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The issue that the insurance company had was not on the value of the bikes, them insuring the bikes at any value was not what they were finding fault with, it was them being there in the first place. They saw the shop full of old bikes as either clutter or an 'attractive nuisance'. I pretty...

We used to set up adult trikes for use at various swap meets and car shows after they banned golf carts. They were often held in rough fields, parks with rolling hills, and we often used them to carry crazy amounts of weight, such as car engine blocks, cylinder heads, and transmissions. A few...

The reason for insurance isn't so much for the bikes, it's to insure the building against loss and liability, such as someone getting hurt, and fire or storm damage. The bikes are what they used to say they were an "Attractive Nuisance" on the premises. In other words, if you have something...

I had a seller pull that with me last summer, apparently he gave his address to several people saying he had to be at work by 3pm. It was 1:45pm and I was 30 minutes away. I get there and he's got the bike out in the driveway with someone sitting on it already, and two cars driving up behind...

I had the same ins. co for 25 years with no problems, then all at once they got greedy, I signed with a new company, then they dropped me for a huge list of issues. I don't have the option of USAA but I tried and got quotes from 14 others and only one didn't have issues about one thing or...

I got a report back today from one insurance company on 'bike values'. To save space here I'll only go over a two of them for now. On the Nishiki Pacific cruiser, I came to the value of $350, the insurance company says $25. I figured value by the sum of a bikes most sell able parts, averaged...

I'd like to see a drum brake hub, or a pair of hubs with a real sprocket set up. The problem then would be anchoring the brake arm somehow that won't move or eat up the frame. I've got a few prewar ballooner frames that would be good candidates for a 'Whizzer' kit but I'm not a fan of the super...

I've looked at those motor kits but never liked the way the rear sprocket attached to the spokes or hub. I also see a lot of them for sale on CL not running or with bad motors. I sort of figured those motors aren't long lived over time. I figured using a name brand motor would make it reliable...

If the Briggs motors are like most Honda clones, all the parts interchange. I don't know of any Honda dealers in this area, I went nuts trying to find carb parts for a Honda FG110 tiller a few years ago. I had to order everything online. I paid more for the parts than I could have bought one of...

A few months ago I switched home owners insurance companies after the one I had for nearly 20 years tripled its rates. The new company, which I'll leave nameless for now, insisted on an inspection of the premises. They came out, did the inspection while I was not home. (No clue how they did that...

Great pics! As a kid we would get air on anything we were riding when the opportunity arrived. Old balloon tire bikes were cheap back then and plentiful, $10 would buy you a good rider at any local flea market or yard sale. We learned to avoid pot metal hubs, alloy stems, plastic seats, and...

Mine had a diamond frame. It was somewhere between a mountain bike and comfort cruiser. (When I got it, it came as part of a pair, the other bike being a 2002 Fuji Palisades, also with a Nexus 7). I liked the Fuji but it sold almost right away. Back when I got the first Nexus 7 speed I had...

You would end up with a rather uncomfortable riding position, similar to a mixte with too tall handlebars. The fork geometry would be unchanged and the rear wheel would end up taking most of the weight leaving the rider with the feel of a tiller steer recumbent bike in a way. Convert it to a...

Years ago when the Nexus 7 first came out I got hold of one from a local shop. It was attached to a badly damaged beach cruiser that UPS had crushed in transit. I had nearly nothing invested other than my time stripping down the bent up bike. At the time I had an upper mid range road bike with...

I have the opposite problem here, I picked up a pretty clean '78 Continental with a 20" frame and I need a 24" or larger. I tore it down for a complete overhaul a month ago but haven't been in any rush to put it back together since it's not going to be a rider. I thought about just getting an...