Project grape ape

[trailramdan]

Well here is my newest addition to my garage, picked this up today. Plans are strip it down, paint it purple with satin black fenders and ape hangers....hopefully a HF clone this motor looks pretty small. Paint the wheels ralley wheel silver. and of coarse redo the seat...I am sure the HF engine would fit fine and the tank would work too. but I kind of like where the tank is mounted on this one. I know I seen some polished ones like this So I will see if I can find one. If not we will take it from there. SO far this bike has a new chain, clutch and grips/brake lever.

[trailramdan]

depending on how my 16 hour shift goes tonight I may start to tear it down in the morning. i got all the bolts soaking as we speak. shouldnt take long to take it apart. figure out how i will strip the paint might just try some paint remover. in a perfect world i would have the frame/fenders and hangers painted this week.

[jeep2003]

thats a cool bike is it a wildcat? Grape ape thats great when i first started my tandem bike I was going to do it purple and go for the 60s look and call it the "Purple Nurple" and write it on the tank in 60s bubble letters maby next time round

[trailramdan]

lol thanks man! its a ruttman pak mule, but from what i gather it its pretty much a wildcat not many people could pick out the differences. doing this bike for the wife...well kinda i had purple and satin black fenders and ape hangers in my head before she even knew the bike exisisted lol but she is excited for it....going for the vintage mopar feel on this bike. got the name grape ape from well the color and the ape hangers lol i figured it was fitting...you should do a bike and give it that name lol i love it! PURPLE NURPLE

[jeep2003]

the logo could be a dot with a spiral around it well i hope you find a good purple thats not too Barneyish and light in the loafers. Thats kinda why I never went through with it. Seems like a diffucult color to find in a spray can that looks manly enough. Buy you can say its the wifes bike so itll be easier for you Looking forward to the progress

[trailramdan]

lol i agree i would paint it anything to lame or girly. i figured if i got the actual plum crazy purple that they use on the 2010 challengers id be safe its a sweet color

[trailramdan]

here is the color i want and the 2nd pic is a decal i thought about adding to the rear fender, get it scaled down of coarse figured since i was going with the old muscle car colors, plum crazy purple and satin black fenders and hangers why not? the 3rd pic is another idea for the rear fender

[trailramdan]

any input on the seat? it needs recovered/ replaced its the correct length but a tad wider. ive seen a few on here that shorten them up alot but i dont want to much dead space. so if i get the board recoverd do you all think that will look good? input is apreciated

[buckeye]

Guess the seat depends on how big the riders booty is. For your wife, I guees, we need pics to give us a idea on the size.

[trailramdan]

on 3 hours of sleep and on a 110 degree day who wouldnt want to work in the garage??? pics from todays progress