Picked up this lil Stellar last week. This is the oddest one and potentially the most interesting Stellar ive gotten. For $50 its the cheapest too!
The wheels are 4'' General. Yet they look original to the bike. The sprocket lines up nice with the caliper bracket. Anyone know if Stellar used them? Cleaning up nicely.
The forks n bars were easily the thing i notice were not Stellar. Especially cuz of the spring under the fork tube. At least i thought so. I didnt mind cuz i have them to put on and was happy to finally put them to use, but then i did some searching. They match closely to the Red Baron.
I noticed under the "25" on the forkplate there is a raised rectangle. Thinking it was a decal i started stripping paint off. It turns out its a raised bit of sheet metal with this transfer or painted-on design. Ive seen this before and id swear it was on someone else's Stellar. A red or maroon one. Anyone ever see this?
The scub brake i doubt is true to the bike. Bolts welded to the frame? But it stays until im 100% sure.
Looks like a nice small Stellar all in all. I'll paint it blue and trash this horrid Kawasaki for a glorious period correct Tecumseh.
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The wheels are 4'' General. Yet they look original to the bike. The sprocket lines up nice with the caliper bracket. Anyone know if Stellar used them? Cleaning up nicely.
The forks n bars were easily the thing i notice were not Stellar. Especially cuz of the spring under the fork tube. At least i thought so. I didnt mind cuz i have them to put on and was happy to finally put them to use, but then i did some searching. They match closely to the Red Baron.
I noticed under the "25" on the forkplate there is a raised rectangle. Thinking it was a decal i started stripping paint off. It turns out its a raised bit of sheet metal with this transfer or painted-on design. Ive seen this before and id swear it was on someone else's Stellar. A red or maroon one. Anyone ever see this?
The scub brake i doubt is true to the bike. Bolts welded to the frame? But it stays until im 100% sure.
Looks like a nice small Stellar all in all. I'll paint it blue and trash this horrid Kawasaki for a glorious period correct Tecumseh.
Developing....