Saturday, September 12, 2009

Western Flyer

Big Brad, who works at Bank of America, decided to buy the Western Flyer.  I'm glad, but this was definitely a bike I wanted to keep.  Oh well, I know Brad will love it.
Upon consulting with Brad, we decided to change the paint scheme.  My dad painted the frame and rims metallic black and painted a gold pinstripe on the rims and fenders.  It looks sharp.  Had to take the springer fork to be re-chromed, so obviously that will be perfect when it's installed.  We're putting big, black-walled cruiser tires on and my mom is making a leather satchel that will attach to the rear of the saddle.  A saddle satchel.  The headbadge will be gold and black.  I think it's going to be sweet.  I'm jealous.  
Here are the pictures after paint and pinstripe.  It doesn't have the clear-coat on yet, and it's hard to tell exactly what it looks like in the pics because the flash brought out so much of the gold metallic in the paint.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009