I can smooth that out in Illustrator if you'd like.
Are all four spirals identical?
Nick
Are all four spirals identical?
Nick
Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Bike
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splurge
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Here you go. I havent used illustrator in years.
I'm sure all the spirals differ between all the bikes, this was the best pic I could find of it. Which is kind of why I was thinking we should consider a true spiral or take something from Burton's book. He has tons of spirals in there.
KansasJack
Well-Known Member
I'll start on it tonight as well as try to figure out the other four spirals.
Nick
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Ruddigger
Sr Member
Bahahahahaha!
kxazbug
Well-Known Member
i second that! original spinner design would be best and that one looks great.
Woo hoo! I never thought I'd be this excited about skirts.
Nick
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Ruddigger
Sr Member
Abelugo
Sr Member
Turns out there is more fitting and grinding involved, I happen to have three different schwinn fenders that seem correct, and it looks like the skirts will need some sort of notching for clearance, So if you have a grinder you should be able to fit them. Part of the issue is the tire area, the other part is the brake arm on the left side. Then you'll also will need to drill the holes for mounting.
On the spinner discs, I'm going to have to punch the hole a bit larger at work to make them spin properly.
The spot welding burned through on some, leaving some tiny .125" or smaller holes, they can easily be filled with some filler.
I'm fitting a set today so, I'll post some pics later.
Here are an initial fitment, We added a "L" shaped panel on each edge of the skirt, the only thing is that we didn't have great images to see where they start and ended. So I had to do some notching and cutting. I'll make a drawing for the people that purchase them so they have an idea where to cut.
Also you can see on the left hand skirt, if it were to be cut down from the top a bit less material will need to be cut on the bottom. Also past about the 90 degree mark on the fender you won't be able to see because the saddle bags.
I'll PM you if you asked about them. For a shipping cost and total.
On the spinner discs, I'm going to have to punch the hole a bit larger at work to make them spin properly.
The spot welding burned through on some, leaving some tiny .125" or smaller holes, they can easily be filled with some filler.
I'm fitting a set today so, I'll post some pics later.
Here are an initial fitment, We added a "L" shaped panel on each edge of the skirt, the only thing is that we didn't have great images to see where they start and ended. So I had to do some notching and cutting. I'll make a drawing for the people that purchase them so they have an idea where to cut.
Also you can see on the left hand skirt, if it were to be cut down from the top a bit less material will need to be cut on the bottom. Also past about the 90 degree mark on the fender you won't be able to see because the saddle bags.
I'll PM you if you asked about them. For a shipping cost and total.
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I finished up the new spiral in Illustrator.
Here's the new spiral in yellow on top of the photo and next to the first version.
It's pretty spot on now with only a few "idealizations" done to it. The main one being that in the original the stripe get super thin and run around the edge for a few more inches from where I stopped it. If this were cut from vinyl sticker material this edge would be very weak and probably and be prone to pealing or rolling off.
I think all the spirals were made with the same stencil. Check out this bike. They have the spiral spinning in the other direction but it's identical.
Attached are two Illustrator files. One called Red Spiral which is just the outline for the red spiral. The other is has the white circle under neath and the black dot showing the center like in the graphic above.
Do we have a definitive size for the circle?
Nick
Here's the new spiral in yellow on top of the photo and next to the first version.
It's pretty spot on now with only a few "idealizations" done to it. The main one being that in the original the stripe get super thin and run around the edge for a few more inches from where I stopped it. If this were cut from vinyl sticker material this edge would be very weak and probably and be prone to pealing or rolling off.
I think all the spirals were made with the same stencil. Check out this bike. They have the spiral spinning in the other direction but it's identical.
Attached are two Illustrator files. One called Red Spiral which is just the outline for the red spiral. The other is has the white circle under neath and the black dot showing the center like in the graphic above.
Do we have a definitive size for the circle?
Nick
lostcasket
Active Member
That's what I did, I used a stencil. It turned out good. But chips way to much. I had to touch it up Four five times. I think a vinyl sticker eventally might peel, but maybe some hodgepodge might tack that down
Also I'd thought I'd post this up for perusal.
I found these images on Ebay a while ago but sadly didn't win them. They seem to be from the photography session that was used to make the poster image.
Pretty cool, huh?
What's that sign say?
nick
I found these images on Ebay a while ago but sadly didn't win them. They seem to be from the photography session that was used to make the poster image.
Pretty cool, huh?
What's that sign say?
nick
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lostcasket
Active Member
sooooo coool!
Abelugo
Sr Member
Cool pics Nick, I missed an auction that had one other image of the bike I never seen before, then I couldn't even find the action again.
Guys the spirals are sided, the left side spiral is different from the right side.
BTW, if you have the spirals cut on white vinyl, can you add the detail pinstripes into the file and get them all cut at the same time?
Guys the spirals are sided, the left side spiral is different from the right side.
BTW, if you have the spirals cut on white vinyl, can you add the detail pinstripes into the file and get them all cut at the same time?
I still say it's the same spiral on both sides.
I went through my screencaps and here are the best shot of the left side spiral disks.
It matches with the same design copied from the right side of the two museum bikes and from the screencaps of onscreen rightside spirals.
Again you can see though sometimes the spiral swirls clockwise and sometimes counter-clockiwise depending on the shot/bike.
Nick
I went through my screencaps and here are the best shot of the left side spiral disks.
It matches with the same design copied from the right side of the two museum bikes and from the screencaps of onscreen rightside spirals.
Again you can see though sometimes the spiral swirls clockwise and sometimes counter-clockiwise depending on the shot/bike.
Nick
Ruddigger
Sr Member
Thats a good idea Abe.
I got the spinner discs and the skirts from Abe the other day guys. Abe and Ed have really been doing a great job on research, and on production of some of the harder to make items. I hope you guys are taking advantage of this, I'm pretty sure he has some of the skirts that people here may have said they wanted.
I took the bike out to a group ride at the beach yesterday, I had just put the discs on, and one of the skirts, the primer was still drying on it when I left the house, lol.
This was scary. A lot of time and money depending on some flimsy straps.
Abelugo
Sr Member
Here is the other side on the Holllywood bike, DSCN0122 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
