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Jaguar Project Part Two (continued)
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pedal alley
Wore out three sets of tires already!
the ride,thats what its about.
after ya get rested,post pictures.
after ya get rested,post pictures.
jwm
Wore out three sets of tires already!
Well, today was the official part four: ride it around. I put about ten or twelve miles on the Jag today. Damn, it felt good to ride that ol' beast again!
I have a question on the gooseneck. I noticed the pictures of the fine red Jaguar MK IV that pedalsnostalgia just posted in this section. The gooseneck on that bike has a bolt with a nut to tighten the handlebars, rather than threads in the gooseneck itself. When I first got mine, it had the same setup, but the gooseneck never did clamp down securely on the bars. I always figured someone stripped the threads in the gooseneck, and added the nut to try and keep the bars secure. Sometime before I crated the bike up I must have swapped out the gooseneck for one with threads. When I put the bike back together, it still didn't hold the bars securely, and I had to shim the handlebars and shifter with aluminum. (hint- an old license plate is perfect material) This leads me to suspect that maybe the handlebars weren't original. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
JWM
I have a question on the gooseneck. I noticed the pictures of the fine red Jaguar MK IV that pedalsnostalgia just posted in this section. The gooseneck on that bike has a bolt with a nut to tighten the handlebars, rather than threads in the gooseneck itself. When I first got mine, it had the same setup, but the gooseneck never did clamp down securely on the bars. I always figured someone stripped the threads in the gooseneck, and added the nut to try and keep the bars secure. Sometime before I crated the bike up I must have swapped out the gooseneck for one with threads. When I put the bike back together, it still didn't hold the bars securely, and I had to shim the handlebars and shifter with aluminum. (hint- an old license plate is perfect material) This leads me to suspect that maybe the handlebars weren't original. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
JWM
Pedalsnostalgia
Finally riding a big boys bike
Hi JWM, First I want to say very nice Jaguar. You say your bike had a handle bar stem with AS bolts and nut and I see you have the early grips. These two items were on 1959 and some early 1960 Jaguars and Corvettes but not 61 so maybe the bars are 1959 also or replaced with aftermarket bars when the neck and grips were installed. These early bars were not date stamped so unless you have another set to match them up to its really hard to tell. In 1960 and 61 Schwinn used 3 different styles of Necks on the middle weights. I have also herd of other collectors having troubles with there bars slipping on these middle weights and it sounds like you have fixed the problem. I have not run into this problem as of yet. Jeff
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Pedalsnostalgia
Finally riding a big boys bike
I also like your exploded view of the Jag. Very cool
jwm
Wore out three sets of tires already!
I know that it is generally in poor form to hustle your private blog, but I finished the narrative on The Jaguar Project. It's the improbable story of how I came to own my small fleet of classic Schwinns. Some of the story isn't appropriate for kids, but all of it is true. Link to chapter one.
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