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Is it a Westfield or Miami Built Motorbike?

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Iverider

Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Maybe Miami. Interesting Truss fork configuration.

Just recently picked up this motorbike from a fellow Caber and the crossbar/seat tube lug suggests that it's a Westfield built bike. The strange thing is, the rear dropouts don't have threading for adjuster like some Miami built bikes I've seen. It also has pretty Chunky stay bridges. Have a look at the photos and tell me what you think. I also didn't see a serial number on the bottom bracket, but I haven't scraped any of the gunk away just yet. Paint? What paint? The rack, grips and chainring seem wrong, and the crank is a bit of a dog leg so unsure on that too. I'm planning on building up a set of Velocity P35s, greasing the bearings up and riding the crap out of it! The D-X graphic on the rear fender is kinda cool too!

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That fork is different. Ask the usual crew: davethewave, chitown, fordsnake, hoofhearted, Giovanni
 
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Nice photos. But this girl is done for. Think there is any scope for renewing it?
Bite your tongue! ;)

I didn't buy it for show. I bought it for go! I could give two schlitz about the paint or the slightly tweaked seat stays. A little grease, chain and wheelset will be all she sees for the foreseeable future. I might soak her in parrafin and diesel to repulse everyone around and keep the rust worms at bay.
 
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I think the bike definitely has potential, I have brought bikes back to life worse than that. It just takes patients.
Please post pics when you get done with it.
Frank
 
Anyone have photos of a not so roached bike like this one? I'm intrigued by the way the truss arms mount to the fork with a kind of wrap around afterthought approach. Both of them are cracked and will need repair at some point.

Hopefully someone will recognize the bike! I'm only trying to identify it. Not to resell!!!
 
Your truss rod setup, at least,
is nearly identical to that on
this Michigan City Excelsior fork.
The rest not so much.
Perhaps it was some supplier's
slap-on answer to the emerging
mid-teens truss rod trend?

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Am with ejlwheels on this ride ... however .. there are some Very-Miami Attributes ....

Thick Fender Bridge AND Lack of Adjuster Screws At Rear Dropout .....

........... patric

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