Rupp_It_Up 71 Rupp Roadster - Vintage Class

[Rupp_It_Up]

71 Roadster Motor Complete

I finally finished the motor. It was full of grease and grime and took forever to clean and prep for paint & powder coat.

For my high end restorations I always powder coat the blower housing, pull starter & air filter cover for durability.

The motor was sprayed with SprayMax automotive urethane spray paint. It's great paint for motors because it's gas & oil resistant - it's pricy ($40/can) but you only need 1 can to spray the motor and it's way better than the engine paint you buy at the auto parts store.

Fortunately I had a good motor to start with so I only had to replace all of the gaskets along with points, condenser & coil. The carb is a Tecumseh NOS service carb.

The decals are from Blackwidow Motor Sports

 

[Rupp_It_Up]

Better Late than Never....

Well I finally finished the bike. I waited 5 months for the front fender to get chromed! I dropped it off with some other parts in early March at Barr Plating and just got it back last week. Luckily the guy that I built this bike for wasn't in a hurry.

I took several pictures in different locations around the house. All in all it came out pretty nice - not show quality but a really nice rider.

 

[manchester1]

Beautiful.

 

[ruppking]

Excellent job you have done.

 

[Mariah]

Real nice...looks fresh out of the box new.

 

[Havasu Dave]

Very nice. It looks show quality to me.

 

[Harleys Papa]

Nice work Charlie :thumbsup:

 

[Detour]

Not much progress this month but it's a Roller. Note the chrome sprocket

The bike looks very good, nice work! Where did you find the sprocket? It looks to be the same one I have on a MTD Trail Flite I am fixing up but I can't find it.

 

[delray]

very nice......:thumbsup:

 

[Rupp_It_Up]

I had a repro from Blackwidow Motorsports chromed.

 

[red baron]

The bike is gorgeous!!!