Old member who hasn’t been here for a while

Hi folks. After a few years doing other things I decided to build a new bike. It’s been a long drawn out process because I want it to look really cool.
I hate peanut tanks, the standard stem looks weird and the rake of most bikes look odd to me. Now I should just appreciate them for what they are but I have a habit of not letting well enough alone.

It started with this frame in the 1st attachment. An old amf frame that I got for 10 bucks
I can’t remember what I paid for the bike in the second attachment but it was cheap. The guy was almost not going to sell it to me when he heard I was going to part it out, but he looked like a guy who needed cash.
I used the fork first and the wheels are 24 inch.
As I said, I don’t like peanut tanks so I got a big tank for 35 bucks from ebay
 

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Next I got an eBay seat. I hadn’t figured out how I’d mount it. I got some 24x30 tires. With that comes some problems...dang tires are too fat. At first I tried a bolt on option but it didn’t seem safe. I did some research and decided to learn how to braze
I took the back end of the donor bike and attached it to the frame
 

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I got interested in the YD100 engine so I splurged and got one. I also built a subframe for the seat and that’s where I am as of mid December 2020
 

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