I'll be building my Aunt Suzanne's Murray-built Western Flyer Sonic Flyer for the Step-Thru Build Off. I've had it sitting on this pegboard for over 4 years now, and I think it's time to finally stop stalling on this bike and actually get it done.
Ha, thanks Matti! Not sure this Western Flyer will have hub shiners again, but I may consider putting them back on.It has two hub shiners, the other day, someone said that is good luck. Congratulations, you may have already won...
Thanks! Ha, I wish! I've got a few parts and one other bike on a pegboard or rack of sorts, and other small parts in plastic drawers in my workspace out in the detached garage, but over in storage, it's only what I can describe as "organized chaos." Some parts are organized, and as for the rest, it's chaos!PS I really like the peg board organization system. Do all your disassembled bikes and parts get racked like that?
Thanks!Looking good so far!
That's actually the channel where I found the video I was looking for!RJ the Bike Guy is good for those kinds of videos on YouTube. I’ve had good success with the 2x4 method, just go slow.
The tank has an actual decal/painted graphic on both sides that reads "Western Flyer," the chain guard says "Sonic Flyer, which was a Western Flyer model, and the fork has "W.F." stamped on them, so I don't see how it "isn't" a Western Flyer. Murray made several bikes for Western Auto and other stores (I've seen photos,) Monark made "JC Higgins" bikes for Sears, and I'm sure other manufacturers made bikes for different places as well. There is no hint of a repaint or someone putting different decals on it. Plus, the Spaceliner was the twin-tube frame. Maybe they just kept the Murray serial number, I don't know, but it is a Western Flyer, I know it.That's not a Western Flyer but it could have been, it's the same Murray frame they used on Western Flyers. So it's not a big issue that it's a Sears bike going by the label on the seat tube. Sears used a 502 number but yours is clearly a Murray number M06 is 1966 and the X10 was used by Western Flyer, Maybe there was a mixup at Murray or someone had Sears decals and tried to make a Spaceliner?
I'd have to mount a wheel to know for sure. The space may be right, but if so, then it means I'd have to move both sides to be correct.On the rear stay fix, just one side is bent, so I think you should just work on that side. I would put something under the upper and lower parts of that stay and use the 2 x 4 to press down right where the bend is. The tubing isn't that strong so just your weight on it may straighten it. If it still has a bend then some hammering on the 2 x 4 would be needed. You can check it by putting the rear wheel in and seeing how it aligns with the seat stays and chain stays. Evenly set in the dropouts the wheel should be evenly spaced in the stays.
I gotcha. I can kind of see why you'd think it might be a Sears, given the shape in the middle, but it is hard to tell given how worn it is.I was going by this decal, thinking it was a Sears emblem.
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I looked for a 66 Western Flyer and now see it's a Western Flyer emblem on the seat tube. I stand corrected.
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Thanks! That's actually my dad's toolbox.Nice Hand lettered tool box!
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