Taking a break from the mopars this winter/ Chopper build

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My little girl will get here training wheels off this spring so i need a bike to ride with her, wife just wanted me to get a wally world bike, but that won't do!!! This started as a 60's Ross cruiser, i stretched it out about 3" and raked the neck to about 50* Should be fun if i don't break my neck.
 

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Yes helmet for sure, horn, headlight, I'm actually going to use some nice triple tree forks with disc brakes, forks will probably be even a few inches longer.
 
Now that would look cool.I need to rethink my bikes also,my daughter is getting to that age also(4 now)
 
Guys, remember 1 thing.....

Dad's bike always has to be bigger, better and faster than the kid's bike.
 
Update for those interested, Going with a metallic orange paint, should be done in about a month.
 

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Dude, that is sweet, did you buy those forks?
 
Yes mail ordered the forks, they are 42" long. Just a standard chain for power. I grew up in the 70's and had choppers and a manta ray, wife thinks i lost my mind LOL
 
Makes me think maybe I should get busy and restore/fix my bike. Cna't remember the make and model but it has a three speed hub that is dated 1970. Its a crate bike knockoff.
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Always wante one as a kid, my sister found this at a rummage sale for $20, and gave it to me for my 35th birthday.
 
Makes me think maybe I should get busy and restore/fix my bike. Cna't remember the make and model but it has a three speed hub that is dated 1970. Its a crate bike knockoff.
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Always wante one as a kid, my sister found this at a rummage sale for $20, and gave it to me for my 35th birthday.


Thats cool coffeedart67, complete with suicide shifter. I pretty sure thats a Raleigh Chopper.
 
looks like a Raleigh, I'm going to try a small leather seat, but may try a big banana with sissy bar later, but i think a small seat would look best with this narrow frame chopper
 
I'll have to trudge through the mud and check but I think the brand is Fleetwing, and its a Jetstar Super Deluxe model, I tired researching it a few years ago and couldn't find much other than they were made in Germany (I think) and sold through Fields(I think) stores.
 
I'll have to trudge through the mud and check but I think the brand is Fleetwing, and its a Jetstar Super Deluxe model, I tired researching it a few years ago and couldn't find much other than they were made in Germany (I think) and sold through Fields(I think) stores.


I have head of those. Even rarer. Here is a pic I found doing a google search. This is a 1971 Tigercat. Thanks for the correction.
 

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