Zman's bike now with acetylene lighting
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For those of you who don't know, mixing carbide with water produces acetylene gas. Same as in oxy-act welding. The flame produced is usually white very bright and the gas is very explosive. Do not play with it unless you have a good understanding of the equipment and hazards involved.
I'm sure Zman will agree.
Tom
I'm sure Zman will agree.
Tom
Zman,
That's a wonderful, authentic looking bike. The word 'eloquent' comes to mind as I give it an appreciative look. You've given it a light touch with an artist's hand. I appreciate motored bikes as a kind of rolling, functional sculpture. Not that all are. Most are not. This one is exceptional in that you have brought out the true vintage look when motor-cycles really were bicycles with motors attached. Yours doesn't need or want fatty tires or a tank that fills up the frame. And yes, the lights are just right and that brass gas tank is the cat's meow.
German engineering and German manufacturing have a well deserved reputation. Your build is a tribute to that esteemed tradition. Well done, sir!
SB
That's a wonderful, authentic looking bike. The word 'eloquent' comes to mind as I give it an appreciative look. You've given it a light touch with an artist's hand. I appreciate motored bikes as a kind of rolling, functional sculpture. Not that all are. Most are not. This one is exceptional in that you have brought out the true vintage look when motor-cycles really were bicycles with motors attached. Yours doesn't need or want fatty tires or a tank that fills up the frame. And yes, the lights are just right and that brass gas tank is the cat's meow.
German engineering and German manufacturing have a well deserved reputation. Your build is a tribute to that esteemed tradition. Well done, sir!
SB
what's up next ?
thanks to all, i really appreciate your comments !
the build of this bike is in progress every day if i'm sitting before it on a chair by a nice cup of coffee,
listen to the music of Fletcher Henderson (or anyone else) and thinking "what could i do the next time ?"
it's a growing process over the years, like by myself.
since i've ended the season this year, the bike rests in my apartment and i plan for the wintertime a few things :
red rubber hose for the lamps ( just ordered )
a engine cutout-switch like the one in the "early motorcycles" book on page 283,
a hand-operating Klaxon horn, from the early days of motorcycling,
to made a mounting bracket for the taillight and licence-plate, look like the 1917 Rover on picture below,
to get a vintage speedometer like the Corbin of old Harley's and Indians, they where available for bicycles too, i know they are very rare and expensive !
and maybe one day a 1923 Alba engine, a real vintage bicycle engine. They are more rare than a Corbin speedometer, but as i already said, one fine day....
thanks to all, i really appreciate your comments !
the build of this bike is in progress every day if i'm sitting before it on a chair by a nice cup of coffee,
listen to the music of Fletcher Henderson (or anyone else) and thinking "what could i do the next time ?"
it's a growing process over the years, like by myself.
since i've ended the season this year, the bike rests in my apartment and i plan for the wintertime a few things :
red rubber hose for the lamps ( just ordered )
a engine cutout-switch like the one in the "early motorcycles" book on page 283,
a hand-operating Klaxon horn, from the early days of motorcycling,
to made a mounting bracket for the taillight and licence-plate, look like the 1917 Rover on picture below,
to get a vintage speedometer like the Corbin of old Harley's and Indians, they where available for bicycles too, i know they are very rare and expensive !
and maybe one day a 1923 Alba engine, a real vintage bicycle engine. They are more rare than a Corbin speedometer, but as i already said, one fine day....
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