darwin
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Got the 1937 Columbia in today.
I just got it out of the box to check out the 'tank'.
It looks spiffy enough until you dig into it.
It is just to 2 formed sheet metal plates that fit together via one metal screw at the top between the spit top bar, and 2 screws in from each side to a bracket screwed in to the frame via big cutouts on both halves in the tin for the brackets to be on the inside, kind of like a chain guard mount.
There isn't a way to seal that up and make it a gas tank, but it is within a mm or two of allowing it to be packed with 18650 LI cells to make an electric.
I'm not going to **** with electric on this build, I have a couple of high end electric's I need to move, but I now have the perfect template to get a gas tank made that will fit right in there I think and just put a direct drive 4-stroke on it.
I'll let you know how it turns out when I get to it.
Just notice on the WM blurb- alloy wheels, ie ALUMINUM! You MIGHT want something stronger holding your tires...
My 10 year old Landrider converted to a motorbike 2 years ago has aluminum rims. I weigh about 181 lbs. The motorbike overall weighs less than 60 lbs. The rims are holding up just fine. No to the question about buying boost bottles. If teenagers on their petal driven Stingrays try to pass, you have to take them on fair & square.