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What is a good way to restore this cloth seat? I was thinking about starting with some black shoe polish to cover the white wear spots, but is there a way to re-cover it properly? The bike is all original (except tires) and is a nice example of a war time bike with black out hardware.

I just picked up a very original 42 sports tourist, blacked out parts and all. I have 2 questions: 1. What size are the tires? 2. Any recommendations to restore the paint without stripping it and starting over. The original decals are there and I hate to mess with them. The paint is “ok”, but...

I am building a Westfield Columbia G519 WW2 tribute bike, but I have not found a set of Truss rods for it. I saw Bergerwerke has upper and lower truss brackets, but not the rods themselves. Can anyone point me to a set of truss rods (brackets would be good too). I'm willing to buy the whole fork...

Hello, I'm new to vintage bikes. My long term goal is to get a WWII era military bicycle. In the short term, I picked up this bike last week because it looks like a military Huffman (at least to my newbie eyes). The head badge says "Western Flyer" but the frame looks like some Huffmans that I...