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[hoofhearted]

Added Horsepower To Your Foto Of H-D Chainring ...

Used a feature of the Paint.Net app ... You may use this foto in any advertising you do .. if you
are going to part with this chainring. This chainring is an original .. teeth are a bit worn .. (the
right side of each tooth is a bit worn) .. making each tooth look a bit pointy ... SO WHAT ??!! ...
It's Still A Great Chainring !!!

You are very fortunate.

............ patric cafaro

CHAMPY ... the foto IS a higher resolution ... but it does not show well in the format I am using.

Maybe there is someone out there like Ivo .. who I could send the foto to .. off the line .. then Ivo
or some other kind soul could post it on this thread so that it shows huge ...

 

[Champy]

frame

its a westfield or pope manuf. bike with a H-D sprocket.so yeah,part it out and call it good.or sell it on ebay and fake the bidders out and make a killing.

What traits make this a Westfield or Pope and not a Davis frame. I would prefer not to "fake" anyone out and Im not interested in making a killing. I just want to know all that is knowable about the bikes I buy.

 

[dave the wave]

you can tell by the fork,and front fender.spray WD 40 on the frame seat post mast,the bar that goes from the top of the crank hanger to the seat and see if you can see a decal that says pope or westfield.spray the tube from the head tube and the crank hanger and see if there anything there like the word indian.if you find nothing.chuck the frame and keep the rest of the parts and find the correct H-D frame and begin your H-D project.or just sell the sprocket and crank for $500.

 

[bricycle]

$500 for crank and chainwheel? one on the bay now is only at $167 with 32 hrs to go.....

 

[Balloontyre]

$500 for crank and chainwheel? one on the bay now is only at $167 with 32 hrs to go.....

with a bike attached to it.

 

[hoofhearted]

One Of My Favorites ...........

Here's a chainring I acquired a while back ... one day I will get the correct frame for it ... 1917 or 1919 H-D motorbike ..
rusty .. but with no twists, tweaks. twerks or divits. JUST GOOD OL' RUST !!! Apply the chainring .. hang on wall.

Did I tell you this chainring is SO RUSTY it is no longer magnetic ??

C'mon, now ... how could that be ??!

It never was magnetic ... but a magnet is attracted to it.

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

 

[chitown]

These sprockets are not without controversy. There was supposedly someone making them a few years ago. There have been several examples of incorrect bicycles coming out of the wood works which were suspected of having faux patina added and/or thrown into a swampy brine to artificially age with these sprockets. Not saying that this is one of those, just that it is a possibility.

There were also some faux Harley badges out there as well. The ones I remember had signs of casting where the original was stamped.

 

[hoofhearted]

What The Faux ??!

Chitown ... you are absolutely correct ... my rusty specimen is authentic .. as is the one that is focused upon in this thread.

I would love to point out all of the qualities in a faux speciman .. but then it would read like an instruction manual for making
excellent H-D chainrings of modern manufacture.

Currently .. NOBODY has mastered manufacturing the repro H-D ring that truly fools the eye !!!

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

 

[dave the wave]

$500 for crank and chainwheel? one on the bay now is only at $167 with 32 hrs to go.....

OH.... OK,is that why he is showing the reverse side of it?

 

[hoofhearted]

Chitown ... there is nothing wrong with a dis-restored paint job. The ones that are well done satisfy a need to preserve and they
serve as a substitute for someone who just has to have paint ... but does not want the "bright and shiny" aspect of a restoration.
The motorcycle hobby has accepted this category of paint with open arms ......

Dave The Wave ... I am just happy the seller of the H-D chainring put a foto of his/her chainring in the auction. Altho' I am not
a player in this auction ... I believe it would be in bad form for me to verbalize a judgment as to the authenticity of that specimen.

Maybe ... maybe AFTER the auction has ended .. if someone were to ask .. in this thread .. I could share authenticity information
with you as a collective. I won't be answerin' any questions about it off the line.

Many folks are not aware of which side is THE FRONT. Now don't leave me hangin' here ... how many rides have you seen having
a lettered chainring ... have that chainring placed backwards (??)

The Front Of a H-D chainring always has a dished-out area ... similar to the Davis DAYTON chainring .. however .. some of those
original Dayton chainrings do not have the dished-out feature. They are flat on both sides .. and 3/16-inch thick. I believe the
old term for dished-out is "hobbed".

The authentic H-D chainring has a particular area where the hobbing starts ... and a particular area where the hobbing ends.

Also .. there are two ways the factory "hobbed" the chainring nearest the teeth.

In addition ... the authentic H-D chainring has numerous 'stray-shots' away from perfection. Furthermore ... and I type the following
with intentional humility .. I could teach you all that you know about a correct H-D chainring .. BUT I won't teach you all I know about them.

Doing so would create a new industry ... and it has .. to a limited degree. Over the years, many have asked me what are the particulars to
manufacturing an extremely-correct H-D chainring. I have helped many ... since about 1988 ... using stainless steel .. D-4 carbon steel ..
mild steel ... even "lost-wax" cast steel.

But in each and every instance .. I taught an individual all they know ... but never all I know about the authentic chainring.

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