I was told by the guy who sold this bike to me that it was a 1948 Trophy. I wasn't even sure it was a bike as there was so much house paint covering everything on the bike including spokes, cups, pedals, you name it. Sure enough after a few days and a couple hundred gallons of elbow grease I knocked it down to a bicycle. I have all the original parts to the bike but really only used the frame and tank. Pretty much everything else came from parts I bought here on the forum including the badge I designed and had Terry over at Jones and Sons make me, the wheels from Ind-Chuck, the springer and chain guard from (I forgot) as well as other various parts. Thanks RRBers. That's why I love this place. Anyway I sprayed it with Military grade olive flat green, Sprayed the tank graphics which I designed after the badge to keep the theme going. I used a grenade for a LED tail light and a Swiss pilots vest light for the headlight which I converted to LED and utilized the original switch. It has a black-out slide that only allows a small stream of light to illuminate the ground right at the front tire. I was going to tool a leather seat for it but the metal pan just screams government built military to me so I left it. I do have some various military bags and such but didn't want it too cluttered with sy=tuff as I promised myself it would be "military/hot rod".
The drawing from which the badge was made.
The drawing from which the badge was made.
