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I used them because I had them and I feel like they will be a little stronger than the flat ones. I have had to repair the flat ones before.
Life got busy and I haven't really done much since April. It is starting to slow down again and I'm getting back to it. Hope to have the chassis done...
As far as I'm aware there isn't a guide to the serial numbers, so no real way to figure out the year of the early motors. Most of them were sold as kits, It is my belief that the motors were all built in batches and sold over long periods of time. So a motor that was built in 1910 may not have...
Nothing much to report. I figued out that my Cycletruck New Departure D hub needs new bearings as the outer had two that had split in half. But I did get the belt sheave mounted. Had to use some 1/4" rubber blocks to make up the differance from the wooden rim. It was a little nerve wracking...
And that is basically where I paused. I still need to find a carbide rear lamp that I can afford. But the bones of everything else are there. Having sat on it I know the suspension isn't stiff enough. I do have a plan for this though.
I need to fit the belt sheave to the rear rider rim...
So camelback no more. Copper tank it is.
A little reinforcing patch for the petcock. And now I need end caps. Hand forming it is.
Oh I also got a Brooks B33 seat. Now I know a lot of you are thinking. "That looks like crap, why didn't he make the tank fill the top tube area?" Well I need...
I have always liked the looks of the early Indian Motorcycles, so I was going for that kind of styling. Hence the headlight mount on the truss rods.
I had to also find a set of 28" fenders. I got lucky and came up with an NOS set out of New York from a collector/restorer who bought the...
While working on the frame I made an interesting discovery. It has a patent date of Apr 25 1893 on the bottom of the crank.
Now to clean up the braze in the joints.
While working on the forks I realized I didn't add the truss rods as I had planned. So I had to get to work.
I have been chugging along slowly. The past couple of months have been busy with work that pays the bills, so the Shaw has been sitting to the side. The biggest slow down was waiting on parts to build my wheels. It took a month and a half just to get the rims thanks to the USPS. Then it took...
Well I guess I should move this to projects. I was trying to figure out if my frame on my Shaw was an original 1901 or 1902 Rambler. The answer is No. The frame looks to have been a TOC girls bike that was converted to a boys frame. I assume it was built into a Shaw motorbike in the past 30...
Well did some more exploring of what this frame is. I will have to take it and have it sand blasted. I think it was a girls frame that was converted to a guys. The bad news is the neck is twisted 3/8" out of square. If it doesn't have any other major problems, I guess I will be cutting the top...
Got her running today. Still needs some work to get it dialed in, but hey she runs.
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At this point I'm thinking the headbadge was just added to an earlier frame, I assume all this was put together 20-30 years ago. I haven't been able to find a similar Roamer from the early 1900s.
@toyman This one came out of PA via WV. The guy I got it from had it 12 hours and posted a picture of it on facebook. He is an antiques dealer and bought it out of an estate in PA, so I figured he might sell it. Lo and behold it was for sale and I was the first person to call him on it.
You...
Long story short, I got this bike/motorbike someones else built. I'm just trying to figure out if the frame is actually a 1901 or 02 Roamer, or if someone just put the headbadge on it. It has a Morrow rear hub that does not have the hinge on the brake arm mounted to a 28" wood rim. The front hub...
By the time I got done building my 1910/12 harley from an incomplete engine I had about 10-11K into it. When I sold it I got 11K for it. 95% of mine was reproduction in the end and it was sold as such.
Nice, I had 1912 single #2986B. It was rebuilt from a lot of repro parts, but did run and ride.
Are you planning to built it back into a bike, or just keep it as an engine display?
Ive been looking off and on for a couple of years, but got serious after selling my 1910/12 Harley. Shoot I passed one up at Oley last year because it cost more than my entire Harley project. They are out there and eventually the stars will align and I will find one. I have been thinking of...
The Indian was built out of a British Welbike. Indian did offer the Papoose scooter in the late 40's. The Papoose is a rebadged Corgi Brockhouse, but the engines are slightly different. They ran a different ignition system and didn't have the exposed flywheel like the one in the photo. The tank...
I had one of the 1910 timeless chassis for a 1912 Harely Single engine that I had. They look good, but I don't think they are really intended to ride. I had trouble with the rear hub and the pedal crank. The rear hub kept unthreading itself while trying to ride, I finally had to loctite the hub...
Hi all,
Looking for a Shaw engine attachment. I know it looks like I just missed one. Would like one as complete as possible. So let me know what you have.
Thanks,
Devin
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