This is my first post since the site changed. I've been in school, so, I haven't had much of any time to work on bikes. This fall, a guy I know from work cleaned up an estate and brought me a pickup truck load of bike frames and parts for $25!
Amongst the "glorious" rubble of the muscle bikes graveyard was this beauty...
A Hiawatha Cycovator!! With ram horns?! AWESOME!!!
I found a green sparkle seat and sissy bar in the pile, and I had some fatty 20 x 3 tires that I crossed my fingers in hopes would fit...the rear fit in the frame like a glove, but the dropouts were too short to clear the chain stays in the stock state. I had to make them like an inch deeper and let some air out of the tire, but it fits now!
Here's how it sits now...
I like it, but I don't love it yet. I would kill to find a cycovator chain guard to complete it, and I see a lowrider springer in it's future. A 26" would throw the front tire way out there. I've done it on a stingray with great results and I think it would be very cool on this bike. Can't wait to get it!
Amongst the "glorious" rubble of the muscle bikes graveyard was this beauty...
A Hiawatha Cycovator!! With ram horns?! AWESOME!!!
I found a green sparkle seat and sissy bar in the pile, and I had some fatty 20 x 3 tires that I crossed my fingers in hopes would fit...the rear fit in the frame like a glove, but the dropouts were too short to clear the chain stays in the stock state. I had to make them like an inch deeper and let some air out of the tire, but it fits now!
Here's how it sits now...
I like it, but I don't love it yet. I would kill to find a cycovator chain guard to complete it, and I see a lowrider springer in it's future. A 26" would throw the front tire way out there. I've done it on a stingray with great results and I think it would be very cool on this bike. Can't wait to get it!
