Hawaii_Ed
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I live on a military base in Hawaii, the people here come for 3 years and then leave. All kinds of great stuff gets pitched every time people move. I have been lucky enought to salvage a lot of cool stuff. One of my finds was a clapped out OCC chopper. The paint was beat, fenders missing, rusty chrome, but all the running gear was there. I have a lot of happy time stuff, and my good friend 5-7 heaven had some more, so with all that, I knew I'd be close. I stripped the frame, welded on a bracket, painted it, and then let it set in my garage and bang around. I found another set of forks at a local bike shop, and got a universal type handle bar.
After finishing my degree and moving, I finally had some time to mess with the chopper and got it together this week. One of my friends is a metal fabricator, I bent up electrical conduit and he welded it up for me. I managed to get the chains tight with no tensioner T.he sprocket took just a litle clearancing with a drill to get it on. I added a set of BMX chain tensioners to keep it snug. I had to trim a bit off the drop outs to get them on, but it is fine. I did the L brackets for the front tank studs. I can bend up a strap for the rear. I also plan on mounting a chain guard, this bike is mainly for my son. The old style happy time fired right up after years in storage, sounds great!
The exhaust is SO quiet! I really like the setup! It does not rev anything like my Trek, but I had fun cruising it around tonight! It needs a new seat and some dressup, but it is a fun little junk yeard dog!
After finishing my degree and moving, I finally had some time to mess with the chopper and got it together this week. One of my friends is a metal fabricator, I bent up electrical conduit and he welded it up for me. I managed to get the chains tight with no tensioner T.he sprocket took just a litle clearancing with a drill to get it on. I added a set of BMX chain tensioners to keep it snug. I had to trim a bit off the drop outs to get them on, but it is fine. I did the L brackets for the front tank studs. I can bend up a strap for the rear. I also plan on mounting a chain guard, this bike is mainly for my son. The old style happy time fired right up after years in storage, sounds great!
The exhaust is SO quiet! I really like the setup! It does not rev anything like my Trek, but I had fun cruising it around tonight! It needs a new seat and some dressup, but it is a fun little junk yeard dog!
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