1969 The Cat mini bike 250x PHX AZ
- Thread starter murrayeliminator
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LOL, maybe I should be clicking around this site more. That is the frame I picked up a couple of weeks ago.
The seat is particle board, and upholstered with nails bent over. The front forks are pretzeled and too x'd up to straighten. The rear wheel has had about 3/4" sawed off and is unusable. One of the rear axle supports is gone, and another patch glob-welded over the top.
The engine pan is bent all over the place with numerous stress cracks, including the hole ends, one foot peg is missing, and it's mount is cracked almost in half.
There is no serial number anywhere on this bike, yet it looks to be a 72 and later 2501.
For two weeks, I have been practicing my welding on this, ordered that ebay set of forks, replaced the axle support, rewelded the peg support and made a new .75 peg, rewelded all cracks, and right now, it has 45t's 3.5 Tech sitting in the frame! LOL!
When I saw it, I was going to walk away, but since I drove 4 hours to get it....I got it for $40 and it was no great deal. Should be on the road in another couple of weeks and $$$ later. The only thing I kept from the purchase was the frame. The rest is in the trash.
The seat is particle board, and upholstered with nails bent over. The front forks are pretzeled and too x'd up to straighten. The rear wheel has had about 3/4" sawed off and is unusable. One of the rear axle supports is gone, and another patch glob-welded over the top.
The engine pan is bent all over the place with numerous stress cracks, including the hole ends, one foot peg is missing, and it's mount is cracked almost in half.
There is no serial number anywhere on this bike, yet it looks to be a 72 and later 2501.
For two weeks, I have been practicing my welding on this, ordered that ebay set of forks, replaced the axle support, rewelded the peg support and made a new .75 peg, rewelded all cracks, and right now, it has 45t's 3.5 Tech sitting in the frame! LOL!
When I saw it, I was going to walk away, but since I drove 4 hours to get it....I got it for $40 and it was no great deal. Should be on the road in another couple of weeks and $$$ later. The only thing I kept from the purchase was the frame. The rest is in the trash.
LOL, maybe I should be clicking around this site more. That is the frame I picked up a couple of weeks ago.
The seat is particle board, and upholstered with nails bent over. The front forks are pretzeled and too x'd up to straighten. The rear wheel has had about 3/4" sawed off and is unusable. One of the rear axle supports is gone, and another patch glob-welded over the top.
The engine pan is bent all over the place with numerous stress cracks, including the hole ends, one foot peg is missing, and it's mount is cracked almost in half.
There is no serial number anywhere on this bike, yet it looks to be a 72 and later 2501.
For two weeks, I have been practicing my welding on this, ordered that ebay set of forks, replaced the axle support, rewelded the peg support and made a new .75 peg, rewelded all cracks, and right now, it has 45t's 3.5 Tech sitting in the frame! LOL!
When I saw it, I was going to walk away, but since I drove 4 hours to get it....I got it for $40 and it was no great deal. Should be on the road in another couple of weeks and $$$ later. The only thing I kept from the purchase was the frame. The rest is in the trash.
The seat is particle board, and upholstered with nails bent over. The front forks are pretzeled and too x'd up to straighten. The rear wheel has had about 3/4" sawed off and is unusable. One of the rear axle supports is gone, and another patch glob-welded over the top.
The engine pan is bent all over the place with numerous stress cracks, including the hole ends, one foot peg is missing, and it's mount is cracked almost in half.
There is no serial number anywhere on this bike, yet it looks to be a 72 and later 2501.
For two weeks, I have been practicing my welding on this, ordered that ebay set of forks, replaced the axle support, rewelded the peg support and made a new .75 peg, rewelded all cracks, and right now, it has 45t's 3.5 Tech sitting in the frame! LOL!
When I saw it, I was going to walk away, but since I drove 4 hours to get it....I got it for $40 and it was no great deal. Should be on the road in another couple of weeks and $$$ later. The only thing I kept from the purchase was the frame. The rest is in the trash.
Yeah, S/N is gone. Either ground off for nefarious purposes, (I hope not) or during one of the many welding jobs on the plate.
Here's link to the frame mentioned in the OP with the Tech sitting in it.
Here's link to the frame mentioned in the OP with the Tech sitting in it.