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Ray Part of things 1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad Posts: 476	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet Ray @crazycortina
	Aug 9, 2008 20:21:57 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	After receiving my Bratz lowrider for 37 quid on ebay a few days ago, I quickly set about making it my own! The plans are: Green banana seat with tall chrome sissy bar Black paint with green pin-stripes Black pedals and green grips General tidy up with the chrome and whitewalls Then after a few changes to get the idea of what will look like: I then began to strip it down for painting. I used T-cut scratch remover to clean up the chrome and bathroom cleaner on the whitealls, it worked really well! More coming soon!
	Last Edit: Dec 6, 2008 22:14:29 GMT by Ray

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mk3cokebottle Kinda New Posts: 2	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet mk3cokebottle @mk3cokebottle
	Aug 9, 2008 21:51:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	ive got an emmelle beach cruiser i must do something funky with it and jump on the band wagon


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alecw35 Posted a lot Posts: 1,211	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet alecw35 @alecw35
	Aug 10, 2008 9:04:01 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I was watching some Bratz on Ebay. One went for £16. But was in Yorkshire. To far away. Geuss I could make my Puch into a low rider. But buying new bars, seat and sissy bar would end up expensive.


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mk3cokebottle Kinda New Posts: 2	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet mk3cokebottle @mk3cokebottle
	Aug 10, 2008 19:03:19 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 10, 2008 9:04:01 GMT alecw35 said: I was watching some Bratz on Ebay. One went for £16. But was in Yorkshire. To far away. Geuss I could make my Puch into a low rider. But buying new bars, seat and sissy bar would end up expensive. check the for sale room mate i have one for sale but its a proper custon kruiser I'm based in aldershot .


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mk3cokebottle Kinda New Posts: 2	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet mk3cokebottle @mk3cokebottle
	Aug 10, 2008 19:09:12 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Aug 10, 2008 9:04:01 GMT alecw35 said: I was watching some Bratz on Ebay. One went for £16. But was in Yorkshire. To far away. Geuss I could make my Puch into a low rider. But buying new bars, seat and sissy bar would end up expensive. check the for sale room mate i have one for sale but its a proper custon kruiser I'm based in aldershot .


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Ray Part of things 1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad Posts: 476	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet Ray @crazycortina
	Aug 11, 2008 13:31:17 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I got the frame painted yesterday with the help of Imperial! I wanted the clips going to the back brake removed as it would spoil the look of the pin-striping. I will let the pics do the talking ;D Gave them a quick skim of filler and gave it a wet and dry. Next up was the pin-striping! I decided to go for white and green as one color would look to solid. Then hit the whole bike with satin-black and clear lacquer. Started re-assembling the bike this morning Put it all together into this! This is the finished bike for now, I'm quite happy with the result! I am keeping on the lookout for some kool accessories and I could do with some green pedals and grips! If anyone has any bits going cheap, give me a PM


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Ray Part of things 1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad Posts: 476	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet Ray @crazycortina
	Aug 11, 2008 13:49:43 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Just won these on FleaBay! cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=320284272408


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Ether Posted a lot Posts: 4,450	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet Ether @streetrules
	Aug 11, 2008 16:05:27 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	DK do Ireon Cross pedals, too. Although these are a lot cheaper cgi.ebay.co.uk/davtus-IRON-CROSS-platform-pedal-MTB-Dirt-BMX-bikes-NEW_W0QQitemZ150276559669QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150276559669


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Ray Part of things 1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad Posts: 476	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet Ray @crazycortina
	Aug 11, 2008 18:02:44 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	They are well nice! Thing is though, they are nearly what I paid for the bike! I'm trying to keep the budget down if I can as I would like the bike to be-able to be used and not have to worry about it too much! Any stuff like that I can get quite cheaply?


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alecw35 Posted a lot Posts: 1,211	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet alecw35 @alecw35
	Aug 11, 2008 18:11:12 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I had a look at the bike in the for sale page. Is a good looking bike. Probably fit me better than a lowrider. Bit out of my price range though. This Bratz is good. like the stripping. I would have taken the seat clamp off. Its easier to paint the frame with out it. Only held on by a bit of weld. A BMX seat clamp goes on.


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Ray Part of things 1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad Posts: 476	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet Ray @crazycortina
	Aug 11, 2008 18:20:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Thanks, glad you like it! Yeah, I was thinking about it but this is only a quick paint job. If I paint it again in the future I will take more off. It will do for cruisin the streets and shows for now though! Next small update is these! Just won these off ebay! Ex American casino dice. They are only used for a few hours and then sold on to avoid foul play. This is apparently the last pair of 'Hooters' ones so will be turned into dust caps!
	Last Edit: Aug 12, 2008 19:43:53 GMT by Ray

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Ray Part of things 1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad Posts: 476	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet Ray @crazycortina
	Sept 14, 2008 10:19:30 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Haven't updated this for a while as I have been on holiday in America which supplied me with a few cool bits for the lowrider. Managed to get an American dollar note bandanna for the frame and some dollar decals. I have fitted the casino dice, quite pleased with the result actually as they are a lot bigger than normal dice caps. I managed to find a cool chrome horn and fitted my green iron cross grips. Here are some recent pics of my progress. Other plans for the bike, are to lower the front of the bike, I will take the spring out and put it in front of its bracket. I am getting some wheels with more spokes from another project I'm starting soon. Also I have some vinyl letters to write something on the chain guard. I don't know what to write though so I will hand over to you guys for some suggestions.


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alecw35 Posted a lot Posts: 1,211	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet alecw35 @alecw35
	Sept 14, 2008 15:02:27 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	wonder if you can get 20" tubes with the L bend valve stems like you get on smaller wheels. as it'll be dificult to get the fancy valve caps in between the spokes or even a pump nozzle you can get add on L bend valve things. from motorbike shops


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street Posted a lot 6.2 ft/lbs of talk Posts: 4,662	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet street @street
	Sept 14, 2008 19:15:42 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I think it looks damn cool! Nice colour combo, liking the grips especially I reckon if it was me I might do the mudguards in green metalflake.... Chrome is good but I reckon you could afford to lose that bit of chrome in favout of more green-ness
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Ray Part of things 1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad Posts: 476	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet Ray @crazycortina
	Sept 14, 2008 20:07:35 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Thanks Yes, I was thinking that as in the eBay description it said the chrome was bad. It cleaned up OK though so I left it, but it is still a possibility
	Last Edit: Sept 14, 2008 21:13:53 GMT by Ray

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trg1984 Posted hell of a lot pitying fools since 1984 Posts: 6,503	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet trg1984 @trg1984
	Sept 15, 2008 6:15:04 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	i think green metal guards might too much green imo, what about getting busy with the tape again and doing some striping on the with green and black?? a metal flake chain guard would be cool, you could just lay out your vinyl letters, paint it green then lacquer over it with metal flake in the lacquer. thatd look cool


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tumult Part of things Posts: 114	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet tumult @tumult
	Sept 15, 2008 23:17:52 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Very nice bike I might have to keep a look out for one of those myself


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trg1984 Posted hell of a lot pitying fools since 1984 Posts: 6,503	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet trg1984 @trg1984
	Sept 16, 2008 16:57:50 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I'm very tempted by one, and this is prob my fav of all the modded brat bikes. very inspriational


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HoTWire Administrator Posts: 27,173	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet HoTWire @admin
	Sept 16, 2008 18:29:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Love the bike
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Ray Part of things 1964 Anglia 105e - MK4 Polo Sinbad Posts: 476	Lowrider bike build - Another joins the fleet Ray @crazycortina
	Dec 6, 2008 22:10:26 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Haven't updated this thread for a while, here are my latest mods - Chrome mirror - J2O bottle on sissybar - Iron cross on fender - Dice - Yellow front light, rear sissybar light - Green lights under fenders, I will get some night pics soon And the addition of this!! If anyone is interested the red lowrider is FOR SALE cgi.ebay.co.uk/20-Imperial-Custom-Cruiser-Lowrider-Chopper-bike_W0QQitemZ320323343789QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item320323343789&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1298


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