1937 Schwinn BA96

[Freqman1]

I got after it pretty hard today because I want to ride this bike tomorrow. I wasn't able to swap out the guard or truss rods due to some minor differences so I cleaned up the ones on it. Doing one of these crusty bikes is more art than science. You want to try and just clean everything up enough so it looks good together but not overdone in places. I could have made some stuff shine more but was happy with it at this level. Gotta dial it in tomorrow morning and then hopefully get a good ride in. V/r Shawn

 

[Shawn Michael]

That is a great looking ride. I love those huge handlebars too.

 

[John G04]

Love it, that color combo is really cool. You sure gave it a new life!

 

[cyclingday]

Yeah, I really like how the reverse color scheme shows off the frame lines.

 

[rollfaster]

Here is the progress so far. For those that voted to leave it crusty-sorry. The bike had varnish? over the blue and some other places which came off pretty easy with lacquer thinner. I had to be really careful though because if those black pins even whiffed the thinner they disappeared! The rear fender is still pretty rough but looks a lot better than it did. I have a beat up reflector until I find an upgrade and added a 1937 St Louis plate I had. I'll have to use the stem it has for now and may just leave it. I started on the wheels and wound up cutting about half the spokes out. I've got Bob U. lined up to recover the saddle top but I'm leaving the chassis as-is. I have an original chrome guard that I was going to have re-chromed for one of my other Motorbike restorations but am going to swap out the crusty one for it and have it re-chromed instead. Hopefully have it rolling in a few weeks. V/r Shawn

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Love this bike, great use for that St. Louie plate also!

 

[ZE52414]

I can’t wait for the sunshine pics! Great job Shawn.

 

[Freqman1]

Had to do a little fine tuning this morning but took it for a check ride and its got "go" and "whoa" and everything seems pretty smooth. I know some folks were eyeing this just for the brake set-up but I just couldn't see doing that to this bike. I'm going to enjoy this one--those wide bars give the knees some room! V/r Shawn

 

[Freqman1]

Some more

 

[1motime]

Good job! Even the Cad cleaned up nicely! Never know for sure until it is done.

 

[DonChristie]

Hubba Hubba! What a beauty and great job!