Found a picture of a bike my Dad built in the late 60s..

[125ccCrazy]

Built from an old bicycle and random other parts, whatever he could find... think the engine might be a Clinton?

 

[hermans13]

WOW! Your Dad did a nice job, that Mini Bike has style!

 

[Harquebus]

I agree with him ∆

The frame has certain aesthetic appeal, your dad had an eye for detail.

 

[sparkwizard]

Do you remember him riding it? It is really smooth looking.

 

[minibikefever]

Back when building things to last was the deal, very cool, certainly runs in the family, Mickey Rupp is lucky your Dad did something else for a living lol

 

[Triley41395]

Built from an old bicycle and random other parts, whatever he could find... think the engine might be a Clinton?

You should build a replica, rope start and all.

 

[pomfish]

Cool bike!
Neck shows the lost art of brazing.
Rope start/Cheese Grater not approved by Ralph Nader

 

[White Gas]

Front forks, goose neck, ape hangers and sissy bar. Straight outta’ 69 Easy Rider / Peter Fonda rules

 

[Brooklyn Bob]

One cool machine!

 

[RobertC]

That is beautiful !

I really like it.

Looking closer I realize he used the whole bicycle frame...see the circle under the motor, where the pedal crank went.

@125ccCrazy ...were you around then to remember it, or was that before you were born ?

 

[125ccCrazy]

That is beautiful !

I really like it.

Looking closer I realize he used the whole bicycle frame...see the circle under the motor, where the pedal crank went.

@125ccCrazy ...were you around then to remember it, or was that before you were born ?

I mostly remember it from stories, I was pretty young.. I do have better memories of a gokart he built with conduit tubing and a home made brazing machine..that old brazer built a lot of things..

 

[125ccCrazy]

Do you remember him riding it? It is really smooth looking.

I dont have much memory of it, mostly stories.. I just happened to find an old picture of it the other day..

 

[125ccCrazy]

WOW! Your Dad did a nice job, that Mini Bike has style!

Thank you... Dad could do about anything with very little he had to work with...

 

[125ccCrazy]

Back when building things to last was the deal, very cool, certainly runs in the family, Mickey Rupp is lucky your Dad did something else for a living lol

Yeah Dad was a tinkerer... he grew up without a lot in a time you did what you could with what you had... He had a rear wiper on his car way before any manufacturer did..that was way before me but I remember him talking about it...I think it was a 40 Chevy..old vacuum operated wiper motor..

 

[125ccCrazy]

You should build a replica, rope start and all.

Lol yeah it would be cool.. I told my brother I wish I had that one for wall art and a conversation piece..

 

[125ccCrazy]

Cool bike!
Neck shows the lost art of brazing.
Rope start/Cheese Grater not approved by Ralph Nader

Yep he built it with a home made brazer.. it had 2 electrodes on a handle you squeezed together... Dad taught me how to use it when I was a kid, I used it to work on my bikes.

 

[mini gote hunter]

That puts the bike in mini bike. way cool

 

[hermans13]

A good braze joint can be stronger than a poor weld job.