I've owned this old bike for over 30 yrs now, was a $10 yard sale pick up back in the mid 80's. It has really went thru alot of changes in that time. After the initial purchase, a friend & I spraycanned it bright red, put some red tires with whitewalls on it & rode it on Daytona beach (the girls loved it!). In the mid 90's it followed me to TN & when my shop was built restored the bike. This was still "pre computer" for me as I was a holdout & late bloomer to the internet so information was at a minimum. Other than the seat & some striping that should have been there, it was pretty close.
Bike pretty much stayed that way until a fire in 2010 that took out the shop, so shoved what was left in the shed until recently when we started contemplating a move. I've been selling off 30+ yrs worth of collections & decided to sell the bike. Some of you may have seen it on CL & Ebay.
well, it sold. Guess the guy heard what he wanted to hear over the phone instead of what I was telling him & thought he could wash/wax & have a fully restored bike at a bargain price. A week later, I had the bike back, & was out of pocket $150, so just decided to keep it & fix it up again. I cleaned all the chrome, stripped/epoxy primed all the parts that the paint was bad on & bought a ratty seat for $10 on ebay & restored it. Currently, this is how it sits, although the mailman just delivered new tires & pedals so it will at least be sitting on rubber this evening.
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Bike pretty much stayed that way until a fire in 2010 that took out the shop, so shoved what was left in the shed until recently when we started contemplating a move. I've been selling off 30+ yrs worth of collections & decided to sell the bike. Some of you may have seen it on CL & Ebay.
well, it sold. Guess the guy heard what he wanted to hear over the phone instead of what I was telling him & thought he could wash/wax & have a fully restored bike at a bargain price. A week later, I had the bike back, & was out of pocket $150, so just decided to keep it & fix it up again. I cleaned all the chrome, stripped/epoxy primed all the parts that the paint was bad on & bought a ratty seat for $10 on ebay & restored it. Currently, this is how it sits, although the mailman just delivered new tires & pedals so it will at least be sitting on rubber this evening.
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