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I just turned 17 yrs. old and this is my first build, so we'll have to see how it goes. I'm looking to build a motorized bicycle that looks pre 30s and is kind of in the style of a board track racer. I bought a huffy mountain bike from Deseret Industries thrift store about 3 weeks ago for 12 bucks.

Here is what I started with:

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I stripped it all down, took off a bunch of junk, added some things, and made it single speed.

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I took it all apart and traced out the frame. Then I drew up some plans and painted a little cardboard tank thing to see what it would look like. (although it might be a different color)

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Then I put it all back together and made a cardboard tank to tape on and see what it would look like on the bike.

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I have it all taken apart and I'm sand blasting it tomorrow, then I'm going to chop it up! Should be sweet!
 
I got it all taken apart and took it down to my buddy's house to get it sand blasted.

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But we ran out of sand...

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But I picked up some more sand and we'll finish it tomorrow! And hopefully I can get the piping and sheet metal soon too!
 
the shelf "L" is that what you are useing to mount the tank portion on the bike??? a lil more sand and you all most there...fork looks good..
 
I saw this in some guys truck at Walmart and it totally got me pumped to finish it! (Although mine will look a lot different, but it was still sweet!)

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Chopped the top bar and made a new one.

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Now for the curved bar at the bottom. And I'm hoping to find a place to cut up the sheet metal for the tank this week.
 
The guy that sand blasted it for me and is teaching me how to weld has a bunch of old cars, trucks and tractors, and he gave me this sweet old tractor headlight. I'm hoping to make it work for the bike somehow, I just don't know how to hook it up to some power. Does anyone have any ideas?

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HENDECYCLE said:
The guy that sand blasted it for me and is teaching me how to weld has a bunch of old cars, trucks and tractors, and he gave me this sweet old tractor headlight. I'm hoping to make it work for the bike somehow, I just don't know how to hook it up to some power. Does anyone have any ideas?

There are threads in the "how to" section that show you how to wire a headlight for batteries, or even just to install a LED flashlight in it.
 
Hey everyone! I haven't been able to post a bunch lately because I've been super busy with school and the bike and stuff. We have gotten a ton done on it though and it's coming along nicely!

The guy that's helping me build this, brought a pipe bender and a nice welder from his work.

We chopped the bottom bar off:

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Then we bent a piece of pipe for the drop loop:

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Here it is tacked together:

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I then put it together and rode it around a little bit to make sure it rode straight

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Here is a little piece of card board where the tank will go:

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I got some sheet metal, traced out the design for the tank on it, and my buddy's dad cut it up for me

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The guy I'm working with tacked the bottom and sides together, then he taught me how to weld and I practiced for a while. Once I could do it ok, I welded the inside of the tank and checked for leaks, then I welded the outside and checked for leaks again. We welded everything except the top because we still have some stuff to do on it.

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After about 2 hours of straight grinding, here it is!

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I was shocked to find that there were only 2 small leaks, so we're going to fix those.

Here are some springs, nuts, washers, and bolts for the seat and a springer fork that I'm going to try to build for it:

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I have 2 different ideas for the color. I'm thinking of going with the red one to match our 46' Chevy. What do you guys think?

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This week we are going to finish up the tank, weld the frame really well, and work on something for the springer fork and the seat. I've had a blast building this thing so far! And I'll try to post more as I go haha. Thanks for checking it out! And I'm totally down for any suggestions or tips that anyone has.
 

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