progress made (Class 1) Spirit of 76 Hawthorne Muscle bike Tandem. The 2nd try

[tanksalot]

This is a Hawthorne Tandem yes the same one I didn't start in the main build off .And I may not finish again .. I seem to have no time to do the build offs this year due to circumstances beyond my control.
But I'm to try any ways..
I plan on building this anyway so I figure why not.
Id rather try & not finish Than not try at all.

 

[Ichoptop]

I like where this could go

 

[Jamie825]

Welcome to the fun ! Great looking bike . Looks like the rider in back gets all the cool bars seat and sissy !

 

[Ichoptop]

Serious thought...tandem muscle bike trike. Why not go all out? But then again, I am on the weird side.

 

[tanksalot]

9/23/14 I auctially started the bike. YAY ! What delayed me last time besides free time was a good parts donor bike.. I finally found some of the parts I was seeking this past week ..

Finally got this awful fender off .

Original front fender , Before

Bike with the Donor fender on the bike & next to the bike is the original fender cleaned up .I'm not sure what to use ??

The bike mocked up so far.

 

[Jamie825]

Adult sized stretched muscle bike??

 

[tanksalot]

More Mock Ups Im so not sure on the Double bars ?? They are just leaning on the stock bars for the mock up. I'm Thinking 3 speed Coaster wheel with Throttle or frame shifter ???

 

[tanksalot]

Adult sized stretched muscle bike??

Your making me rethink this ... I was going to make the bike for small people Although I'm tempted to go long adult size bike this is a really rare bike & set up.

 

[tanksalot]

Some add on's

 

[GuitarlCarl]

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Welcome to the fun ! Great looking bike . Looks like the rider in back gets all the cool bars seat and sissy !

The second rider (the stoker) has bars that don't turn, so build one looonnng banananana seat. Then the front rider (the captain) gets to sit on a banana too!

Carl.

 

[kingfish254]

The front seattube barely sticks up above the frame. You could try a mock up with the (front seat post /seat / rear bars) removed, then get/make some mega apes. Maybe even a 27" fork. The bike could still revert back to stock in the future.
Whatever you do, I'm sure it's gonna be cool.

 

[Jamie825]

Depends on what you are gonna do with the bike in the future if you are thinking about keeping it it doesn't matter about rarity and just make a comfortable adult rider but if resale is on your mind just do a nice restore either way it is a nice ride

 

[Professor72]

Wish I could find one of these for my boys!

 

[tanksalot]

Wish I could find one of these for my boys!

I'm sorry to say . They are extremely hard to find Ive only seen two others & they where on a Google Search . Your best bet is a Schwinn Mini Twin if you have the $$ .. The only other 20 Inch Tandem Ive owned is was a Kent & it was a regular seat ( like a road bike ) with Full fenders version & man was that a small fit bike .( tight for kids even to ride )

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Welcome to the MBBO!

Luke.

 

[dracothered]

I think you should go with steering from the back seat on this one...

 

[Funkme]

I see a stretched limo muscle for one.
Cool bike.

 

[tanksalot]

The cranks are off finally..

 

[tanksalot]

The Cranks some what cleaned ..Yes I did finish them.

 

[tanksalot]

I finally got around to getting this bikes bearings cleaned / greased.. Cleaned the cranks sprocket made the rear fender fit correctly. I was surprised to see the seat post & the rear seat post are just about the entire length of the frame seat tube ! Still a long way to go on this .. Will I finish in time is the question ?? But at least now I have a chance ..