Recent content by Onlybackroads

Ok, did a little more research and ID'd it as an All-Pro "Jet Star" 3-speed.

Ha, I didn't even notice the sticker under it, thanks for the info! It's pretty rough but there's definitely some cool parts on it.

Hey y'all, I found this little dude at the yard yesterday, couldn't find any pictures of it on the web. It says "Murray Eliminator" on the seat tube, and "All-Pro" on the steer tube. Any thoughts?

No, you are totally right, I suppose I should learn geometry before building motorcycles! Haha, whoops... I feel like an idiot! Okay, well I decided to make a hardwood die anyway instead of buying the jd2, even now knowing that they would have the right die, so that at least I'll save some money...

Hey everyone, I am wanting to pull the trigger on a tube bender, but can't quite decide on what to do. I was going to get a JD2 with a 1" die, but the biggest centerline radius they offer is 5.5" and it's $260 just for the die! I am building motorized boardtrack racers, and want to start making...

I live in Pegram, but i'm out in California till November.

Awesome build, very inspiring. I will have to keep this on my list for when I get back to building my briggs bike. So into the bomber sprocket!

Yeah I am excited just to get any motor on there right now. Eventually when I have a space and some extra money to buy a tubing bender, I can make any old engine fit.

I am curious about different ways to weld/braze together sheet metal gas tanks, as seen on many of the cool motorized replica bikes (harley, indian, merkel etc.) Any tips on type of welding used, gauge of sheet metal used, and what kind of joints are being used and if a butted corner joint is...

@Moisstink: Sorry to say but I put the briggs on the back burner for this build, I have been using other people's houses to work on my bike and it got to be sort of a hassle so I'm just throwing a chinese kit on this one. But I'll be back on here with another build once I get my own shop set up...

Ready to ride, just waiting on my engine to arrive.

Made a seatpost so my seat can move back and forth: And I was given this awesome stem:

So my friend was given a cruiser with one of those chinese engine kits, had been sitting for a couple years and we got it fired up the first night. I couldn't contain the grin on my face so I decided to put the briggs on the back burner and just put a kit on this one. Ran into some problems with...

Here's a picture of what I'm going for in this build: