What bike did you work on today?

[John G04]

Hoping to save the one intact pointed elgin grip so boiled it and rubbed it with glycerine to make it soft again hopefully. After making 40’s rubber soup put the rear fender back on.

 

[New Mexico Brant]

Trying out OA in the ultrasonic cleaner for nickel parts. Only did them for five and ten minutes depending on the part. Heaps of rust came off but the bathes were short enough in duration that it doesn’t seem like the nickel has dulled.

I also framed this ad for my studio.

 

[JRE]

Painted the 1935 Shelby non wishbone frame. Still need to find the correct fork for it.

 

[Kickstand3]

Trying out OA in the ultrasonic cleaner for nickel parts. Only did them for five and ten minutes depending on the part. Heaps of rust came off but the bathes were short enough in duration that it doesn’t seem like the nickel has dulled.

I also framed this ad for my studio.

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That Columbia pic . That monkey/ Devil looking thing looks like he is having a lot more fun than that Parrot

 

[oldfart36]

Spent the day going thru parts and sweating!
Thought I'd do another "Bent Tube" Elgin, 1st one I've done without a tank.
Frame/Front End is an older repaint by someone. Kinda thought it would be good for a "Resto-Mod" type Elgin.

 

[Rat Pilot]

Painted the bars and installed the grips and a chain on my ‘37 Rollfast. I hope to ride it a little tomorrow.

 

[JRE]

Started building my 35 Shelby frane into a Rider. Still need to find a original fork. Going to swap out parts when I find good originals.

 

[Allrounderco]

This is my “in between” project:

 

[Goldenrod]

My newly acquired Continental that had some chips and years of gunk stuck on the paint. It actually cleaned up very well and had some paint chips needing touching up only.

Ridiculous high price of the old Schwinn colors on eBay inspired me to mix my own enamel Kool Lemon paint. After some experimentation mixing two shades of yellow I got a perfect match. I used one of my air brushes to touch up certain areas. Now to let it cure and then I will shoot some clear enamel for extra protection. I will then wax it once the clear cures getting an even shine on the paint.
This area had some paint loss
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Some parts I left as is cause the wheels and bolts will be covering them. I’m not going for the pristine mint look rather some wear here and there. I ride all my bikes so some wear and patina looks good to me.
The third picture shows the bottom left side of the fork where there was one ugly 4-5” long X 1/4” wide scratch exposing the red oxide primer. Now it got covered up completely and looks perfect.

We mix Testers paint, the small square bottles from a hobby shop, to make our own touchup paint.

 

[RJWess]

Switched out the white walls for the black walls. Still need to go through the bike and re-grease all the bearings and true the wheel set. The rear hub is a New Departure 2 speed. I will need to go through and replace all the missing parts. I am pretty sure the bike came with a Morrow hubs but for now I will keep the 2 speed hub. I would like to put some Torrington 14's on this, if you have a set please hit me up.

These are Torrington 14's that I am looking for.