I had hoped to finish my sons vintage Atlas custom mini bike to bring it to Oley this past spring but other projects and hobbies consumed too much time to complete. I did attend event, but walked around instead of riding proud. Bike has been unused for 5-7 years and shouldn't take much effort to get running, but I wanted to finish the build as I originally intended. Bike had a few items that were not finished to my satisfaction. Rear shocks were uneven and forks were a bit short and made steering a bit too fast. Will also need fuel system cleaned and old hardened fuel hoses replaced. The home brewed exhaust pipe need a few tweaks to secure it better than originally mounted and a new supertrapp open end cap has to be fabricated. Most of the parts were chromed when bike was originally built and welding would burn off the chrome so I have to be a bit more creative with fabrication now. When I built this bike many years ago I had only a torch and angle grinder and electric drill. I'm currently tooled up for much better work, but I still want the bike to reflect the period it was built. My son also insists the bike be kept as we planned and built it as one of our many
"Father/son" projects.
He also insists on keeping the vintage Hijacker decal on the engine fan shroud...

"Father/son" projects.
He also insists on keeping the vintage Hijacker decal on the engine fan shroud...

