Pierce Motorbike D.B.R.R. Time to bring another back from the dead.

[piercer_99]

It is a rough looking machine.

Don't know if the carrier will stay, it doesn't look right to me. Have to recover the saddle for it, so I have the Wrights Olympic on it for now.

I had the wheels trued, and rebuilt the hanger bracket, the chain wheel is stamped Pierce, so I guess as the head badge fits right, it surely is a Pierce.

 

[piercer_99]

Started rehabilitating the saddle. Just like the rest of the bike, rough.

Broke it down, soaked it in O.A. overnight and started primer.

 

[piercer_99]

Finished up the saddle.

Similar to @Miq I covered the bottom with leather also.

Took it for a ride, the chain is stretched to much, needs to be replaced so I don't trash the teeth on the chain wheel.

Got home and noticed that the sidewall split on the front tire, so time to order tires also. Yippee.

 

[Miq]

That sidewall is nasty looking, the saddle however is great looking. I bet it’s comfy. Great work Pierce!

 

[piercer_99]

I was getting sick of seeing Mongoose on it anyway.

 

[piercer_99]

Time was not kind to the rear of the saddle pan, there were a few small sections missing from rust eating it.

Luckily, the 'bank' was kind to me and I was able to appropriate harvest another load of leather from an executive chair that was being retired.

Then after an o.a. bath and some additional rust removal, the old rusty metal primer and black lacquer had the frame and pan looking a little better.

After covering the top, with a 1/2" of high density foam and a 1/2" of batting under the leather, I remembered Miq covering the bottom of his saddle and figured that I had more than enough leather to do that also. It doesn't look professional, however it works, it isn't falling apart everytime I get on it and it is comfortable. Now to harvest the chain from my 1930 Westfield and wait for the new tires to get here.

 

[piercer_99]

Debated between cream and black, I kind of like the way the black looks on this machine.

So, I ordered a set of Panaracer Tour clinchers, 700x42c, the same size as the goose tires presently on it.

 

[GiovanniLiCalsi]

Debated between cream and black, I kind of like the way the black looks on this machine.

So, I ordered a set of Panaracer Tour clinchers, 700x42c, the same size as the goose tires presently on it.



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How about these?

 

[piercer_99]

How about these?

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55c tires won't fit in the fork or between the chain stay, 45c leaves less than a millimeter of clearance.
42c is pushing it, 38c is ideal.

Also, the Panaracers were a killer deal, I will probably move to a cream tire in the future, like next year sometime, after I ride these tires off of it.

 

[piercer_99]

This is the 700 x 38c in cream that I was going to order, however I got the pair of Panaracer tires for the cost of one of these tires, and free shipping.