chopper

[Sheik Yerbouti]

My neighbor laid this bike on me yesterday. Any idea what it is?

 

[RobertC]

Hey now...I'm thinking it is homemade, but I see various elements that look familiar.

The forks look off a manufactured mini...and the frame looks oddly familiar, but heavily modified.

I think with some love, you're going to have a fun little machine there.

 

[markus]

Its based off a Rupp frame that was their entry level bike. . Hard to tell what year due tot he mods but they called them (in chronological order) econocycle, cub, chopper, rascal, I would say it was the last version/rascal due to the fork lowers being crimped. here is what the frame once looked like:

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• markus
• Jan 30, 2014

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Yea, the frame and fork look manufactured and it has a large clutch/t.c. cover. But someone welded up a nice teardrop tank.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I removed the Disc brake and jackshaft, cut and reinforced the frame and removed the wheel. Since I got the thing for free, I'm trying to do this on the cheap and reuse any thing I can.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Here's the reinforced frame with the new jackshaft tacked on and the rear wheel adjusters.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Here's the disc brake tacked back on. It's a Yamaha brake. I just hope the bike has enough power to over come the brake.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Sorry about the double photo. And the brake is from some kind of Kawasaki. Not a Yamaha.

 

[Kmanator]

Nice welds..What's the other side look like? How will the sprockets line up?I would lop off the extra shaft length when you get it set up.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Thanks for the compliment. I couldn't see the puddle. Thought it must be the welder or the helmet. Nope, just needed a pair of low power reading glasses. Here's the other side. The shaft is just for mock up. It has some washed out areas.