My new bad*** lamp

Like most things I build, they never really get thrown away, merely re-purposed.

I had actually been planning on turning the motorbike engine into a lamp once I wore the little engine out, unfortunately that day came a little too quickly...but I ran to Goodwill and got a cheapo matching lamp for $3.99 and ripped it apart. I also ripped the engine apart, cleaned it, drilled a hole just above the magneto shaft, then threaded the lamp fixture to the sparkplug hole. It wasn't perfect but I used a little piece of plastic to fill the gap to make it snug enough to hold the lamp in place. I reassembled the jug and put the magneto and drive sprocket covers back on, used my over priced $15 engine mounting hardware up front and relocated the acorn nuts from the intake manifold to the back studs to give them a rounded point.

I haven't spliced the cable back together but aside from that it works.

Whenever I get a welder I plan to do make a tall pipe go up with a 90 degree fork. Then I'll bolt the engine up just like it should. This is just for now while I work on it.

Next time I do it I'll just use the jug and a straight head mounted on a cross section of a car tire.

The problem is my engine was a slant head so I had to use something that was either at an angle or flexible.

It would only cost me around $50+ shipping to build a top end lamp with a new jug and straight head. If I did a bunch of them I could probably get a discount with a larger order. I've got a buddy with a man cave that might want something like this.

This one does have a price or trade value that just happens to be a new motor

culvercityclassic said:

That's a good one Tom... Show all her friends

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Hey, my girlfriend comes from a long line of hotrodders so she actually likes it.

Well it looks like it produces enough amps for a 60 watt incandescent bulb. LOL