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Nobody asked me but if you look at it closely it appears throttle cable stops on each end of the line and arrow indicating throttle twist direction to advance engine speed. Think that circle is a universal engine symbol. What it appears to me. Now maybe somebody will know what it really is...

I did laugh at that one litteraly myself, thats actually pretty brilliant, the tape acting as a fast fuse pressure relief valve. Il keep that one in mind myself. Simple and effective i am sure. Great back yard fun tip with purpose.

Good looking set of bars. If you do find your still folding them up on hard launches perhaps try ring rolling a slight arc radius to your upper supports. Shouldn't add much weight for the minimal added length to the tubes as long as your not trying to form a hula-hoop. Look at a flat bed...

How a Jiffy model 30 ice fishing auger? Its got a toggle switch and tank on it. Might be something to take a look at.

Definately better days for short legged folks. You could by a 250cc machine with a 25 inch seat height! Now you would need to be 6'1" to ride the same displacement flat footed at a rest.

Try looking in Peterson Lighting master catalog on pg. 251 or so. There part# 100 15R looks like a close aftermarket candidate. Think its .750" tall by 2.25" in diameter if my reading is close.

Ha good point! Another reason they could be like hens teeth. Dont think i ever had one on a bicycle longer than 2 days myself. Not to mention the clutch heat on these distorts them out of form such as this one if you look close at it. The builder folks im sure figured they would last as long as...

Thanks for all the suggestions folks. Also have a clutch cover/chain guard i been cleaning up aswell and its about as supple as a Doritto after 50 years. I would have thought it would have been metal like all other Bird creations ive seen, ive never seen this style guard on this sight or...

Thanks for the input, ya tire shine products are whats closest available. Rubber rejuvenator products i can order but ive used before and there about as good as tire shine and much more costly. Was just looking to condition them more than shine really to perhaps give them another 50 years. Il...

Got some eyelet grommets out a set of 50+ year old Sebac shocks im working on. Any trick chemical creations anyone used before besides the usual tire shine products for putting some fresh on there appearance?

Looks like old 3 or 4" commercial fire suppression system pipe drops.

Might try using an electric kitchen dishwasher after there initial scrubdown and rinse.

Museum pricing without question, wall hangers for sure. Waiting for someone to open a Sports Bar/Restaurant full of this stuff somewhere. Id make the flight.

Because im not so familar with Tecumseh coil setups on the outside of the flywheel but worst case do Briggs magnetron units fit on a Tec coil setup? They are really simple to retrofit on a briggs coil of course. Just wondered how different the Tec coils were versus Briggs in width and fitment...

Wouldn't need them straight as long as you can keep it up! Ha that what she said...o_O

My half attempt version of a Slingshot i guess i could say:cool:

I figured there'd be some wise guys hopp'n around out there Flea:scooter:

Actually worked out surprisingly well..do have to massage the bend points with a dead blow to focus the bend points back. This is the before. They weren't that bad just not straight. Those got bent 44 years ago i remember all to well how it happened. And before we go off on a fork integrity...

75/25% set at about 15 p.s.i im not an Eastwood representative or pushing the brand just figured if anybody was apprehensive to make the purchase for unknown performance theres honest images. Granted i didn't start doing this kind of work last week but i dont do it everyday either, anymore.

Thats the results of an Eastwood 180 pretty much straight out the box with gas hooked up. My first of 5 or so welds. The plate was a setup piece thats why its mostly weld on the plate, makes the zip wheel disassembly and smoothing out easier. The other is a centerstand repair on an old Bird of...