Hawaii_Ed
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I have not seen my good friend 5-7 Heaven in quite some time, so we stopped in at his place on the way home from the beach. It has honestly been too chilly for beach time until the past few weeks. I still don't want to ride the bike in the mornings yet, plus it has been raining. 5-7 is doing some adjusting on his setup, and I just swapped my engine for a new one, but I am sure more adventures are ahead of us soon!
But the reason for the post in this thread is that I was suprised to see he found ANOTHER orphan motorized bike! This is a cool, vintage, barn find! It is a green huffy three speed from the 70's with a slick little bike front friction drive. Supposedly it ran last year. I am sure 5-7 will have it purring in no time! The tires/brakes are dry rot, and he is worried about the spokes. I'd just swap the tires and pads and ride that thing as-is!
what a cool vintage look! Of course, 5-7 is sorta a 'vintage' rider!
It is a pretty graceful setup. I wonder why they don;t make friction drive like this today?
I also spotted his cool Whizzer in the corner!
I won't disclose what 5-7 paid for the Huffy, that is up to him, but I wish I had found it! I was relaxing at the beach while he was bargain hunting!
But the reason for the post in this thread is that I was suprised to see he found ANOTHER orphan motorized bike! This is a cool, vintage, barn find! It is a green huffy three speed from the 70's with a slick little bike front friction drive. Supposedly it ran last year. I am sure 5-7 will have it purring in no time! The tires/brakes are dry rot, and he is worried about the spokes. I'd just swap the tires and pads and ride that thing as-is!
what a cool vintage look! Of course, 5-7 is sorta a 'vintage' rider!
It is a pretty graceful setup. I wonder why they don;t make friction drive like this today?
I also spotted his cool Whizzer in the corner!
I won't disclose what 5-7 paid for the Huffy, that is up to him, but I wish I had found it! I was relaxing at the beach while he was bargain hunting!