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This one of my latest scores.I saw it and couldnt leave it.Would this be considered a girls muscle bike? I would love to weld in a top tube and roll this thing with a bright red paint job!!
What do you guys think about welding a toptube onto it?Worth it or leave her stock?
I think it is cool the way it is. Welding a top tube on it will look like you welded a top tube to it.
Hope it's okay that I am a.) returning after having not posted for something like 3 years and b.) dragging up a thread that has been dormant for a couple of months. But I recently renewed my interest in banana seat goodness and dragged out a project that has been collecting dust for a LONG time:
got this at my LBS years ago. it had mismatched bars and seat on it at the time.
put it together with a few BFK parts, a few things i've collected that were laying around, and the drivetrain from a $10 thrift-store 20-inch MTB:
i always wanted a 5-speed muscle bike, and now i got one... 8)
these are also stashed in the shed or basement:
three BFKs with new personalities--late fenderless, early deluxe, and 70's BMX conversion
the bike that got me back into musclebikes as an adult--store-badged Ross Polo girlie bike (and that's my daughter riding it about 5 years ago)
Sears Spyder made by Huffy with mismatched parts all over it. still have it around in pieces, thinking about resurrecting it...
yard sale season is coming, gotta start looking for more... :roll:
--rick
got this at my LBS years ago. it had mismatched bars and seat on it at the time.
put it together with a few BFK parts, a few things i've collected that were laying around, and the drivetrain from a $10 thrift-store 20-inch MTB:
i always wanted a 5-speed muscle bike, and now i got one... 8)
these are also stashed in the shed or basement:
three BFKs with new personalities--late fenderless, early deluxe, and 70's BMX conversion
the bike that got me back into musclebikes as an adult--store-badged Ross Polo girlie bike (and that's my daughter riding it about 5 years ago)
Sears Spyder made by Huffy with mismatched parts all over it. still have it around in pieces, thinking about resurrecting it...
yard sale season is coming, gotta start looking for more... :roll:
--rick
Thanks ratina. I have actually owned more than 150 and wish I still had them all. I'm not sure which bike I miss the most. The 68 Sears Screamer, the yellow 69 F5 Eliminator, or the nos 70 F3 Eliminator. I rode them all at least once or twice. Was always scared to break them being 200lbs or so, but what memories they brought back. Kenny.
Here are some of mine..
1969 NOS Murray F3 24x20" Wheels
1968 Westernflyer Buzz bike.
1970 Murray F1 Eliminator
1970 Murray F3 Eliminator
1969 Federals F3 Eliminator
1970 Gambles Sidewinder V F5 Eliminator
1968 Murray F5 Eliminator
1969 Murray Streeter F5
1969 NOS Murray F3 24x20" Wheels
1968 Westernflyer Buzz bike.
1970 Murray F1 Eliminator
1970 Murray F3 Eliminator
1969 Federals F3 Eliminator
1970 Gambles Sidewinder V F5 Eliminator
1968 Murray F5 Eliminator
1969 Murray Streeter F5
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Heres my 10 speed sears spyder. I bought this thing because I thought the shifter looked cool. Then decided to restore it. I wound up paying more for the ramshorn handlebars bars then I did for the bike! What are you gonna do? 
I couldnt find replacemet handles for the shifter so I made my own out of figured maple and ebony I got from work.
I couldnt find replacemet handles for the shifter so I made my own out of figured maple and ebony I got from work.
