Progress on my Manco Streaker

[GTO]

Looks a lot like a Manco streaker with some differences.

Heres one I had.

[delray]

it could be a manco streaker frame, scrub brake looks the same,but engine mount plate is half cut out? first i ever seen a manco frame that look like a acme frame. manco was known to use black plastic fenders too? looks like them two bike frames are very hard to tell apart

[dobber]

This is getting strange, I always thought it was a manco. But I do see how the engine plate is different, plus my fork triple trees are shaped different. But then my wheels are Manco. Ok does anybody know if Manco made bikes for Acme? that does seem to happen a lot in the mini world.

PS the guy I bought it from told me that he had it from when he was 14, 37 years ago. So he must have lied to me, I suppose. look close at the original pics from when I got it. It had smaller metal fenders on it.

Dobber

[delray]

dobber,the only thing i can see is your bike and gto's have flatten fork tubes on the bottom and that all acme fork tubes i have seen are weld on 1+inch tubes on the bottom for the bolt to go through for the wheel? but both of your top handle bars are different? maybe manco change couple things over the years? acme frames where only made for couple years and sold on ebay. it looks like to me that acme frames copy there design. also maybe this will answer everything? on a acme triple tree's they only use a bolt and tube. no bushings or bearings. so i install a grease insert to keep things moving good.

[dobber]

Originally Posted by delray

dobber,the only thing i can see is your bike and gto's have flatten fork tubes on the bottom and that all acme fork tubes i have seen are weld on 1+inch tubes on the bottom for the bolt to go through for the wheel? but both of your top handle bars are different? maybe manco change couple things over the years? acme frames where only made for couple years and sold on ebay. it looks like to me that acme frames copy there design. also maybe this will answer everything? on a acme triple tree's they only use a bolt and tube. no bushings or bearings. so i install a grease insert to keep things moving good.

Mine only has a bolt and tube also?

[delray]

wow thats weird,i see in gto's tube has a bronze bushing. maybe yours is early model without bushing? maybe the best thing you could do is call manco and see if they built them without a bushing too(early model design) like i said before i have never seen a acme with flatten bottom tubes. acme frames where only built for a couple years. early 200? or so. hard to say what it is,but if your buddy had it for long time? it has to be a manco