I threw together this bike this past fall, mostly out of used and spare parts. Picked up the frame at a spring swap meet, it was just the frame, shocks and sissy bar. I later found the seat from the same seller, although he made me pay extra for it. It had overspray all over it, but I was able to get almost all of it off. Surprisingly the vinyl is still nice and soft, although there are a few small tears at the corner. I swiped the backrest from my Trail Horse chopper, but it's only temporary- it doesn't quite fit the contour of the bar so I'm going to have to make a new one. It had mis matched shocks(different lengths) so I rebuilt a spare set of Sebacs I had kicking around. The suspension works really smooth now.
The forks are leftover from my Bonanza chopper, they were a little tweaked and the chrome was not great. I bought a repro set years ago, and was going to sell these OG ones to help offset the cost but luckily (or lazily) never got around to it. I was able to get them pretty straight in my shop press, and welded shut the egged out holes for the neck bolt and drilled new ones. A couple of bronze bushings and the steering is now nice and tight. The legs are longer than the stockers, so the front end is a little high. I could drill some new holes to lower the front, but I'm diggin the rake:thumbsup:
I already had the wheels and a couple different sprocket adapters. What I found out though, is the standard webbed adapters for these wheels come in a couple different depths, and the round, hockey puck (think Trail Horse bikes) type was thicker still. All of them put the centerline of the back wheel in the wrong spot, so I ended up getting the correct one piece sprocket for this bike. Scored it on ebay for under $30 bucks:smile:
The engine is a period correct, minibike specific H35. Original paint! Scored it off of CL, but all I did was pay for it. I never would have found it on my own, Delray actually told me about it, and turns out it was right in my backyard (Thanks Brian:thumbsup
. It had the wrong tank, exhaust and recoil but it ran good with no smoke or noise. Ended up running a new Max Torque clutch with a band brake setup, and the clutch cover is off an old Ruttman.
After I got the axle spacers cut, throttle and brake working nice and smooth it was time for a test run. Somehow, in the six months or so since I bought the motor it lost spark. Yanked the flywheel and threw in a NOS set of points and it fired right up:thumbsup:. For a 3.5HP, it sure has a lot of power, and if you lean all the way back it'll dump you right on your ass!
Got it all dialed in, rode it around for a couple of days and was ready to take it to a local minibike friendly car show. Thought it was all good, but now it starts right up, however it won't rev. At first I thought it was carb related but that's not it. I believe the flywheel key is prob sheared, but haven't had a chance to dig into the ignition side yet.
The forks are leftover from my Bonanza chopper, they were a little tweaked and the chrome was not great. I bought a repro set years ago, and was going to sell these OG ones to help offset the cost but luckily (or lazily) never got around to it. I was able to get them pretty straight in my shop press, and welded shut the egged out holes for the neck bolt and drilled new ones. A couple of bronze bushings and the steering is now nice and tight. The legs are longer than the stockers, so the front end is a little high. I could drill some new holes to lower the front, but I'm diggin the rake:thumbsup:
I already had the wheels and a couple different sprocket adapters. What I found out though, is the standard webbed adapters for these wheels come in a couple different depths, and the round, hockey puck (think Trail Horse bikes) type was thicker still. All of them put the centerline of the back wheel in the wrong spot, so I ended up getting the correct one piece sprocket for this bike. Scored it on ebay for under $30 bucks:smile:
The engine is a period correct, minibike specific H35. Original paint! Scored it off of CL, but all I did was pay for it. I never would have found it on my own, Delray actually told me about it, and turns out it was right in my backyard (Thanks Brian:thumbsup
. It had the wrong tank, exhaust and recoil but it ran good with no smoke or noise. Ended up running a new Max Torque clutch with a band brake setup, and the clutch cover is off an old Ruttman.After I got the axle spacers cut, throttle and brake working nice and smooth it was time for a test run. Somehow, in the six months or so since I bought the motor it lost spark. Yanked the flywheel and threw in a NOS set of points and it fired right up:thumbsup:. For a 3.5HP, it sure has a lot of power, and if you lean all the way back it'll dump you right on your ass!
Got it all dialed in, rode it around for a couple of days and was ready to take it to a local minibike friendly car show. Thought it was all good, but now it starts right up, however it won't rev. At first I thought it was carb related but that's not it. I believe the flywheel key is prob sheared, but haven't had a chance to dig into the ignition side yet.
