I decided to take a pacific riptide 21 speed mountain bike and turn it into a mock up of a warhammer 40k ork war bike

I took heat gun to the frame and peeled off the decals to get it ready to paint, stripped off the breaks gears and all the unneeded bits

I then purchased a ghostracer 7g belt drive 4 stroke kit

I wanted to do something o make it seem a little less peddle bike little more motor bike so I decided to make some wheel covers.

I ordered two sheets of 24 x 48 polystyrene, using a template I made of the wheels I then proceded to cut the sheets to shape leaving me with 4 form fitting covers. I figured plain white isn't very orky so I sectioned them off in a rough checker pattern. I painted my rims and covers a nice black

I got some solid core no flat inner tubes for my tires, I figured since I found them marked down it was a good buy, man it to some work to get those things on but it also seemed a very Orky update. I doubt most orks battle bikes run on air filled tires

I used the bottom of broken office chair with a pole to make a make shift rack, I also removed the mountain bike handlebars for a set of after market BMX style bars for ease of grip and more up fron mounting points. I then proceeded to paint the frame.

It now ha the wide angle crank arms, BMX handle bars, a new shimano sis shifter for the rear derailer, a new shimano 6 gear rear wheel casset and I stripped off the front derailer in favor of a single drive gear. I also have the motor gear mounted onto the rear wheel ready for me to add the motor. As well as my checkered wheel covers.


its no where near done but still looks pretty sweet