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Big Willy
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Hello everyone!
I'm a long time lurker and second time poster. It all started with a trip to the gas station, innocent enough, just to fill my truck with some good old $3.00+++ per gallon fuel. While there I saw a guy was filling a tank on his bicycle with an engine strapped to it. I thought COOL! I talked to him for 10 minutes or so. He said he found the kit on-line. Well... the rest is history. From that point on I have been hooked. I got on-line and started digging. Ordered an 80cc off of e-bay. Hunted down an old 50's vintage Schwinn (which I found out when I got home had a bent frame) and strapped it (the engine) on. This is my engine break-in steed until I can finish the work in progress on my latest find.
A neighbor hooked me up with a bike he rode as a kid. Ok it was not a bike but a very rusty diamond in the rough. A 1940-50's vintage Wards Hawthorne frame with rack and very bent fenders.
The frame is blasted and powder coated black. The hubs showed up last week. The fork (Spooky Tooth Monarch Springer) is on its way.
I have rode Harley Davidson, Buell and others. This (motorized bike) is just fun!
Well, that's what I'm up to. It's a blast to see what everyone on this site has done. Some very creative minds! Keep up the great work!
Look for the first edition of bikes from Big Willy Cycles to show up some time soon on these pages.
Take care,
Bill
P.S.
Why do the Harley buddies give me **** for my bike? I guess they just do not understand. This is exactly what the boys started with around 1903. Old School!
I'm a long time lurker and second time poster. It all started with a trip to the gas station, innocent enough, just to fill my truck with some good old $3.00+++ per gallon fuel. While there I saw a guy was filling a tank on his bicycle with an engine strapped to it. I thought COOL! I talked to him for 10 minutes or so. He said he found the kit on-line. Well... the rest is history. From that point on I have been hooked. I got on-line and started digging. Ordered an 80cc off of e-bay. Hunted down an old 50's vintage Schwinn (which I found out when I got home had a bent frame) and strapped it (the engine) on. This is my engine break-in steed until I can finish the work in progress on my latest find.
A neighbor hooked me up with a bike he rode as a kid. Ok it was not a bike but a very rusty diamond in the rough. A 1940-50's vintage Wards Hawthorne frame with rack and very bent fenders.
The frame is blasted and powder coated black. The hubs showed up last week. The fork (Spooky Tooth Monarch Springer) is on its way.
I have rode Harley Davidson, Buell and others. This (motorized bike) is just fun!
Well, that's what I'm up to. It's a blast to see what everyone on this site has done. Some very creative minds! Keep up the great work!
Look for the first edition of bikes from Big Willy Cycles to show up some time soon on these pages.
Take care,
Bill
P.S.
Why do the Harley buddies give me **** for my bike? I guess they just do not understand. This is exactly what the boys started with around 1903. Old School!
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