My Ebike with OLDSCHOOL aesthetics Buildthread

[carl2.0]

Wow, similar styling to a BMW I'm flattered Chlao . The bike appears to have a bigger front wheel because those motorcycle forks are much longer than the chopper forks so it pushed the front end up....that lil change in height shifted the design was aiming for from cafe racer to a more classic scrambler or as Chalo pointed a desert racer. I appreciate the compliment agniusm.. building things here can be a challenge.. the artisans are skillful but there is often no central place to develop prototypes. Doing prototypes in the Caribbean basically means taking your project from workshop to workshop having various artisans make their various contributions. I would love for a "Tech Shop" in Barbados I will probably have to leave here to develop my future projects :S


Since the style on the bike has been shifting I changed back to the old handle bar arrangement. I think its much more suited Its really starting to look like a desert racer, let me know what are your thoughts

 

[carl2.0]

I finally got the chance (and time) to strip down the bike and have the reinforcements done. He take a look at the new more structurally sound frame.
- Reinfoced headtube point of connection
-Reinforced dropout area
-Reduced seat heirght.. only 1/2 inch

Finally assembled the bike back together n took it on a midnight run. Great fun