CBURKE23

Hello all! Name's Chris, I'm the owner of Cburke.Industries, a small fabrication and metal art business. I picked up this bike for free and wanted to play around with it. I'm super into rat rods, but without the money to build a car, I thought a bike would be the next best thing lol.

The only thing I need to do is order the front, but other then that I'll be making everything.
I like taking a lot of pictures as I go, hope you don't mind!

When I picked her up!


First thing was to flip the girl bar around.



Then I started cutting her up!



Building the extension




I love spider webs, well in metal not real life lol.

CBURKE23

I cut the upper back off to flip it so I could maybe cut the seat bar to bring it down

I'll need to extend this as well


So that's all for now. I really need to order the front so I can see where the seat will sit before I weld that back piece back on. I want the back tire to sit just behind your back.
Oh and sorry for the crap cell pics, I post these to IG so I didn't break out the good camera! Maybe when it's all done!

Philphine

looks like the webs could be really close to your chain line. hope it works out.

Berta

I already want to ride it. Can't wait to see it finished, so I hope the rest goes smoothly.

Johnny Mullet

CBURKE23

Nope, already checked the chain. I had to check it anyway because of the upper back tail being flipped. It's close for sure!
Thanks guys, can't wait to get it done and painted.

Fastfingaz

Good work and pictures are a big plus and lots of pictures is a BIG BIG plus!!! carry on,,, you're giving me ideas.....

Floyd

Keep up the good work

CBURKE23

Thanks guys! As soon as my front end gets here, I can get back to work!

CBURKE23

Got my bars and grips. Should be able to order the front end this month.

Floyd

keep us informed...peace

CBURKE23

Ok, got the front in so I installed it to see just how low it would sit. Well, It's lower then I thought so I'll either need to order a 3" crank or cut an inch out of the one I have. Any suggestion?


I also had to trim down the front a little at the top to get it closer to the head.














I'm happy with it! Just need to make sure I can ride it lol.
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CBURKE23

I went ahead and ordered a 3 1/2 inch crank, hope I can ride it like this.

Rollfast

Working or not, it is a major improvement on a Huffy Cranbrook.

CBURKE23

Got my crank in 3 1/2
ZOMBIEHEARSEHEADBADGE by cburke.industries, on Flickr

Rear end is all welded up and done!
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And upper is flipped and welded on
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Now, I slapped on the old front and I kind of like it! So now I'm not sure which one I like. LMK what you guys think.....
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Fastfingaz

It's lower and longer lookin with the springer, go with that, see how you feel on it,,,

CBURKE23

I think that's the plan. So far everyone is saying springer. I think if I make a bent seat post I can take some of the weight off the front and that should help a little. If I need to I'll cut the lower bar off, make my own new bar and move the sprocket over....

KDC19561954

Looking real good can't wait to see it finish.What color are you thinking about?

CBURKE23

I'm doing the sea foam green with brown under it and sanding it down in places that would show rust. So fake rust is how it will be painted but with chrome accents.

CBURKE23

New grips in! Now need to find a seat to match... This this color will really set off the Rat Rod look!
IMG_20141023_193249 by cburke.industries, on Flickr

msemanuel

Nice It gives me inspiration to build a rat bike.

CBURKE23

That's great man!!!
Thank you!

CBURKE23

Taillight came in. Will need to build a bracket to hold it. Not sure how I'm going to get this light to work. I only has one wire....
ZOMBIEHEARSEHEADBADGE by cburke.industries, on Flickr

John Hood

Lights like that are made to ground to the frame. On a typical car or motorcycle, the negative lead from the battery connects directly to the frame and this effectively turns any metal part that touches it into a ground wire. What you need to do to make it work on your bike is either create a chassis ground like on a car, or open up the light and rewire it enough to run the ground to a second wire.

CBURKE23

Thank you!
I'll give a try! I guess finding a nice place to put a battery would be the next problem. It really only needs to be on at shows and what not....
Thank you again!