In a spur of the moment spasm, I ordered the chrome reproductions from OldMiniBikes. I liked the idea of the chrome plating: Much like a one year-old baby or a hungry bass, I was attracted to the shiny. Sorry BEO.
At the risk of being out of place by asking this question, and considering your motto, "It's easy...", and the fact that I should have bought yours and saved myself some cash, is the installation pretty straight forward and doable by a dork like me?
At the risk of being out of place by asking this question, and considering your motto, "It's easy...", and the fact that I should have bought yours and saved myself some cash, is the installation pretty straight forward and doable by a dork like me?
When I bought the frame in November, a prior owner had cut off the swing arm and welded the last 6 inches to the up tubes. I bought some 3/8 flat steel that I welded to the remaining ends of the swing arm and to some cold steel tubing with a pivot rod inside. Here is what it looks like now after I welded it, installed the shocks, etc.
I'm operating under the assumption that mine is a BC? The photo I'm including was when I was fabricating and installing a swing arm since the frame had been castrated into a hard tail and hard nose. I have since installed the swing arm and it
works well.
I just used an analog divider to measure my frame. The frame is 7/8ths. The forks however, are a shade over 1 inch. The first time I put a picture of this frame on the forum, those in the know said they were not the original forks. Even though there is a bonanza emblem on the fork plate, no one remembered seeing a mid peg with the forward swept handlebars, or something like that. One person guessed Trail Head. So, I guess I wait until they get here, cut off the pressed axle holes at the welds, and see if they fit. I appreciate your help BEO. Anything else you think of that a 60 year-old retread (I'm not really a newbie-I had a Taco 22 when I was 13 or 14-or 46 years ago) might need to know, would certainly be most helpful.