1936 Elgin Motorbike Balloon

[stingrayjoe]

Just picked this old thing up in a trade. Vintage Sears Allstate tires, JC Higgins SW speedo, nice Torrington stem, stainless balloon fenders. I rebuilt the rear hub and bottom bracket, added missing crossbar on h-bars and old Japanese electric horn. Pretty tough looking early balloon bike, right?
I guess it qualifies as a Rat?! LOL!
Anyone have a tank? PM or E-mail me [email protected]

 

[Walker]

Super nice ride, I dont know about a Rat, it looks pretty civilized to me, but dont change a thing!

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

WOW Cool find 8)

 

[Metal Militia]

wow, i like that. very cool. 8)

 

[El Duderino]

its crazy to thing these things are still out there in this condition

 

[scott brownsey]

its awsum :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol:

 

[texasbigjon]

thats truly an amazing looking bike! 8) nicely aged and with all the neat parts too. spotted the lobdell triple drops right away!

 

[mikesbikes36]

yep thats nice ...

 

[B607]

That's the second Elgin on the forum this week with stainless fenders. From the looks of the rear fender, I'd say they are original prewar fenders. You've got a nice one! Gary

 

[rms37]

Here is a link to a thread on the CABE regarding another Moto-Balloon Elgin with SS fenders.

http://thecabe.com/vbulletin/showthread ... -some-help

 

[SimpleMan]

Very cool find Joe......I really love this style moto-frame.

Heres my '37 (Phil helped me date this awhile back) as found. I have the Elgin stamped Troxel seat for it also. I really need to get it ridable.

 

[ratina]

So thats what mine looked like. Nice to see those stainless fenders on there! Wish mine was as clean as yours

Here is a link to a thread on the CABE regarding another Moto-Balloon Elgin with SS fenders.

http://thecabe.com/vbulletin/showthread ... -some-help

 

[stingrayjoe]

Thanks for the positive feedback. I like all old bikes and this one is pretty kool to look at. After reading some posts and following the links it may be a '37 not sure.

 

[stingrayjoe]

Yes bike is F/S e-mail me [email protected]