1912 Blake Bros

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Greetings,

Just finished up another tribute build. This time, rather than branding it with a manufacture's name, I badged it with my last name. The serial number is my kids birth years. I made a porcelain style fender plate and used a brass thingymabob Ive had for years. The thingymabob has a porcelain inset with the Blake Family crest. I guess I will never be sellin' this one :)
Anywho, I designed this build off a 1912 Iver Johnson (obviously). I just changed all the things I didn't like about the original; balanced the tank, made the frame symmetrical, simplified many aspects and corrected the bars/height.
I spent a million hours tweeking things while Taylar Mortorbikes (Dan) did the hard work. Dan spent 100 hours on the tank alone! Choke, brake and throttle cables run through the tank.
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This baby looks old but has many modern conveniences; New motor w 5 speed jockey shift/clutch, electric start, hidden shaft disc brake with front drum brake. Beefy modern cables, electronics hidden within "oiler" and routed through acetylene hose.
She rides like a caddy and has great power. Only had her to 50 but that was mid 3rd gear! Too scared to go 90 this early :)
Seat pictured is off my sons board track racer. I have a seat supposedly coming from Heathers Leathers. Its been 2 months and its not back yet...
 

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Looks slick! I've modeled my bike to look sorta like yours but my budget wasn't even in the same ballpark so of coarse it's not as good;):p

My fav part is the Firestone tires:)
 
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