I didn't get a lot done on the Speedway this weekend...other household duties took priority but the forks were on the table and I got a few minutes to play with them.
They were pretty frozen and I doubted that they actually were functional. But they came apart with no broken springs and look...
I'll save you the awful details involved in separating the rims. It literally took hours to pull the tires from the wheels. It was pretty cool that they were the original SPEEDWAY tires, but they were HARD and the beads had welded themselves to the wheel. I should have gotten a pic of the...
Unfortunately I've already removed the plate and driven. The good news is that I didn't use and ax to cut it out! Three small welds on either side made removal fairly easy with a cutting wheel. Neat and clean if it ever needs to be re-installed in another bike.
It seems like an important...
So the bike came apart really easily. I suspect this isn't the first time this bike has been disassembled since it looks to have been painted a few times prior...blue original color, covered by red and then a metallic green over that.
I've been looking at the rear wheel and it looks like I...
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