Gonna start on a slightly custom lil indian. Was on the hunt for a Tecumseh/mid 69-up frame but couldn't find one so I found this 67-68 600 as a roller and just bought it to work with. I didnt want to deal with the 2 speed stuff but it did come with the fat 10.5 tires that look alot meaner on these so thats cool :thumbsup:
I need to make it more like a '69-70 bike because of the engine I want to play with is a Tecumseh. I did snag a 1968 3hp Briggs on ebay as well but I really dont want to go that route, so that and the original steel mouse hole wheels will be most likely sold off.
If you read the historry of LI they say thay had to revamp the frames to fit the Tecs, I always thought the frames were shorter for the briggs, but I am not seeing that. With the Tec in there (even on top of the 2 speed plate) it fits just like it did on my last lil indian that was a Tec bike so I dunno what changes they made to make the tec fit better, Maybe moved the engine plate back a little or something :shrug:
Anyway, I heres the "look" I have had in my mind for 6 months now and can finally put it to bike:
I fell in love with this header that I bought awhile back and felt it would be a great fit with the original chainguard shape and also clear out of the short indian frame as well, I think it does both pretty good. And even thought its not a true vintage piece, Jim definitely got that vintage vibe down well on it as its modeled after some of the Megaphones that were being made and sold for the early race karts.
"Bikerscum" Hooked a brotha up with a Jackshaft assy, Many thanks to him for Doing that :thumbsup:
Of course I dont have the mini matic 2 speed parts, I do have an NOS comet 2 speed for a Gilson/wards bike, I am hoping the comet parts clear on the bike, I have not had time to hack down the super long Gilson jackshaft and start actual test fitting yet though. Worst case I just run a standard jackshaft,
More to come later, I wanted to get a mock up to verify the Tec fit on that frame for now so I could plan the build
Engine is a later large journal 3.5hp block, it uses the same crankshaft as the HS40 does and has the standard size exhaust valve (some of the sidepoppers use a tiny valve). quick test fit appears I can use an early HS40 crank as well as aluminum flywheel so I can use pre 1969 shroud and parts to match the bike better. Wont be a screamer or anything but will have a the big bottom end in it at least, suck thing is scrapping out an HS40 for the parts :laugh:
I need to make it more like a '69-70 bike because of the engine I want to play with is a Tecumseh. I did snag a 1968 3hp Briggs on ebay as well but I really dont want to go that route, so that and the original steel mouse hole wheels will be most likely sold off.
If you read the historry of LI they say thay had to revamp the frames to fit the Tecs, I always thought the frames were shorter for the briggs, but I am not seeing that. With the Tec in there (even on top of the 2 speed plate) it fits just like it did on my last lil indian that was a Tec bike so I dunno what changes they made to make the tec fit better, Maybe moved the engine plate back a little or something :shrug:
Anyway, I heres the "look" I have had in my mind for 6 months now and can finally put it to bike:
I fell in love with this header that I bought awhile back and felt it would be a great fit with the original chainguard shape and also clear out of the short indian frame as well, I think it does both pretty good. And even thought its not a true vintage piece, Jim definitely got that vintage vibe down well on it as its modeled after some of the Megaphones that were being made and sold for the early race karts.
"Bikerscum" Hooked a brotha up with a Jackshaft assy, Many thanks to him for Doing that :thumbsup:
Of course I dont have the mini matic 2 speed parts, I do have an NOS comet 2 speed for a Gilson/wards bike, I am hoping the comet parts clear on the bike, I have not had time to hack down the super long Gilson jackshaft and start actual test fitting yet though. Worst case I just run a standard jackshaft,
More to come later, I wanted to get a mock up to verify the Tec fit on that frame for now so I could plan the build
Engine is a later large journal 3.5hp block, it uses the same crankshaft as the HS40 does and has the standard size exhaust valve (some of the sidepoppers use a tiny valve). quick test fit appears I can use an early HS40 crank as well as aluminum flywheel so I can use pre 1969 shroud and parts to match the bike better. Wont be a screamer or anything but will have a the big bottom end in it at least, suck thing is scrapping out an HS40 for the parts :laugh: