"...working on getting rid of excess stuff..." When that neglected FJ40 --having to sit behind a Jeep!--becomes excess, I'll be glad to help you out. They are my weakness; currently have four and always looking for more.
He has four, I have none. Help a guy out! Ha ha. i could never get rid of an fj if i got ahold of one. The jeep is awesome! Do you wheel in TN or KY? How are the lowes lights working out??
My dad gave me that FJ. The tub is in bad shape so when I initially got it I planned on going with tube for the rear 3/4 tub and setting it up so that I can still use the hard top. Had a shop that was going to do it and they backed out. I had already purchased the 37" Pitbull Rockers for it, too. That fell through and it's on 32" BFG ATs right now. It had a 3" body lift on it from the guy that had it before dad so I'll be cutting that out from under it. Basically, it's staying.
needs more bicycles
but seriously? nice space.
There are 15 bikes in the garage that are ready to ride and another seven under the rear deck that were given to me to cut and hack for builds. Crazy.
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Nice garage! We need more pics of the bikes though!
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Here's a few:
My road bike
'65 Western Flyer with Mesinger saddle. Removed the stock rear hub and put in a 3-speed rear hub that was on a bike that was given to me. That 60cc 2-stroke is for a different bike. I just stuck it on this thing to keep it off the bench.
My wife's Cannondale F9. It's a men's frame but it's a small and I knew she'd like the colors. Got this, tore it down to the frame, and rebuilt it with hydraulic brakes, new triggers and rear derailleur, and new wheels that would accept a brake disc.
My fun cruiser. Built by a guy in Murfreesboro from a men's frame, a women's frame, and a tandem. And and bunch of other random stuff. An 8 mile ride is common on this. The wrench/sissy bar setup is for sparks. Pull up on the wrench and let it spark.
My daughter on it one day before school.
My daughter's cruiser. Started life as a Huffy Cranbrook.
She's been the one designing this thing. Nine years old. It's been chopped/dropped. She wanted the springer but she also wanted front disc brakes - I still need to make the disc mounts and weld them to the springer. Seat is made from the cut-up stock seat and she chose burlap to cover it with.
I made the suspension for the seat from a 3ft piece of steel rod. Final colors will be flat black/satin green with cork wrapped bars. Her choice.
My wife's cruiser. This thing started life as a $70 box store bike. My wife rode my long chopper (see below) and liked the stretched feeling of it but didn't want to deal with the rake of such a long front fork. I made this one simple, just cut the top tube and seat tube from the frame, canted the seat tube back as far as it would go and still allow use of the fender (just in case she wants it later) and made a new top tube. Rotated the bars forward a bit, then tore the wheels down, sanded/primed/painted them, then re-assembled. Added a Betty Boop badge to the head tube, then had it striped. This photo is prior to striping.
The big chopper. 77"wheelbase. This thing has changed a bit since this picture. Now has front/rear disc brakes, new wheels, new cranks, and new fork. It's a work in progress.
Then there's the others...
What can I say? We're a bike family.
