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Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:42 pm
by Maz
I thought I'd post some of my old projects, these are from around 20 years ago....
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The Triumph is my old 650 T-Bird chop and the Cafe Racer is a Suzuki I scratch built for a local lad.....
Maz xx
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:43 pm
by Maz
And this is a little "Mad Max" style off roader I built for my niece when she was 9 years old......
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Maz xx
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:52 pm
by Maz
Another of my old bikes.....GS750.....
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and a one-off old-school cafe racer I built for a friend....
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Maz xx
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:21 pm
by curt
i really like the triumph in the first pic maz
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:30 pm
by Maz
Thanks dude, that was my all time favourite
maybe you'll like this one too.....
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Maz xx
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:32 pm
by curt
had one almost exactly like it with the king queen seet and twisted springer front i definatly like that one better
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:43 am
by Maz
curt wrote:had one almost exactly like it with the king queen seet and twisted springer front i definatly like that one better
yeah it kinda has the right "attitude" if you know what I mean
Maz xx
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:02 am
by budoka
wow, i'm with Curt. i love the trump! the little Mad Max machine was cool too. what was that, a Honda 50cc?
-dan
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 1:15 pm
by curt
what was the beer can for some kind of filter?
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:50 pm
by Maz
budoka wrote:wow, i'm with Curt. i love the trump! the little Mad Max machine was cool too. what was that, a Honda 50cc?
-dan
Thanks Dan
The mini Mad Max bike was actually an old Harley 250 dirt bike (my friend trashed the motor!) modified to take a Yamaha 80cc motor from a step thru which is almost identical to the Honda 50.
The paintwork was done by me and featured Celtic designs in pink over a metallic purple base (well I did build it for a little girl!!!). The bike was called "KB" because it was Katie's bike......
Maz xx
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:52 pm
by Maz
curt wrote:what was the beer can for some kind of filter?
The motor featured high compression pistons and trick cams so it tended to "breathe" a little heavily on occasions. So we fitted a beer can as an oil mist catch tank...
Maz xx
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:19 pm
by curt
cool idea i had one that used to spray oil all over the trany area from time to time ran a hose under the bottom rail back towards the chain to keep it lubed but it just left a black stripe up every shirt i owned
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:22 pm
by Maz
I sometimes use old beer cans as covers for starter motors etc.....funny, I always seem to have some empty ones lying around....
Maz xx
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:45 pm
by curt
i used to have lots when i drank too
Re: Maz's Old Bike Projects
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 4:09 pm
by Maz
Yeah, so did I......
as I don't drink beer anymore that means either my old man or my daughter are the guilty ones.......
Maz xx