"Blackbird" Apocalypse bike project

**Eurodave** · 23rd March 2007, 13:24

Originally Posted by Hans

Good to see some proper "education" going on.

LOL, I was right into the survivalist /post apocalyptic scene there for a while,love the bikes on www.ratbike.org/.

**jim.cox** · 23rd March 2007, 15:46

Originally Posted by Steam

Don't get me wrong, gay is okay, I've sucked my share of cocks, who hasn't?

ME

and I intend to keep it that way

=mjc=
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**Steam** · 23rd March 2007, 20:27

Originally Posted by Eurodave

LOL, I was right into the survivalist /post apocalyptic scene there for a while,love the bikes on www.ratbike.org/.

Hey cool, me too, I am Jamie on that site, and next month my old bike will be in Reader's Rides. Yep, that's my favourite site. It's a pity their BBS is so primitive.

**Steam** · 1st April 2007, 17:55

I used the Blackbird as my commuter bike this week, and the reactions have been varied.
Some people have looked at me like I am covered in maggots or something, reacted with disgust.
A little kid was looking at me from the car in the next lane, wide eyed and interested, and I could see her mum then tell her not to look!
But some people have given the thumbs up, and the little boys stare and stare and say wow cool man.
Interesting!

Anyway, this week I put on the skulls, two of them so far.
I'll put LED's in the eyesockets eventually, and find a few more skulls to scatter round the bike.

I also covered the shiny chrome forks with tyres, they slide as the supension does. Chrome is immoral and indecent and must be covered up!
I would have used proper fork gaiters but they cost $25 which I'd rather spend on beer.

I attached the solid wheel discs front and back, very nice.

I took it for a test ride and at 50kph there is a slight vibration from the unbalanced front wheel disc, but that disappears above 60kph. I tested them at 100kph for 30 minutes or so and they were rock solid in place.
There was quite a bit of northerly side-wind to push on that front wheel disc, which was annoying at below 50kph, but at 100 the wind didn't touch it at all, I guess the rotational inertia of the wheel kept it in line.

It will be interesting to know what the Wof tester says at wof time, the discs are very firmly affixed as the guidelines say they must be, but who knows what goes though their minds.
Maybe I'll get it tested at a proper bike shop where they'd look intelligently at it and not automatically strike it off because it looks funny.

In the coming week I will...
fit the ammo boxes...
fit a mesh cage around the engine...
Um... think of something to do with the fuel tank...

**Panther** · 1st April 2007, 18:16

well i felt privileged parked next to the blackbird of the apocalyse on friday, cool bike, i tried to customise mine with tape but i dont think im achieving the same result

**Midge** · 1st April 2007, 22:52

What you do for a job Steam?

**Steam** · 1st April 2007, 22:56

Originally Posted by Midge

What you do for a job Steam?

I am a deckhand on the small commuter ferries on Wellington harbour. It's a nice outdoorsy job but I intend to have a proper career-type job by the end of winter, something in newspapers or communications for the government or something newsy like that.

**Ixion** · 1st April 2007, 23:03

Originally Posted by Steam

,,
But some people have given the thumbs up, and the little boys stare and stare and say wow cool man.
Interesting!

,,
Um... think of something to do with the fuel tank...

Small boys are a good guideline. Very honest.

Fish. Fish are good. Or replace it with a cactus garden.

Or a small missile launcher. You can get missile launchers (and missiles) from the Warewhare, only toy ones I'm afraid but they look funky

**T-Thunder13** · 2nd April 2007, 19:36

the skulls are right on bruv. nice work

**rwh** · 2nd April 2007, 20:14

Originally Posted by Ixion

Or a small missile launcher. You can get missile launchers (and missiles) from the Warewhare, only toy ones I'm afraid but they look funky

There are places online that sell USB ones ... functional for intra-office warfare. You'd need a computer with some tricky software to make it work properly from a moving vehicle though

Richard

**Steam** · 3rd April 2007, 17:52

It's alive! It just happened, some monstrous unseen force grabbed my hand and made me do it.
It was like it wanted to be born, I had no say in the matter.
I didn't plan it, it just vomited forth from my toolbox.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Apocalypse has arrived.