I'm in love with my 26" Urban Commando and I ride the snot out of it... One of the things I dig about it is the color scheme of orange and black.

So, in the spirit of my beloved daily rider, I decided to try and build a Goose that has a similar look. I just finished the first stage and thought I'd share it with you guys.

The Inspiration:



The mock up:

hot

bored?

It looks like a Halloween bike; you need one for each holiday. You already have the green for St. Patty’s day.



Or if you’re partial to the M&M


This does get me thinking that a 76 Bicentennial bike would real cool, you could do the frame in blue with stars and replace the red and orange stripes with red and white and do a flag background behind the Mongoose on the top tube decal. I know, I know. keep my thoughts to myself.

I like it. Orange and black is a great combo, and that is a real nice shade of orange.

Nice forks too. Those bring back the good memories.

That is awesome..
I want some of those decals for something I have coming up...

another winner, looks great.paint?

Thanks for the kind words guys.

The frame was actually powder coated by a very cool guy I know who lives nearby. He is skilled enough not to obscure the serial numbers which often happens with bad powder coating.

The decals are custom made "Mongoose Skeleton" decals that allow the color to show through the outlines. I'm digging them more and more and will be using them on some other Goose builds as well...

Here's a closer shot of the frame:

Very cool! As much as I respect the "correct" bikes, I get a kick out of a project like this.

That is minty mint bro...make sure you post some pics on the builds completion!!

Me likey.

Wow! That is some neat stuff there. I look forward to seeing it finished!

Wow, thats very cool, I'm diggin the old Goose in orange !!

How about a little more info on that Urban Commando, that does look like a fun ride ...

Cool Joe, glad you dig it. Here's some more dirt on it:

It was sold as a limited edition California bike made by Garry Silva in 2004. The internal 7 speed Nexus is really nice for hills etc. The frame is a 7000 Series heat treated aluminum monocoque tubing design and the TIG welds are really outstanding. The frame also has a braze-on disc brake hanger. The forks are 1 1/8 inch, 4130 Chromoly Steel "Crown Style" with the Aluminum Crown in 3 PC Alloy. It has a Phat Power Disc V-Brake rear and alloy crown Disc Brake front. The bars are aluminum MX style and I recently swapped out the OG chopper style leather grips for a pair of black Hunt Wildes. I put fenders on it because I used it in the rain quite a bit when I lived up in BC. Everything else is stock.

Another couple pics for ya: