Okay, bear with me I'm catching up on all my "Fresh Finds" so I can post what I picked up this past weekend....
We'll go back to last November when I picked up two different 5 speed bikes.
The first an early 80's ( I'm guessing ) West German NSU...
Next a 1978 Schwinn Suburban 5 speed...
It has a working speedo and the Freewheel front crank....
Around Christmas I picked up this complete Micargi Chrome muscle(Lowrider) bike...
As you can see it's Not Complete any more. Before I started using it for parts you can see I put on a bigger crank to make it ridable. It was fun but I needed to steal the seat and ape hangers for my next Find.
This early model Electra Rat Rod I picked up in January...
The guy I bought it off of had already converted it to a single speed and put on the Duckbilled fenders and Murray crank. I added the apehangers, banana seat, and chrome chainguard from a Spaceliner. What really makes it work is the laidback seatpost that I've had but wouldn't fit any of my Vintage bikes.
This bike is now my Daily Rider, its quick and comfortable. In fact I rode it for a total of about 25 miles the weekend before last going to and from one of the NASCAR races here in Phoenix....
The guy I bought it from threw in this JC Higinns Cruiser for free. It was just the frame, fork, chainguard, and handle bars; but I'm building it into a bike to sell.
In February I got this Columbia girls muscle bike. I got it for the seat, sissy bars, handle bars, and the 3 speed hub ( and the fact it was for sale for nearly nothing ). I haven't started parting it out because it rides Good. I had to ride it home about 5 miles when I bought it, luckily the tires held air and it shifted great.
A day or two later i got this Murray girls 24" muscle bike. I bought it for parts to use on a bike I was building for Mardi Gras....
Here is the mock up of the bike and finished product using the parts. ( It was a Rush job on the painting and recovering of the seat )...
The seat was Rough...
Coming up to two weeks ago I got this LaJolla bike for next to nothing and have two buyers for it ( doubling my money ), after I clean, regrease and put a new back tire on it...
And on the same day got this Sun Custom Cruiser. I got it because it's Purple and has some cool parts. I plan on cleaning it up, throwing on a black leather banana seat I have and then riding the heck out of it.
Okay that catches us up to this past weekend, which I'll make a separate thread for because I believe it was an Epic day for me Saturday.
Thanks for looking all....
We'll go back to last November when I picked up two different 5 speed bikes.
The first an early 80's ( I'm guessing ) West German NSU...
Next a 1978 Schwinn Suburban 5 speed...
It has a working speedo and the Freewheel front crank....
Around Christmas I picked up this complete Micargi Chrome muscle(Lowrider) bike...
As you can see it's Not Complete any more. Before I started using it for parts you can see I put on a bigger crank to make it ridable. It was fun but I needed to steal the seat and ape hangers for my next Find.
This early model Electra Rat Rod I picked up in January...
The guy I bought it off of had already converted it to a single speed and put on the Duckbilled fenders and Murray crank. I added the apehangers, banana seat, and chrome chainguard from a Spaceliner. What really makes it work is the laidback seatpost that I've had but wouldn't fit any of my Vintage bikes.
This bike is now my Daily Rider, its quick and comfortable. In fact I rode it for a total of about 25 miles the weekend before last going to and from one of the NASCAR races here in Phoenix....
The guy I bought it from threw in this JC Higinns Cruiser for free. It was just the frame, fork, chainguard, and handle bars; but I'm building it into a bike to sell.
In February I got this Columbia girls muscle bike. I got it for the seat, sissy bars, handle bars, and the 3 speed hub ( and the fact it was for sale for nearly nothing ). I haven't started parting it out because it rides Good. I had to ride it home about 5 miles when I bought it, luckily the tires held air and it shifted great.
A day or two later i got this Murray girls 24" muscle bike. I bought it for parts to use on a bike I was building for Mardi Gras....
Here is the mock up of the bike and finished product using the parts. ( It was a Rush job on the painting and recovering of the seat )...
The seat was Rough...
Coming up to two weeks ago I got this LaJolla bike for next to nothing and have two buyers for it ( doubling my money ), after I clean, regrease and put a new back tire on it...
And on the same day got this Sun Custom Cruiser. I got it because it's Purple and has some cool parts. I plan on cleaning it up, throwing on a black leather banana seat I have and then riding the heck out of it.
Okay that catches us up to this past weekend, which I'll make a separate thread for because I believe it was an Epic day for me Saturday.
Thanks for looking all....
I wonder why they mounted the Pletscher rack upside down on the Suburban? Never seen that done. :?: Gary
