my henderson tribute
- Thread starter charliechaindrive.
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....eventually...
But I made a exaust out of some old pipe fitings and a curved shower-curtain rod I found in my grandpas junk trailer. It connects to a funky tube thing that I just stuck the stock muffler onto that sits under the peddal crank.from my plans it should fit once I get the frame welded but, dad has kind of burryed it behind cabnets that have drying varnish so, gotta wate for a while to get t out of his garage.
But I made a exaust out of some old pipe fitings and a curved shower-curtain rod I found in my grandpas junk trailer. It connects to a funky tube thing that I just stuck the stock muffler onto that sits under the peddal crank.from my plans it should fit once I get the frame welded but, dad has kind of burryed it behind cabnets that have drying varnish so, gotta wate for a while to get t out of his garage.
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Made som small progress, I've "aged" the engine by removing the un-needed guards and sutch. The thing that the pull start wheel engages on is just a wee bit smaller than the one compatable with the crank starter. Can someone shed some light on how I could remove it?
A small amount, I've gathered a lot of materals (parts for fork, sheet metal for tank and a glass sedement bowl thingy) but dad is h*ll bent on re doing the entire kitchen so can't weld the frame. I put together the clutch system (goldy's system) at school in metal shop. And I've decided to go for simplicity and so the handlebars won't be crowded, to have a foot rear brake and that's it. Moped hub.
My metal shop teacher designed a fork that looks like the one used on a minneapolis cycle. Using bar stock and a 24 inc fork cut down and straighend. This phone is making me angry because I can't post pics because I've got plenty of them
My metal shop teacher designed a fork that looks like the one used on a minneapolis cycle. Using bar stock and a 24 inc fork cut down and straighend. This phone is making me angry because I can't post pics because I've got plenty of them
Howdy, here are all the pictures charlie has for this he asked me to post them because he cant (>o_o)>
Thanks byron!
Edit; there will be a few more pics to come in a secont, half to email them to the count.
Edit; there will be a few more pics to come in a secont, half to email them to the count.
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I've striped alot more things off the engine since I took that photo and I got a different clutch that is more flat than the stock one.
I like the lowered CG very much!
and the forward stretch...
The cantilever ratbike I just gathered is way too short coupled to be useful.
Even for my 5'4" SO...
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rc
and the forward stretch...
The cantilever ratbike I just gathered is way too short coupled to be useful.
Even for my 5'4" SO...
Best
rc
Thanks, I an debating on wether to get the count to dish the sides of the tank, more like a minneapolis than, a henderson because the minneapolis is a big single cylinder instead of a four cylinder. The frame is.roughly 55 inches axel to axel and the space for the motor is 14½ inches. For the whole middle area I've got it set up at 22 inches. Top tube to the bottom of the loop.
The forks are alittle complicated,and I need to find a big-ish spring for it. The front leg spring thing is a 40 inch peice of barstock total that will be bent with a 3 inch seperation for the tire inthe center. Baisicly from there it will be like a monark fork with the rear legs bobbed off and only a single spring.
The forks are alittle complicated,and I need to find a big-ish spring for it. The front leg spring thing is a 40 inch peice of barstock total that will be bent with a 3 inch seperation for the tire inthe center. Baisicly from there it will be like a monark fork with the rear legs bobbed off and only a single spring.
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Um, this just hit me, what do I do about the handlebars? Because I sit probably 30 inches or more from the stem (I'll measure it when I go out to the shed in a hour or two) and I have short arms. Maby do what silverbear did and just weld on sections of old junk bars onto another pair to lenghten them?
there's a number of things going on with the bars, charlie...
the look, the feel, the leverage applied to steering, and interference with yer knees, (if pedal equipped), and rider stance.
there's a number of different ways to deal with it.... size, mounting position, and height and length.
I would definitely tack-weld scraps together for handlebar testing, before making a final decision!
I like apes for feel and comfort.
and I could NOT use BTR bars at all. Period! Just wouldn't work for me.
the old, classic styled, swept back, jumbo beach-cruiser styled bars are dandy for walking speed pedaling along the beach-front promenade, but IMO, a nightmare when you get moving at a fast clip. They put the rider in the perfect 'perched -forward - launch - upon - impact position.
IMO...
Every one's got their own! lol
Good luck!
rc
...I got a girder pic I'll dig our for you... if I can find it !
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the look, the feel, the leverage applied to steering, and interference with yer knees, (if pedal equipped), and rider stance.
there's a number of different ways to deal with it.... size, mounting position, and height and length.
I would definitely tack-weld scraps together for handlebar testing, before making a final decision!
I like apes for feel and comfort.
and I could NOT use BTR bars at all. Period! Just wouldn't work for me.
the old, classic styled, swept back, jumbo beach-cruiser styled bars are dandy for walking speed pedaling along the beach-front promenade, but IMO, a nightmare when you get moving at a fast clip. They put the rider in the perfect 'perched -forward - launch - upon - impact position.
IMO...
Every one's got their own! lol
Good luck!
rc
...I got a girder pic I'll dig our for you... if I can find it !
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Here's the girder I found... I like the spring a lot!
perhaps u could do something along this line????
can't remember if I grabbed this pic at RRB's or the non-family type site...
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rc
perhaps u could do something along this line????
can't remember if I grabbed this pic at RRB's or the non-family type site...
Best
rc
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Wow, that's epic but alittle out of my construction abilitys 
I think the count is puting up some more recent photos of the crank starter and my whole mock up on my shed floor.
I think the count is puting up some more recent photos of the crank starter and my whole mock up on my shed floor.
hello charlie,i too had a lot of hassle with the cellphones camera,without going thru much trouble with diff. sites and uploading here and there try getting a SD card adapter,sd micro to ordinary sd size.take the micro sd out of the camera-into adapter-into computer. it seems to accept or convert the size alot smoother than using a usb cable phone-computer.aint directly silky smooth but it worked for me. HTC Incredible S. good luck
Hey, I've got one of the little cords to do that, I'll try it at school because our computer just died. (literally, like flames and sparks death)
Small victory; got the crank starter attached to the engine and the old gas tank mounts removed. And I fixed my barrel stove
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