Well I picked up a motorized bike cheap from Ebay. It's called a Pope, and other than it being made by Columbia, I know little about it. It seems to be all there except for the chainguard, but i cannot even find a serial number on the dropout, which leads me to believe it may be older than 1936. Could this be true? It's got a finned rear hub marked JC Higgins, with a drilled out wheel sprocket and a skiptooth chain. and a ton of rust...
I removed the fenders cause the rear one was rubbing and board tracked it a bit...
Is it possible I have an antique? or just an old bike? Should I be using the motor on it? or is it like adding arms to the Venus De Milo/
just wondering...
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I removed the fenders cause the rear one was rubbing and board tracked it a bit...
![btr6a.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a8c/a8cdf6f9093a5d82f6393d4e34dac23b.jpg)
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Is it possible I have an antique? or just an old bike? Should I be using the motor on it? or is it like adding arms to the Venus De Milo/
just wondering...