[paranoid56]

Sorry if this is the wrong fourm, as i do like downhill, and i like to go flying down the mt. anyway,
I blew out my crap shock on my crap bike. So, i said F it. so i booty fabed up a rear shock set up using some cheap shock off ebay. the orignal shock was some weird set up from cannondale. now, its just a normal shock. please tell me how booty fab it is
its extreeeem
also, how long do you think this crap will hold up to some over weight monkee riding on it some of the welds look like crap, but its because i went over the welds like 3 times
yea, this bike has been through hell and back, and i just needed it to make it through next weekend. and then i am off to find a new bike.

Shane

 

[Curb Hucker]

i dont know what booty fab means, but thats as ghetto as a 300lbs black man in gold exercise outfit crusing down a main thuroughfare on a chromed out 50cc mini crotch-rocket (ive actually seen this, funny stuff, its the definition of ghetto)

 

[dexterq20]

Sketchy bro. Very sketchy. And btw, that's what most of us (meaning me) would call ghetto rigged. Booty fab sounds like it might be something good (which it's definitely NOT). Good luck with that death contraption though.

 

[SLAYER2003]

Yeah, it may look a bit sketchy, but those are some of the best welds I have ever seen.

 

[paranoid56]

oh its super scetchy, but o so fun. i do konw that there is zero deflection when messing with it. i was doing some stairs and it seemed stable, but that 1250 spring barly holds me also, the geometry is all wrong too
oh, and to me, booty fab = crappy fab too. i just hope it lasts a weekend, then the frame is for sale, and everything i did, is total reversble, everything uses stock holes.
Shane (king of booty fab)
www.camotoy.com

 

[dexterq20]

Originally posted by paranoid56
but that 1250 spring barly holds me

Um... I really hope that's a typo. If not, you don't need a new bike, you need a new diet.

 

[Curb Hucker]

Originally posted by dexterq20
Um... I really hope that's a typo. If not, you don't need a new bike, you need a new diet.

hahahahahhahaha

 

[Jeremy R]

Wow, I have never seen welds laid down through an azzhole before. Nice work.

 

[paranoid56]

no typo. i already said i was a fat ass 6'2" 230lbs
the lbs spring is not really anything, its all in the way its set up. if it was streight up and down, then it would be way too much for me. but the way it is put in the bike, its still a little soft.
Shane

 

[shocktower]

Does it ghost ride well cause thats the only way I would ride that confuction

 

[Curb Hucker]

Originally posted by paranoid56
no typo. i already said i was a fat ass 6'2" 230lbs
the lbs spring is not really anything, its all in the way its set up. if it was streight up and down, then it would be way too much for me. but the way it is put in the bike, its still a little soft.
Shane

im running a 650 and im 190 and it feels stiff for me, and my bike for sure cranks out more leverage than yours too. comething just isnt right with that number

 

[BigMike]

wow..........just..........wow

 

[Sideways]

This is a joke, right?

 

[paranoid56]

well thats just what is stamped on the shock, and thats what the ebay add said, but what do you get for a 10buck shock. over all, it rides like crap ,but much better then the solid rod i had it there, that old shock, was impossable to find.
Shane

 

[paranoid56]

a joke? sorry bud, i am too poor to be jokeing around
this is just the crap that comes out when you have a welder, and are not affraid to use it
Shane

Originally posted by Sideways
This is a joke, right?

 

[oly]

Best redneck engineering ever.

 

[Slugman]

Originally posted by paranoid56
i already said i was a fat ass 6'2" 230lbs

Then maybe you should be more worried about those rim brakes...

 

[dexterq20]

6'2" and 230 lbs isn't fat. Not scrawny by any means, but certainly not obese. There now, don't you feel better?

 

[Damn True]

How's your health insurance?

Seriously, it looks pretty dangerous. But what the heck do I know, I'm just an arrogant racer.

 

[freeriding101]

Originally posted by paranoid56
no typo. i already said i was a fat ass 6'2" 230lbs

you think ur a fat ass try 6'5 280 lbs thats a fat ass... now im making fun of my self

 

[Ice Bullit]

Wow you are brave and no your not fat, I am about the same dimentions as you and yes I have a bit of a gut but nothing to be ashamed of

 

[freeriding101]

i dont know what booty fab is so i cant vote

 

[HippieKai]

uh....don't die

 

[Fulton]

i was gonna vote, but couldn't figure out which was the worst on your scale?

anyway, I wouldn't expect those water bottle mounts to last long-

 

[Zaskar Rider]

That's awesome great use of scrap metal and a welder, I just hope that thing doesn't explode on you this weekend. Oh and I wouldn't risk selling it to anyone, that bike is a liability waiting to happen in anyone else's hands.

 

[Rik]

A Slayer song comes to mind... riding that thing would almost be Mandatory Suicide.

 

[Trond]

Originally posted by Rik
A Slayer song comes to mind... riding that thing would almost be Mandatory Suicide.

Or Expendable Youth

 

[ChrisRobin]

I like the biohazard sticker on the swingarm...except just drop the "bio" and leave the "HAZARD"

 

[Rik]

Originally posted by Trond
Or Expendable Youth

Raining blood
from a lacerated thigh?

 

[Incubus]

Don't be so hard on the guy. Arent' you the least bit curious how it'll turn out? You all scared away the IH linkage guy already. This guy might be on to something here.

 

[awholelota]

i wonder what i'd do with all my spare parts if i had a welder.

 

[paranoid56]

gezz, thanks for all the great ideas
As for the water bottle screws holding, they might. There is not a lot of force on those; the main force load is on that front bar that is attached to the frame.

As for reselling it, I will, but all that booty fab will come off. and the stock blown shock will be put back on (and I will say its blown on the eBay ad too )

Oh, the rim brakes, well, that bad boy on the rear is a hydraulic rim brake, lots of stopping force, now that front mechanical disk is crap. It doesn’t work worth a crap. And I spend a crap load one those bad boys, almost like 25 bucks for the set

I wonder if I should just build a frame from scratch. sch 40 pipe should work nicely, sure it will weigh about 150lbs, but damn strong

Keep you comments coming.
I will take pics after this weekend, to show the damage on either the bike, or my self, good thing I have great heath care

Shane

 

[Kornphlake]

you wanna go ride with me this weekend? I'd like to make a photo commentary of your disaster if at all possible. Where are you riding, the boardwalk, that should be safe, noble canyon, san juan, anderson, lake moreno would be suicide.

 

[dante]

Originally posted by Damn True
How's your health insurance?

Seriously, it looks pretty dangerous. But what the heck do I know, I'm just an arrogant racer.

wait, wait, let me try out my new polite racer attitude: Ummm, nice bike but I wouldn't ride it??

damn. I keep screwing that up.


dante

 

[paranoid56]

ahh, it will be easy riding up in the scycoya nat forest. nothing major, just riding with friends one flat ground.

So, it looks like everybody will say it will fail.
all this positive attuide is great

I konw it looks stetchy, but thats who i am. I also build things like this (but spent a whole lot more time on)
Shane

 

[Sideways]

I assume your work is also featured at scary steering.com
Dude, put the torch down.....or at pull it away from that glass pipe.

 

[ChrisRobin]

Originally posted by dante
wait, wait, let me try out my new polite racer attitude: Ummm, nice bike but I wouldn't ride it??

damn. I keep screwing that up.


dante

you forgot this thing has bad geometry, it's heavy and it's big pogo-stick with no compression or rebound damping.

 

[paranoid56]

ahh, thats such a great site, i have been looking at crap like that for years. in my truck where i have people riding with me, and if i had crap steering i would be endangering everybody. my truck is set up right and built right. no booty fab on that, from the full cage, to the air lockers in the alxes.


So, which bike would you guys recoment i start saving my money for?
Shane

Originally posted by Sideways
I assume your work is also featured at scary steering.com
Dude, put the torch down.....or at pull it away from that glass pipe.

 

[paranoid56]

Nope, i already said that its not just bad geometry, its just plain wrong hence the word booty fab
Shane

Originally posted by ChrisRobin
you forgot this thing has bad geometry, it's heavy and it's big pogo-stick with no compression or rebound damping.

 

[spookydave]

Originally posted by paranoid56


I wonder if I should just build a frame from scratch. sch 40 pipe should work nicely, sure it will weigh about 150lbs, but damn strong

Why stop there? Maybe sch 80 would be better!
nice truck bwt, I used to be into the rock crawers.