Recent content by SteveCH

Quick update on my bought from a bush dyno from back on page 11ish. Added ape hangers, changed the color and moved the rear fender street sweeper style. That will do for this summer, more changes for next year I think

Thanks for the pedal info :D

Bought a bike from a ...... picture yesterday, turns out it was a dyno, cleaned and wheels and I scored the deal of the century. Anyone know if the tank should have some badges on it, guess mine fell off. Are the pedals 9/16 or 1/2? cheers.

Update on my bike. got sick of the yellow (is that a post office bike?) soon got boring. Stripped back down and stuck back up the tree. reprimed and painted blue. The blue is attracting more attention which is worrying, bike theft seems to be everyones hobby around my way. Still havent changed...

Re: 1940?? swiss army bike nothing I did is unreversable, I kept the original parts so can convert it back. I have doubts about it being a 1940 anyway, as people said ww2 ones are hard to find, especially for what I paid for it :)

Hello, this is my 1st bike I've had the chance to do up. Was thinking of it for a while, found this forum and got motivated. It's apparantley a 1940 swiss army bike (the 05) I say apparantley because I cant find the date stamp, unless it got filled in with a respray, the serial is still there...

Hello. I'm Steve, living in switzerland but originally from wales. Found this site while looking for ideas to do up an old bike. I didnt own an old bike at the time but the bikes I saw here motivated me to get one. A lot of searching and I got a reasonable swiss military bike, apparantley 1940...