..

Luke
 
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Thanks for the compliments guys! I appreciate it alot!

Very nice work, man. Good looking bike! I shiver whenever I see a rigid footpeg, but I'm gettin old, so....

Ive been considering since i made them lifting them a bit just in case. I did tip the bike over in the driveway on each side and its a bit deceiving but id have to be down pretty low to touch. I dont ride this that aggressively so it hasnt been a priority yet. I can say they will probably change in the future though.

Luke:bike:
 
I wonder if he meant because they aren't rubber mounted so they'll vibrate???

Nice looking bike by the way.. and I agree with gordonscott about the welds looking nice and I really like the pipes.. :bike:
 
Thanks .. i added some other pictures of a couple of the smaller details too. I keep looking around thinking all of these pictures seem really old. If i get some sunshine this week ill snap some updated ones of a few things. Anyway you get the idea.

Luke
 
Got my '37 Ford tail light mounted up to the new plate bracket i made. I love it .. its so much cleaner looking than my old set up. Anyway figured id post a picture.

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