Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Today, I lost. I was retooling Wez's Monster Bike (based on a GI JOE Cobra Venom Cycle) to allow the front wheel to turn but I screwed up BIG TIME. I ended up discarding the whole motorcycle. I am sad but at the same time greatly relieved. here's why:

As I stated before, Wez's Monster Bike was based on a GI JOE Cobra Venom Cycle. I chose this specific motorcycle cuz of its seemingly post apocalyptic characteristics: large offroad wheels, cool looking mudguard, bad@$$ windshield, intimidating appearance, etc. Unfortunately, the motorcycle is extremely oversized; GI JOE figures look like children riding on it. So I set out to reduce its bulkiness but at the same time conserve certain areas to maintain that Monster Bike theme. Sadly, I came to realize this wasn't gonna happen. I was working on 2 other Monster Bikes (Dead End and TriFire) and kept running into the same problem: the drivers were dwarved by the sizes of their motorcycles.

So the Monster Bike idea has been abandoned; it will be saved for another storyline. Wez's Monster Bike is awaiting disposal (cuz it's beyond repair) but luckily I still have the Dead End and TriFire Monster Bikes (with their respective sidecars). I'll keep those.

On a brighter note, I have found replacements for the Monster Bike ideas; of course they will no longer be Monster Bikes, just plain old regular motorcycles. I will be using the GI JOE re-issues of the RAM cycles and then some. I will update when I get a hold of one.