hey all!
I picked up this Western Flyer on the way home from the Monson Mass meet. Just finished it last night after receiving a cool lay back seatpost that BigPantsBob welded up for me. Thanks Bob!
I forget who on this forum I got the chainguard from, but it couldn't be more perfect for the bike; looks original. The bike is a middleweight, but I managed to squeeze 2.125s off a 80s Huffy Good Vibration. The bars are bmx with the middle portion hack sawed out. The stem is a neat bmx stem found on FleeceBay.
All I did was ScotchBrite the entire bike and rub down with an oily rag to bring out some of the remaining graphics. I had the tank light working, then it quit, then it worked again, and alas, quit again. Screw it, I'm not fiddling with it anymore. The chainring is from the Huffy cruiser too. I added some crusty truss rods I had laying around and made studs to attach them so I could use some old cap nuts to hold them in place.
The saddle bags are horse saddle tack bags, cut down the middle, separated and hemmed and attached with brass cap nuts. I sewed on some motorcycle patches that never made it to my leather jacket. The raspberry reflector came from a prewar BFG.
After rotating the fender to tail-dragger status, I filled in the missing part with part of another fender that I made a bracket to attach at the chain stays, and double side taped it to the larger fender.
looking forward to cruising on this one. Maiden voyage will be May 3rd in New London. cheers
before:
after:
it's first task was to ride to end of block and tow this beauty for thatismytruck (Skip) score! will look great next to his Airstream
I picked up this Western Flyer on the way home from the Monson Mass meet. Just finished it last night after receiving a cool lay back seatpost that BigPantsBob welded up for me. Thanks Bob!
I forget who on this forum I got the chainguard from, but it couldn't be more perfect for the bike; looks original. The bike is a middleweight, but I managed to squeeze 2.125s off a 80s Huffy Good Vibration. The bars are bmx with the middle portion hack sawed out. The stem is a neat bmx stem found on FleeceBay.
All I did was ScotchBrite the entire bike and rub down with an oily rag to bring out some of the remaining graphics. I had the tank light working, then it quit, then it worked again, and alas, quit again. Screw it, I'm not fiddling with it anymore. The chainring is from the Huffy cruiser too. I added some crusty truss rods I had laying around and made studs to attach them so I could use some old cap nuts to hold them in place.
The saddle bags are horse saddle tack bags, cut down the middle, separated and hemmed and attached with brass cap nuts. I sewed on some motorcycle patches that never made it to my leather jacket. The raspberry reflector came from a prewar BFG.
After rotating the fender to tail-dragger status, I filled in the missing part with part of another fender that I made a bracket to attach at the chain stays, and double side taped it to the larger fender.
looking forward to cruising on this one. Maiden voyage will be May 3rd in New London. cheers
before:
after:
it's first task was to ride to end of block and tow this beauty for thatismytruck (Skip) score! will look great next to his Airstream
