Girls Hawthorn & Boys Skip-Tooth Western Flyer

kingplinker · Aug 4, 2011

Well, I had a few bikes for sale, and a guy came to look he had these with him, so I swapped. The girls bike is a Hawthorn, not sure of age, but it's green w/white racing stripe on it. Cool handlebars. Don't really want his bike... I'll sell it. (pm me if interested, but I will not ship it!)

But the boys Western Flyer is Super-Cool! I have been wanting a frame that looked like this forever. It's a skip-tooth so I guess it's kinda old. I love skip-tooth bikes, hands down my favorite. I'll be keeping this one for sure! ANyways - thanks for looking, T.
OH, if anyone has any info on these or how to tell what year they are I'd love to know...

skoda · Aug 4, 2011

Western Flyer is a Huffman. Rad bike.

scott brownsey · Aug 4, 2011

mens bike is cool prewar bike sweet :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

YOUBUGME2 · Aug 5, 2011

Hunt up a skip tooth chain and cruise that thing its sweet!

kingplinker · Aug 5, 2011

yeah man! I actually scored 3 NEW kip-tooth chains at a swap meet last summer! used two - finally found place for 3rd...

kingplinker · Sep 4, 2011

well, i had the skip chain, but had to order the master link! anyways, here she is all ready to ride - cleaned up and all that. cheers, T. :mrgreen:

Outlaw90 · Sep 4, 2011

way cool man. not to much of that stuff around up here.

SCHWINNRAY69 · Sep 4, 2011

Great score 8)

Rustinkerer · Sep 10, 2011

The M/W "crest" badge was new for 1950, and was used at least through 1957. I believe that's a Snyder built bike, if the rear fender brace holes in the rear dropouts are 'double holes', it definitely is. Seen a lot of 53's that were that green, in fact I have one that's apart, that one is CWC built, and has the curved rear stays. -Adam

B607 · Sep 11, 2011

I like the way the cream colored points on the front of the frame sweep way back along the bars. That's a neat bike. You got the rack flattened out pretty good too. Chainguard in your future? Gary