I didn't quite get to keep a project log like I wanted. I took plenty of pictures along the way with my cell phone.
I started out with this bike I bought on ebay for 650 bucks. The bike was complete only missing a few parts that were easy enough to find. The recoil starter, the carb linkage, and the air cleaner.
Parts that were no good, all bearings, jack shaft, seat, shocks(rusted up too badly to be saved) and the front sprocket.
My journey begins!
After taking apart the bike down to the bare frame, and sorting through everything, I realized there was no saving the jack shaft. The orginal owner wore out the front sprocket. It must of been frozen to the shaft so instead of trying to press it off he decided to just try to weld teeth on the sprocket!
I turned this shaft out at the machine shop I work at on the side.
I cut the keyway slot slighty undersized, which gave me a bit of a headache filing down my keystock to fit in with going too much to cause movement in my brake and driven pulley
After getting all the drive components straighted out I started into sand blasting the frame. Everything was taken down to the bare metal and painted with 1 coat primer and 3 coats of krylon banner red
I started out with this bike I bought on ebay for 650 bucks. The bike was complete only missing a few parts that were easy enough to find. The recoil starter, the carb linkage, and the air cleaner.
Parts that were no good, all bearings, jack shaft, seat, shocks(rusted up too badly to be saved) and the front sprocket.
My journey begins!
After taking apart the bike down to the bare frame, and sorting through everything, I realized there was no saving the jack shaft. The orginal owner wore out the front sprocket. It must of been frozen to the shaft so instead of trying to press it off he decided to just try to weld teeth on the sprocket!
I turned this shaft out at the machine shop I work at on the side.
I cut the keyway slot slighty undersized, which gave me a bit of a headache filing down my keystock to fit in with going too much to cause movement in my brake and driven pulley
After getting all the drive components straighted out I started into sand blasting the frame. Everything was taken down to the bare metal and painted with 1 coat primer and 3 coats of krylon banner red