On 1 June, my treasured motorbike was stolen. Never got a credible lead. Vanished. It was heartbreaking. I rode that thing everyday.
That's bad enough, but it left me with nothing motorbike wise. No good frame. No good carb or CDI. No wheels. No nothing. I have to start from scratch.
This past weekend, I got lucky and found one of the old Schwinn OCC chopper frames in a dirty old garage. Only cost me $50.
I have no money for this so I can only address one problem at a time. The frame requires the engine to be offset to the left. I have plans for an offset motor mount I can make for $20.
The rear tire is shot. I am hoping to score a used Harley Davidson tire (Dunlop D 402) that I am told will fit the super wide rim. I am lucky that the front triple tree has a V-brake set up so maybe I can avoid rigging a disk brake on the front.
The saddle is shot: missing rivets, torn cover and torn foam. That's a project in and of itself.
The rear v-brake is in the worst place but there are many ways I can keep the motor chain away from it. Until I get my rear tire, I won't know what size sprocket to run. My ideal would yield 30 mph @ 7000 RPM.
Not sure what China Girl engine I will go with but I have to have a dellorto clone carb. It will be a while until I can scrape up some money to actually do all this.
Ride on!
That's bad enough, but it left me with nothing motorbike wise. No good frame. No good carb or CDI. No wheels. No nothing. I have to start from scratch.
This past weekend, I got lucky and found one of the old Schwinn OCC chopper frames in a dirty old garage. Only cost me $50.
I have no money for this so I can only address one problem at a time. The frame requires the engine to be offset to the left. I have plans for an offset motor mount I can make for $20.
The rear tire is shot. I am hoping to score a used Harley Davidson tire (Dunlop D 402) that I am told will fit the super wide rim. I am lucky that the front triple tree has a V-brake set up so maybe I can avoid rigging a disk brake on the front.
The saddle is shot: missing rivets, torn cover and torn foam. That's a project in and of itself.
The rear v-brake is in the worst place but there are many ways I can keep the motor chain away from it. Until I get my rear tire, I won't know what size sprocket to run. My ideal would yield 30 mph @ 7000 RPM.
Not sure what China Girl engine I will go with but I have to have a dellorto clone carb. It will be a while until I can scrape up some money to actually do all this.
Ride on!
