My buddy, who is not well financed, wanted a Rupp. money and rupps go hand in hand, as in you need money to get or rebuild one! luckily though most parts are available from blackwidowmotorsports.net
so he bought a roadster thing that needed a lot of love and parts. roadsters are lighted bikes. that was not going to happen on a budget. so i suggested we make it a black widow instead. path of least resistance type thing.
i donated a bunch of parts and made a bunch of parts for his bike too. he couldn't afford to buy stuff. Like an exhaust. So i made that. Swing arm bushing? made that. re-did the motor for him and used a 16mm slide carb. No dellorto here, too much money. on the TC cover used a broken one i had laying around. TC cover bracket, made it for him ($40 from the usual suspects.)
There are some things that make it a non-black widow. Like the tires (wrong type). The exhaust (i made it). The carb (dellort ua19 hard to find/expensive.) Engine has a square housing too. But not too far from being a 'real' black widow....
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so he bought a roadster thing that needed a lot of love and parts. roadsters are lighted bikes. that was not going to happen on a budget. so i suggested we make it a black widow instead. path of least resistance type thing.
i donated a bunch of parts and made a bunch of parts for his bike too. he couldn't afford to buy stuff. Like an exhaust. So i made that. Swing arm bushing? made that. re-did the motor for him and used a 16mm slide carb. No dellorto here, too much money. on the TC cover used a broken one i had laying around. TC cover bracket, made it for him ($40 from the usual suspects.)
There are some things that make it a non-black widow. Like the tires (wrong type). The exhaust (i made it). The carb (dellort ua19 hard to find/expensive.) Engine has a square housing too. But not too far from being a 'real' black widow....
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