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brett7777
3rd October 2011, 13:29
the idea is to put something together that looks like the early motorbikes of the early 1900's, that were essentially motorised bicycles.
It's gonna be 48cc so I can rego it as a moped.
Here's the tank & frame & some other bits that are going into it, Im doing it in satin black.

avgas
3rd October 2011, 13:43
Nice one. Where did the frame come from?
Have you seen these guys before - should give you a bit of inspiration.
http://farrstdevelopments.blogspot.com/2011/08/derringer-cycles-derringercycles.html

brett7777
3rd October 2011, 14:11
The frame is a Worksman Industrial Newsboy (made in Queens, NY)

brett7777
3rd October 2011, 14:12
& yeah, had a look at Derringer & a number of others. It seems that this (vintage looking motorised bicycles) is a growing fad in the US & Europe.

imdying
3rd October 2011, 14:23
That's going to be awesome!

avgas
3rd October 2011, 15:03
The frame is a Worksman Industrial Newsboy (made in Queens, NY)
Cool! Whats the frame worth? You gonna import anymore? Or do a whole kitset? Or just one finished bike?

brett7777
3rd October 2011, 15:13
Cool! Whats the frame worth? You gonna import anymore? Or do a whole kitset? Or just one finished bike?

The frames are almost impossible to get here in NZ, as Worksman dont ship internationally, & the INB frames hardly ever come up on the US ebay. So you have to get someone else to send one over. It's taken 4 separate shipments from the US to get everything over here for this bike; Im getting the spokes & rims locally.
Im doing one initially; I wanna keep it, but my wife says I have to sell it. I may do more in the future depending on what sort of demand there is locally.

Urano
5th October 2011, 05:50
www.sportsmanflyer.com

Paul in NZ
5th October 2011, 06:23
The guy with the bike shop in New Brighton in ChCh made a bunch of these sorts of things including ones with twin engines. They pop up on trademe occasionally. They are very cool...

brett7777
5th October 2011, 07:40
Yes Sportsman Flyer supplied some of the parts
The rest from other US suppliers & rims & spokes will be local
yes here's the CHCH ones247957247958

avgas
5th October 2011, 08:02
be fricken mean to get one with a GN125 motor

brett7777
5th October 2011, 10:37
be fricken mean to get one with a GN125 motor

In the US some are using motors that are clones of the GX200 motor, there's a CVT to go with the motor too

brett7777
6th October 2011, 20:33
couple of pics of where it got to today
seat on
& springer fork, with tank sitting in frame
fork needs spacer at top of steerer tube, engineer is machining a stainless one for me
working on painting tool box / oil tank so I can get that pinstriped
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brett7777
13th October 2011, 19:14
Put some parts together today. here's a pic of where it's at.
Waiting on a wheelset from the US. (Got a local bicycle shop to lace some rims to my new hubs; the rear rim they supplied was new & the front was old & untidy & wider than the rear ???!!! now they're messing about now & not resolving it for me - at the moment Im down 2 brand new hubs - so I decided to heck with the locals stuffing about & ordered a quality wheelset from the States).
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brett7777
20th October 2011, 20:40
it's a roller now. waiting for boardtracker bars, sorting out chains, at this stage.
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kiwifruit
20th October 2011, 20:44
Looks really cool man

Owl
21st October 2011, 06:03
That's fantastic!:2thumbsup

My former workmate has a 1913 Indian, which has been passed down through the family. All original, but not running unfortunately. I'd love to see that restored to its former glory.:yes:

brett7777
22nd October 2011, 16:41
Thanks for the comments.
I found a boardtracker style handlebar that Im really happy with.
Turns out I need a 'half link' for the 415 chain to get the 2 chains 'sync'd', had to order one.
Planning to get the motor setup & grips on next week.
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brett7777
24th October 2011, 18:38
getting closer to firing up the motor.

brett7777
16th November 2011, 13:36
Cool! Whats the frame worth? You gonna import anymore? Or do a whole kitset? Or just one finished bike?

I have a Worksman Industrial Newsboy frame for sale separately. Perfect if you want to put one of these together yourself.

avgas
16th November 2011, 14:20
I have a Worksman Industrial Newsboy frame for sale separately. Perfect if you want to put one of these together yourself.
Would love to......but I suspect your budget sale price is no where near what I can afford.
Wife is currently buying a house.

But out of interest what do you want for it? I need a reason to cry into the pillow at night :)

brett7777
16th November 2011, 14:59
.............550

avgas
16th November 2011, 15:32
.............550

:crybaby: thought so.

My actual mountainbike didn't cost me that much.

I feel so poor.

Conquiztador
2nd March 2012, 16:54
Update? Is she all go?

brett7777
2nd March 2012, 16:56
Update? Is she all go?

not sure what you mean? yeah I finished it ages ago

Conquiztador
2nd March 2012, 17:02
getting closer to firing up the motor.

Cool. As this was the last post re her. How is she performing? You happy?

brett7777
2nd March 2012, 17:53
Cool. As this was the last post re her. How is she performing? You happy?

Oh i see now.
Yep i changed to a performance pipe & it runs even better.

wakefield
29th March 2012, 11:51
Approx how much did this cost to put together if you don't mind me asking?
I'd love to start one as a project - but would need to know the outlay of costs first!

brett7777
29th March 2012, 11:57
Approx how much did this cost to put together if you don't mind me asking?
I'd love to start one as a project - but would need to know the outlay of costs first!

don't mind you askin at all, but...it's for sale on TM so I dont really wanna reveal that. Suffice to say that it cost well into the thousand's, & a lot more than what I originally thought it would. Shipping for the wheelset, frame, tank etc from all the various sources in the US also became expensive. The only thing you can get here for them is the motor & bar. Bikeshops don't have any of this heavy duty bicycle stuff.

brett7777
29th March 2012, 12:04
if you doubt that, then just go to a bikeshop & ask for a crank & bearings for a worksman ("worksman, what's a worksman?") a chain that suits the worksman sprocket ("that's not a bicycle chain, it's way too big") 14g spokes (unheard of on bicycles here, noone could provide them), even getting the white 26" tyres, & black rims (without any company logos on them) can be a mish (had to get the wheelset from Norm in California in the end) & on it went. And that's just small sample of what it took to put it all together. Took many weeks of sourcing, asking questions, organizing shipping etc etc
I guess Im ranting but if people only knew...

brett7777
29th March 2012, 12:12
anyway, to sum up my rant, cost was not much less than what it's for sale for. ive had enough of it sitting around here, so out it goes; was gonna do more but they weren't as popular as I thought they might be...so I just wanna sell it & move onto other projects now...

brett7777
29th March 2012, 12:22
hey we go again, it just occurred to me - it's on the website for 250 less than the TM price
You could even pay for it by credit card if you go via the website :-)
if out of auckland, will need to budget something for biketranz, on top of the purchase price.
anyway anyone who's interested just pm me please - cheers
http://www.freewebstore.org/BobbersRUs/Bikes_for_sale/cat362240_947871.aspx

The Lone Rider
31st March 2012, 19:31
hey we go again, it just occurred to me - it's on the website for 250 less than the TM price
You could even pay for it by credit card if you go via the website :-)
if out of auckland, will need to budget something for biketranz, on top of the purchase price.
anyway anyone who's interested just pm me please - cheers
http://www.freewebstore.org/BobbersRUs/Bikes_for_sale/cat362240_947871.aspx

Did you ever get that email I sent you of the other store hosting that has the bank transfer setup?

brett7777
3rd April 2012, 10:46
Yep got the email thanks

brett7777
22nd May 2012, 07:59
did a little vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1n6VQ4Hx94