Frank GRC daily

18 Comments on this post

1. Rusty Nutz said:

   Lovely patina. lol

   hey how do you like the fork setup? Do you bottom out a lot?

   August 16th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
2. frank GRC said:

   havent bottomed out yet bro

   August 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
3. mike said:

   love the rod chain guard roller thing!

   August 16th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
4. Dane said:

   Frank, what did that tank come off of?

   August 16th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
5. frank GRC said:

   a sporster, and some love from a hammer

   August 16th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
6. tadd442 said:

   Was there any particular method to applying the love from said hammer? It is something I have considered doing but don’t want to sacrifice a tank….

   August 16th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
7. Teebs said:

   So Frank, another bike I like. Imagine that.

   Actually, I just finished looking at the 78 hardtail and the murdered stretch and I like both of those too. Except the apes… Just not my deal. But the ’78 is all polish and pretty. Very Nice.

   And the murdered bike… Damn. If I was in the market for a prebuilt bike, I’d drop 2700 on it and feel like I stole it. The chrome headlight and rear fender are perfectly balanced. And I love the seat. Badass

   As for the bike above. While I like shiny paint and sparkly stuff, the use of whatever is handy overrides all of that. The connecting rod is great. And that’s the center emblem from a Pontiac hubcap isn’t it? And of course the hammer work is awesome.

   I love that you aren’t afraid to stretch em out. I like the looks of that amount of stretch. I’ve heard people say that it looks unbalanced without any front stretch. I disagree, it makes it look more aggressive, like it’s pushing forward, which I like.

   August 17th, 2009 at 3:15 am
8. weed said:

   Nice bike i love it , rust dirty and no paint hell yeah

   August 17th, 2009 at 10:43 am
9. frank GRC said:

   tadd442 i tried it on a tank i knew i wasnt going to use first, i am not a metal working kinda guy, so for me to say that this is not a hard thing to do means it really isnt. i was kinda careful around the edges but for the most part the hammer did all the work, i say give it a shot and good luck bro!!!!!!!!

   August 17th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
10. tadd442 said:

    Thanks Frank! I assume you used a ball-peen hammer? Did you just lay it on a table and start whacking, or did you use some sort of support?

    August 17th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
11. frank GRC said:

    yeah i deff would use ballpeen, at first i put it on the bench but quickly relized if i bolted it on the frame, it made it a whole lot easier

    August 17th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
12. Trever said:

    For the forks did you just slide the tubes up through the trees?

    August 24th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
13. frank GRC said:

    to trever, yeah thats what i did but alot of people will tell you not to,i have been riding it this way for almost seven years never had a problem.

    August 25th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
14. Teebs said:

    lol TREVER…. DON’T – DO – IT!

    August 25th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
15. BIGSCARY said:

    Dude I love all your bikes you build, can’t wait til we can get started on my dirty rider and stretch it out to hell and back lol you know us 6’6″ 300 pound plus guys need our leg room. Love how you always find a way to put antiques on your bike and make them not only look cool but function as well.

    August 28th, 2009 at 2:03 am
16. Trever said:

    Thanks for the warning teebs lol. I’m gonna go sportster front end anyways….i was just wondering what kind of ride does that produce? did you put in different spring rates so it wont bottom out….

    August 29th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
17. sean from boston said:

    real bad ass looking daily

    August 1st, 2010 at 4:55 pm
18. norm younger said:

    Best looking RatRod on this site!

    July 29th, 2011 at 4:09 pm

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