with this project, and he did a great job of trying to help turn some sketches and goofy ideas into reality. I haven't ridden SS since last fall when I hung gears on the Punisher, and I honestly miss it. I have an Electra Rat Fink from 2004, I bought one of those 48V 1000W front wheel electric conversion kits and sourced a small 48V 9AH battery from eBay, this battery used to take me about 8-10 miles on one charge but has since become damaged and only took me 5< miles so I ended up selling it. Self-indulgent? A "purty bike?" Sure, but who said this whole thing shouldn't/can't be fun? I'm pretty stoked about how it all came out, and as mentioned earlier I look forward to getting it built up and on some singletrack. Roth's trademark character (for those not familiar) was a big green rat called "Rat Fink." The idea behind the graphics and the overall look of the frame was to blend together my love of classic hot rods (the fade flame paintwork), my admiration of Roth's work (the Rat Fink), and a touch of the rat-rod vibe by leaving the back half of the bike in raw Ti. I've always been into hot rods and drag cars, so the bizarre car/monster art of Roth was something that I found particularly cool. Lots of examples of her work on her website here.Īlthough he was in his hey-day a little (only a little) before my time, I was always fascinated by the art and designs of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. She was a pleasure to work with and seemed to readily understand the goal and overall look I was after.
I saw some of her work on other custom bikes here at MTBR and contacted her when I decided that this project could benefit from some of her fine work. Jen Green is indeed the maker of the nice headbadge surround. I'll build it initially with the rigid and swap on a Fox F29 80mm sometime this summer to give it a whirl. It's not as tall as it appears in one of the pics, but it is indeed suspension-corrected for an 80mm WB/Fox. The custom unicrown rigid fork is steel, with some nice Wright dropouts fillet brazed on to pick up on the flanged/hooded slider drops at the rear of the bike. The " Punisher" frame that Scott built me last year was an all-raw-Ti finish, I wanted to do something fun with this one. Hope to get it built up this weekend if everything comes together. OK, since gearless let the cat out of the bag, here's some more pics of the frame.
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