thought i would share progress of most recent project .......i found this crusty old girl a couple months ago chained to a tree at an antique shop on the east end of long island ! the dealer thought somebody would use it as "WALL ART", and i said HELL NO !, i'm gonna RIDE that thing !!! ...(the bike still had original tires and tool box !)...did some research and found it to be a 1947 JAWA CZ 125 !!!,.....the motor was totally trashed, and parts were virtually non existant to restore it, so i figured what the hell, lets put a 10 HP TECUMSEH in her, and build a custom MINI BIKE !... had to fab an engine mounting plate, and extended the footpegs to accomodate the width of the engine with rupp fold up pegs off a trashed frame i had,....the forks had a ton of "slop"in them, so i welded in brackets and added a harley sportster fork brace, and also cut down a sportster front fender for the rear of the bike,....i made the steering dampening control knob out of a real SMITH & WESSON .38 revolver cylinder, ....i made all the graphics and decals myself,....the tank is bc/cc gloss black, and just about everything else has been powdercoated. .....i've built a few custom rupps that i've posted here, but was looking to try something that was really different.......hope you guys like it
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