O.K the Wards bike is up and running. And I'm at a stand still on the broom so... This is my Daughters Central Cycle Supply "C.C.S." Charger. She will be riding this bike at Windber and it was in need of some attention. I'm not "restoring" it or anything like that. I just want to change somethings and simply repair what has been wrong with it for a-wail. She's deciding on the paint, hopefully she doesn't pick anything completely queer, but it's up to her. This will be the 2nd. time I re-did this bike and I picked the blue and she was never happy with it. I'm going to have her do the painting, so I'm excited about that.
The one thing is the forks are bent, so I'll straighten them "again".. Also I'm going to drop and square up the fender a little better, I realize I need some room for wheel travel but that is one thing on this bike that always bothered me. And the steering head is a absolute horrible design. I'm not going to get real carried away with it but I need to do something. I'm thinking like hinge pin bushing for a car door or something? But the way it is just keeps cutting into the triple tree area of the forks.
I'm going to remove the tank mounts, and also remove and reinstall a more conventional foot pegs.
Here is something really different. At one time some one trimmed the tabs off for the jack shaft. And built this set up. This really through me off at first when I tried to I.D this bike. I could never find anything quite like it. And then I figured it out. There is one problem, You can't run rear shocks on the bike. I've tried, I also used to have a tensioner rigged up but it just would not work. The geometry is WAY wrong and the chain tension changes several inches with just a small amount of travel. I'm not getting involved with it. I just wanted to show it because it's sorta unique and to prove the point that these things can be tough to I.D some times because of "repairs" that have happened over the years.
I'll post more as we get to work........:hack:
The one thing is the forks are bent, so I'll straighten them "again".. Also I'm going to drop and square up the fender a little better, I realize I need some room for wheel travel but that is one thing on this bike that always bothered me. And the steering head is a absolute horrible design. I'm not going to get real carried away with it but I need to do something. I'm thinking like hinge pin bushing for a car door or something? But the way it is just keeps cutting into the triple tree area of the forks.
I'm going to remove the tank mounts, and also remove and reinstall a more conventional foot pegs.
Here is something really different. At one time some one trimmed the tabs off for the jack shaft. And built this set up. This really through me off at first when I tried to I.D this bike. I could never find anything quite like it. And then I figured it out. There is one problem, You can't run rear shocks on the bike. I've tried, I also used to have a tensioner rigged up but it just would not work. The geometry is WAY wrong and the chain tension changes several inches with just a small amount of travel. I'm not getting involved with it. I just wanted to show it because it's sorta unique and to prove the point that these things can be tough to I.D some times because of "repairs" that have happened over the years.
I'll post more as we get to work........:hack: