Cooper & Ludwig
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That's the battle cry of the dyed in the wool hoarder and scavenger Ludwig. 'This will be useful once I've found a use for it!' 
Well, doesn't everybody?
When we were growing up here, the children's programme Blue Peter ran the Stig Of The Dump stills cartoon series over and over. It was about a caveman who had slipped through time into a disused quarry used as a dumping ground, and he recycled all sorts of things. Although the series is long gone in TV history, the cry sometimes still goes up when someone dives into a skip or a bin to retrieve the good stuff. STIG!!!
When we were growing up here, the children's programme Blue Peter ran the Stig Of The Dump stills cartoon series over and over. It was about a caveman who had slipped through time into a disused quarry used as a dumping ground, and he recycled all sorts of things. Although the series is long gone in TV history, the cry sometimes still goes up when someone dives into a skip or a bin to retrieve the good stuff. STIG!!!
Dumpster divers,getting in is easy but at my age getting out is hard..............Curt
I am booked for a day of fiddling about with engine and bicycle on the 2nd of June. This year. I have acquired some fresh offcuts and bits and pieces of metal which may well help speed up the final fitting because they're handy shapes with holes in.
I finally got over to JC's today. We sorted out the drive side engine support down to the tapped holes just above the wheel spindle. It was fiddly work, and what doesn't look like much took hours. It's still progress, and the other side will be simpler and quicker to fabricate.
Then the silencer will be fitted, that will be interesting, especially when considering it's mostly an empty metal box which will amplify, not deaden the noise.
Then the silencer will be fitted, that will be interesting, especially when considering it's mostly an empty metal box which will amplify, not deaden the noise.
Ludwig,
Isn't it always the greatest advances on a project that look like not much was done despite the hours spent on accomplishing them. Then you add one piece to it in half an hour and it looks like you were at it all day.
Steve.
Isn't it always the greatest advances on a project that look like not much was done despite the hours spent on accomplishing them. Then you add one piece to it in half an hour and it looks like you were at it all day.
Steve.
I spent several hours in the company of one of the best people I know; if we'd opened the shed up, looked at it and then shut the door, it would still have been a good day.
This coming Monday, I go over to Redditch to spend some time preparing the road legal bike for its transformation from bicycle into a Genuine Vintage Fake. In the middle of July I go to a blues festival and play for an hour with another friend, end of the month take my wife away for her birthday.
The only real worry is whether the bike at JC's is finished before we get thrown in the fogey home. I hope it's a few years yet.
This coming Monday, I go over to Redditch to spend some time preparing the road legal bike for its transformation from bicycle into a Genuine Vintage Fake. In the middle of July I go to a blues festival and play for an hour with another friend, end of the month take my wife away for her birthday.
The only real worry is whether the bike at JC's is finished before we get thrown in the fogey home. I hope it's a few years yet.
Remember to take pictures Ludwig, - we like pictures
I hear wot you're saying about the old fogey's home. Each day that goes by at the moment feels like it's taking me closer and closer to that time.
I hear wot you're saying about the old fogey's home. Each day that goes by at the moment feels like it's taking me closer and closer to that time.
Today, I went to Redditch to start stripping down the road going bike. In the course of doing it, Doug (an immense fountain of bicycle knowledge) looked at it and came to a conclusion. Not only is it a 70 year old Raleigh, and therefore properly made, he thinks from clues and indications, that it's an ex GPO messenger bike, and as such, is even more robust than the standard roadster of the time.
No pictures, camera dieded.
No pictures, camera dieded.
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I think I've found the tyres for it, and with a far higher speed rating than needed: http://www.schwalbe.com/gb/scooter-reader/hs-248.html
Motobecane is now transferred. The moped brakes will be used, ideally on new chromed, not painted, rims, the tank is to be used rear mounted as it has the right proportions and shape. The headlight will be replaced with something round instead of angular box 1970s style.
Incidentally, if anyone runs across a Motobecane 7 in good order, It's a handy bike to throw in a pickup or carry on a boat, as its a featherweight.
Incidentally, if anyone runs across a Motobecane 7 in good order, It's a handy bike to throw in a pickup or carry on a boat, as its a featherweight.
I went over to Doug's and put a few hours in sorting parts out and stripping bits off etc. We have now cut out the engine mount section of the Motobecane frame, and on offering it up to the Raleigh, we found the engine can actually be placed vertically above the bottom bracket if the pedal crankshaft and driven pulley use the the original bottom bracket. It will make the whole appearance neater than anticipated, and allow the petrol tank to be lower than originally thought.