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This one went quick first time I had it together looked like this
But could not get it to steer right tried a lot of things but never got it right .
also drive train was never right so abandoned it and used the wheels on another bike

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So then it sat around for I think a couple of years .


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Then I decided to do something with it seeing I had a bunch of money tied up in it .
so stripped the ugly old repaint it had on it.
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I had this seat that I redid ready to go
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Got these nos fenders painted up

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Got the frame powder coated first time for me usually paint my stuff
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Got a set of wheels done up by a friend rear is nos CCM Westwood with skip tooth cog front is nos Westwood with unknown motorbike hub

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Painted the truss rods and fenders as well as the darts and diamonds got the steering straightened out
put it all together and this is what it looks like now
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I found the right combination of bearings and cups .
And won't tell what I did with the block of wood and the sledge hammer .
But just a lot of tweaking till I got it now steers beautiful.

Also with the drive train I was using a not very healthy block chain and the rear chain wheel was one of those gizmos you put on a modern hub to adapt it to skip tooth and those require a bit of finishing work to operate properly .

Now it has a real skip tooth cog and a really nice diamond roller chain .
This thing rides like a new bike maybe better than new .
 
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