1954 hawthorne(rustbucket)

[heretic13]

I finished the bike last year. It's a 1954 Hawthorne, hand made springer front end. leather seat, with a 139cc 2 stroke out of
an old snow thrower. I sand blasted the frame then left it bare, The first belt between the motor and the jack shaft has a
spring loaded idler hooked to a brake lever. the second belt goes to a 20inch hoop bolted to the back wheel with 6 hand
made stainless steel brackets. sorry i don't have any pics of the build, I didn't know about this site at the time.
About your clutch maybe you could swap the springs. I bet you could find some to make it engage at w lower rpm,
If you get it to work at 1000rpm it would work on the jack shaft.
a few shots of my bike.




http://youtu.be/yPRUlDhrFVY

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http://youtu.be/4XIZfNM8mB0

 

[heretic13]

Just a few photos. note the PBR can, it holds the key and kill switch.

 

[Laidback]

DUDE, I am seriously DIGGIN your SteamPunK ride!!!!
Nice job, wondering what ya next project is goin ta look like!!
Welcome :mrgreen:

 

[ruddigger]

That is effing epic. I've thought about doing the same rat motorized treatment on my '42 Hawthorne.

 

[heretic13]

Very nice 42. would make a very cool gasbike mine didn't come with a skip tooth, but i think i might add one to my next project
The trick is to fit everything an still keep the pedal drive so its legal as a motor assisted bike.by the way mine doesn't one "kit"
part on it, eveything was made on taken off something else. thats the fun part , any one can buy a kit. making it from scratch
is worth the effort.

 

[NewOrleansFlyer]

Yeah! I mocked up an old OK Battery to hide the battery for my headlight, similar to the PBR can. Nice touch.....

 

[ruddigger]

eveything was made on taken off something else. thats the fun part , any one can buy a kit. making it from scratch
is worth the effort.

It shows. That looks way too cool to be from a box.

 

[heretic13]

If any one need help setting up a motor feel free to pick my brain. ( I live for this crap! ) and I had to figure all this out on my own
with a lot of trial error. I work in a shop at a rail road fixing locos, railcars, and all the junk that keeps them going. so
"power transmission" is something I've done for the last ten years.

 

[ruddigger]

Another railroader. I'm a conductor here in LA.

 

[heretic13]

No kidding. I'm the shop foreman for Vt Railway. I started in the shop then went out played yard conductor for a few years.
then went back to the shop then the old foreman retired. I still keep the conductor cert. so I can help out when they get short handed,
or I need the over time. I'm better suited for the shop, and it's where i build all my junk.