OND's - Bonanza - (Vintage Open)

[Dr. Shop Teacher]

Ain't nuthin' like showin' the whole shebang...Glad you posted the work to get her to fire and stay running...makes me feel better after the Briggs nightmare!:laugh: Sounds great--Nice little chatter to it.

You gotta build one of my stands to keep the bike in one place.

 

[roc89boy]

:thumbsup: Looking sharp Eric

 

[cheezy1]

Who and when did they move the dead line up to march 30

Nothing was moved....


Nice Eric:thumbsup:.....get that video up riding her around now.

 

[OND]

Thanks guys and I can't ride it yet no brake or throttle controls !:laugh:

 

[Fantic Freddy]

Impressive work Eric, I like the ringing phone special effects.

 

[chipper]

Sweet indeed , great work as always E !!

 

[OND]

Thanks guys.....:thumbsup:

 

[canuk]

looking good very nice

 

[OND]

Thanks canuk...

 

[Taco Loco Joe]

Real Cool Eric! Looks like a nice Ride with the Tall Bars.

 

[OND]

Yea nothing special Joe.....hopefully just a nice rider ! Thanks ...:thumbsup:

 

[delray]

sweet............:thumbsup:

 

[OND]

Thanks delray... I appreciate it .

I have the new springs and cups coming to build the rear shocks with. Probably will build them like the ARCO type rear shocks but shorter...and color matched to the bike.

I also have some decals coming....still not sure if I will use them or not. The Bonanza badge is one that I will use for sure.

 

[mrpat]

Looks fine as wine in the summertime! I'm diggin the Orange crush decal Eric. I think the rear shocks are going to be a great addition to the bike. If you need dimensions on the "bonanza" type of rear shocks like the ones below, let me know.:shrug:

 

[OND]

Thanks Pat....and I'll let you know on the shocks.

 

[Havasu Dave]

I love the color, love the theme! Another great job from OND!

 

[t555trailblazer]

That orange is great and then with the orange stripe in the seat, beautiful!!!
Looking forward to see how you build the shocks.

 

[OND]

I love the color, love the theme! Another great job from OND!

Thanks Dave.................I think :shrug: Is this really Dave ? Havasu Dave ? Any way......Thanks for the Atta Boy !!!!:laugh:

That orange is great and then with the orange stripe in the seat, beautiful!!!
Looking forward to see how you build the shocks.

Thanks t555 ....:thumbsup: As for the shocks.....I have no Idea yet !:laugh: Probably a lot of :grind::hammer::weld::censure::anon.sml:

 

[OND]

Saturday morning and doing something I love to do....work on mini's. I'm hoping to end up with a pair of working vintage mini bike shocks before the day is over. I think that I'm going for the primitive type ARCO shock. Because this bike is lowered the shocks are 10'' and not the normal 12'' shocks.

Started out building a new tubing crimper, some thing a little easier and quicker to use than my older crimper.

1'' dom tubing 16'' long and crimped both ends , I think the smaller piece is 1/2 '' pipe ( sorry I didn't measure) but fits well inside the 1'' tubing....also crimped at the ends its 10'' long.

Cut both tubes in half , ended up with two 8'' pieces and two 5'' pieces.

Got the tubes measured out and spring cups welded on (welded inside the cups ) then measured out the bolt holes for a 10'' center shock.

Cleaned up the ends and screwed them together for this finished shock. Still have to clean, prime and paint them....but I'm calling these shocks done.

 

[mrpat]

Great job Eric! Thanks for your awesome writeup.