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For those of you who aren't tired of me posting every time I have a problem, looking for help again. I should have been more careful during disassembly cause I can't find the screw that goes into the bottom side of the fork holding the front fender on. I can definitely see a couple threads...

The spokes on my '54 Hawthorn were so rusted I had to cut them to remove the rim to refinish it. I got the rims done and brought them into my local shop to get re-laced and they called me tonight saying they couldn't find a way to remove my rear sprocket to lace up the wheels. I'm stuck, any...

Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I'm getting paint dimples that I can't stop from forming when using can spray paint. I first sanded then primered this piece of metal. When I sprayed the paint and a little with the primer, it made these dimples I couldn't stop. Any ideas on why this is...

I've got some spots on some rims and fenders that aren't bad enough for bondo so I was planning on using a building or filler primer on them. I was planning on spraying on the primer, sanding and doing this as many times as needed to cover the scratches and small imperfections. Here are my...

Looking for experience in what is the best way to remove the original paint from my '54 Hawthorne. I've tried lots of things and I'm currently using 3 different methods and I've only been mildly successful. So far I've been spraying a paint remover on it, using a portable abrasive blaster kit...

I was told when I bought it they thought it was a 1954 Hawthorne...trying to validate that. I know the tanks are not the right year and it's missing the light. https://instagram.com/p/-ioUB1Ka6l/ https://instagram.com/p/-ioQcYKa6c/

Pretty excited I found this forum and website. Always been a bike lover, raced BMX when I was a kid and now I just love to ride everything from time trial bikes, fixies to my cruiser. Currently in the process of restoring (my first attempt at restoration ever) of my 1954 Ward Hawthorne. To...