Recent content by cyclejunkie

I forgot to mention that this thing does rip pretty good. I have it geared a little high, (original clutch sprocket was 11 teeth current one 17 on the Hillyard clutch) take off ok but she gets rolling after that.

It was neither one there delray. It was a carb off a 7 horse snowblower which looked to be same size as HS50 carb. I am tempted to try a big bore carb though just for grins and giggles.

As matter of fact delray I did get it running. I have ridden it several times, even took it out to vintage motorcycle days at midohio. I had some trouble after the first couple time or so of running it with ignition. The coil and points screws loosened up and I lock tighted them back down. Every...

Its nice to see the next generation getting acquainted with the good ol stuff.

I would also agree that is a way cool find, not something that is commonly seen by any means, but shows some of the ingenuity that this country was built on.

I would agree Dodgeboydan about the production end of it. They were pretty cagey about a lot of things back in the industrial revolution.

:scooter: :2guns: :smile: Thanks guys for your patience Ill post some more when I can.

I decided last Saturday it was time to see if this ol girl was going to run. First I wanted to see if she had any spark. ( I had adjusted the points but not the coil) She had a nice strong blue spark and I started to get excited. I took her down of the bench, put some gas in the tank and turned...

Sorry guys for the delay in the program, but its been a heck of a winter, ( I drive a fuel delivery truck) shoveling snow , and working in my buddies shop ( who passed away back in June ) , but here we are. Here are a couple of pics in the process. The mount I had fab to get the clutch and...

Thanks very much delray for asking. As a matter of fact IT RUNS !

Throttle hook up

Throttle cable adapter

Fabricated engine mount

Fabricated engine mount

No not yet with Christmas and couple other chores it has been on back burner but have new mount built just need to get things hooked up. Thanks for asking.