Britton's Iron

You may know Cowtown's Shawn Britton and if not you likely know his disappearing/reappearing CM400 turned 450. Saw it at Born Free II and it was lookin great. Funny I had to go all the way to Cali to see a bike that lives one province over from me.

I just got wind of some pics he's got on Choppertown Nation of a sweet ironside. Can't wait to see this thing up close.

Brat it, Billy

I believe what you're looking for is what's commonly known as a Brat Style drop seat. You need to cut, drop, lengthen (in some cases) and re-weld the two bars comin outta your backbone lower than the shock mounts so that your seat can drop down below the top of the rear wheel. This allows the seating position to follow the lines of a hard tailed frame and keep some suspension at the same time. Check out the masters at bratstyle.com They are also comin out with a weld-in solo seat tail conversion. Check it out here. A lot of people think bratstyle is an easier way to get a cool look as compared to a full hard tail. This is not necessarily the case. To do it right, you still need to chop and burn a lot of metal. Probably also wanna rake or cut those monster forks too. Damn! What are those things, like 14" over?

Inspiration for Billy

Okay so some of this is Fuckin' nasty...but I think it shows that the angles can be acheived on the CB/CM400 frames. Mule gathering on the Sastard Farm in the new year. Bike Building weekend. Think about it.

Strutted back end...

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