White Trash Fabrication's Post Apocalypic 250 Ninja Street Fighter $3000 Budget Build
Hi I'm Julian from White Trash Fabrication (WTF for short) and this a is 250 Ninja I'm building into a custom Mad Max Street fighter. This is what I started with. I had to cut most of the back of the bike off. Also this build has a budget of $3000. My shop builds budget bikes. We specialize in choppers, Bobbers, Café racers/Street Fighters all built with that old school vibe, with a little bit of Mad Max, Rockabilly Rat Bike and a touch of Steampunk for good measure. So hope this build shows you that you don't need a lot of money to build something trick.
I have a question :| What does one do with a 250 Ninja rat bike, once the whole Zombie, Vampire, Post-Apocalypse bullshit gets old and fades away? Assuming that hasn't already happened.
paint smaint .. this is a post apocalyptic theme bike, not a Schwinn for Barbie
How us pro builders do rat patina:
step 1 take everything down to bare metal.
step 2 in a large spray bottle, mix 400ml of pickle juice, 375ml hydrogen peroxide and 125 grams of kosher salt
step 3 spray down and saturate bare metal with the patina solution
step 4 let sit in high humidity environment for 72 hours
step 5 repeat step 3 and 4 until desired finish is attained
step 6 (optional: splatter with blood )
or you can just drop it by the shop for a professional rat finish. here is your member coupon:
paint smaint .. this is a post apocalyptic theme bike, not a Schwinn for Barbie
How us pro builders do rat patina:
step 1 take everything down to bare metal.
step 2 in a large spray bottle, mix 400ml of pickle juice, 375ml hydrogen peroxide and 125 grams of kosher salt
step 3 spray down and saturate bare metal with the patina solution
step 4 let sit in high humidity environment for 72 hours
step 5 repeat step 3 and 4 until desired finish is attained
step 6 (optional: splatter with blood )
or you can just drop it by the shop for a professional rat finish. here is your member coupon:
Don't MIG Ali (I'm assuming the swing arm is Ali?), it always looks shit. If you can TIG, do it right, if you did it right, used a jig, gussets and proper fillet welds you wouldn't need a mild steel box over the top that'll stop it snapping but not bending like a noodle under compression. Even your steel MIG looks ropey. I do like the concept though, just be careful and do it right
No, I haven't. But I did take a 605 ATK and convert it to a SSSA by using a Triumph swingarm and narrowing it about 3" and flipping it upside for the chain to line up.
This is just a FYI I did use a jig when I worked on the swingarm and if you look behind the welding table that green thing is a frame jig (for building frames form the ground up). This is a customer bulid and they wanted the bike to have that industrial Gorilla weld look. Hence post apocalyptic.
If he has anything that shoots flames it would be best used from the driveway, pointing in to the garage, until the bottle runs out.....
OP.... Did you consider that the rear rim on a triumph 3 spoke sssa is directional? You are now running the rear wheel backwards, against everything it was designed for.
I suppose you used the original swingarm and didn't build a whopping chainlink monstrosity so you aren't completely dumb.
Carry on.... I love your work and regularly refer to it to scare the shit outta my mates.
I think he left after i called him out for lying about his work. I can tolerate a lot of b.s. but i cant stand an intentional liar.
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