Hugo Stiglitz
New Member
Hello All,
New to the site, have been lurking as of recent. Finally putting the finishing touches on my stretch cruiser build.
A little history on me and my build...
I won a stock Kustom Kruiser Roadster at a bar one night in a raffle. They were raffling off the bike, a stereo system for your car and a set of fake cans for chicks. I've never won anything before and almost cried when they called my number for the bike. So we shoved the thing in the back of my then girlfriend's Scion TC (was not easy) and brought it home.
From there it sat and took up space in my apartment. I work too much to really enjoy it. So the bike was about to go on craigslist when I came across a site called slownlow.com. I was hooked! I canned the idea of selling the bike and started sourcing parts to drop this thing and make it my own. Before long, I had this:
Then came the idea of putting an engine on it. I hadn't seen anything like it at the time. A stretch with an engine seemed like a unique build and something that would turn heads down the boardwalk. So I sourced an HT kit from a fellow who was local here in So Cal. Was amazed at how cheap it was, but the kit was clearly not going to be a simple "plug n play" on my bike.
Short of the long, over the past couple of years I've slowly pieced the thing together. It's taken a back seat to work, and restoring my '63 VW. But little by little I tinkered. I was building custom brackets, mounts and a gas tank when I had spare time. Then I finally got the thing running this past weekend.
That is a picture prior to body work on the tank and everything running. I've since put close to 15 hours of body work in the tank, mounted new handle bars and installed a Shimano brake lever and cable for my clutch lever (much better action I might add).
I will post some current pictures in the gallery. I plan to repaint it with a scheme that matches my VW restore. That way I can tow it to shows and put around in style. Plus flat black has been done before.
The site is awesome and I'm glad I stumbled upon it. Helped me figure out some break in procedures and expected pitfalls of the chinese made HT.
New to the site, have been lurking as of recent. Finally putting the finishing touches on my stretch cruiser build.
A little history on me and my build...
I won a stock Kustom Kruiser Roadster at a bar one night in a raffle. They were raffling off the bike, a stereo system for your car and a set of fake cans for chicks. I've never won anything before and almost cried when they called my number for the bike. So we shoved the thing in the back of my then girlfriend's Scion TC (was not easy) and brought it home.
From there it sat and took up space in my apartment. I work too much to really enjoy it. So the bike was about to go on craigslist when I came across a site called slownlow.com. I was hooked! I canned the idea of selling the bike and started sourcing parts to drop this thing and make it my own. Before long, I had this:
Then came the idea of putting an engine on it. I hadn't seen anything like it at the time. A stretch with an engine seemed like a unique build and something that would turn heads down the boardwalk. So I sourced an HT kit from a fellow who was local here in So Cal. Was amazed at how cheap it was, but the kit was clearly not going to be a simple "plug n play" on my bike.
Short of the long, over the past couple of years I've slowly pieced the thing together. It's taken a back seat to work, and restoring my '63 VW. But little by little I tinkered. I was building custom brackets, mounts and a gas tank when I had spare time. Then I finally got the thing running this past weekend.
That is a picture prior to body work on the tank and everything running. I've since put close to 15 hours of body work in the tank, mounted new handle bars and installed a Shimano brake lever and cable for my clutch lever (much better action I might add).
I will post some current pictures in the gallery. I plan to repaint it with a scheme that matches my VW restore. That way I can tow it to shows and put around in style. Plus flat black has been done before.
The site is awesome and I'm glad I stumbled upon it. Helped me figure out some break in procedures and expected pitfalls of the chinese made HT.