Craigslist finds, and scrapyard saves! any info on these?

[TuckTuck]

Just getting up this morning, I saw this ad pop up, and when the guy answered, he said that it was up but for 10 minutes. ( i didnt realize it was 7:25 a.m. :lol: ) but he was only 2 blocks away from me, and I ended up with them.






Homemade I.D. tag I suppose



And of course my Fatboy wanted in on the commotion


And the girls fiesta






What a Good Morning

 

[Nagant]

Re: Craigslist find of the day!

Nice finds. I guess the only way you can beat two blocks away is delivered to your door.

 

[TuckTuck]

Picked these up from a local scrapyard today, and I think I did okay. I ventured outside of my norms on two of the three. I knew the schwinn was a no brainer for the parts, but the other two had things I liked about them. Any info on them? Good? Bad?

Decent 26 inch Ladies American







A few good parts. I got this one for the seat post and the gooseneck clamp. I kinda like the hoops too. Dia Compe brakes.








And this AMF Roadmaster Bicycle-Moped dealie. Its powered by a McCullough chainsaw motor, and in nearly pristene shape. Good compression, and spark. My dad tells me these were junk back in the 70's. Are they that bad?






I even got me a new sprocket


Any info helps! thanks

 

[Danimal]

That's it, I'm moving to your neighborhood.

 

[TuckTuck]

I'm in the hood. :lol: Don't nobody round here got time fo' a bike

 

[Thxcuz]

Digging the roadmaster moped

 

[javimanic]

if it doesn't run then you've got a cool set of wheels for a mid 70's era bmx bike. Corona edition!

 

[Metal Militia]

Some nice scores. I'm interested in the Mongoose wheels if you're parting it out. 8)

 

[outskirtscustoms]

You did good! Any day you find drilled rim hoops on a scrapyard bike GRAB IT!!! Too bad it's a girl's frame.

 

[Thxcuz]

Your dad was right. It is a friction drive. The rear wheel is turned by a roller on the engine. You can get up to 20mph if you are lucky. Not saying it isn't fun to ride, (I built a friction drive bike that I love) it's just not as good as a Puch Maxi or a honda hobbit or the other mopeds around at that time.
They sold a ton of them as I recall.
If it runs, ride it or sell it. If it doesn't run, make a super weird 20 incher out of it.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

If you part out the Mongoose I might be interested in the pedals.

 

[TuckTuck]

I got the moped to fire on ether this morning, but haven't tried riding it. Im a wee bit too big for that, but I may convince my girlfriend to try and ride it if its trusty. And I'm still figuring out what to do with the goose

 

[Sin City Tec.]

I would be intrested in the gooseneck on the mongroose!