Hi all, here is a couple of shots of the bike that my buddy Mike and I built this summer. I started my own 'Cyclone' board track replica project about a year ago, but after a recent trip to the Antique Motorcycle Show at Rhinebeck NY this year, I put mine on the shelf and proceeded with this one at Mikes request. We started with a 1957 Western Flier bicycle and fitted a 3hp Techumseh engine and belt drive (no it doesn't overheat). We referred to an old magazine article/ project that can be viewed on vintageprojects.com . The fuel tank is a modified fire extinguisher, the exhaust was fabricated out of an old set of motorcycle handlebars, and the headlight is made out of a stainless steel food storage container. It will never make much of a steep hill climber, but on level ground and average inclines it works perfectly. The machine made its grand debut at one of the local vintage auto/ motorcycle shows putting around the parking lot through the day and was a really big hit at the local drag strip, where several people thought it was the 'real deal'.
