1948 Monark

[Oldbiscuit]

Here’s a couple of pics of my first motorized build. I found this 1948 Monark frame, springer fork and crankset at a flea market. It was beyond restoring so I decided to make me a board track racer instead. It’s a hoot to ride and gets a lot of compliments.

 

[MotoMagz]

Nice build ! Everything goes together nicely...like the sleek tank...nice!

 

[Oldbiscuit]

Thanks, I built the tank myself, bent welded and sanded, but no bindi. I wanted to keep it looking used and aged.

 

[wheelbender6]

Well done.

 

[curtisfox]

Awesome! I like the way the engine sets also...........Curt

 

[Oldbiscuit]

Well I can’t ever leave well enough alone, so tonight I redid the seat mounting to get it back and lower. I like how it came out and it still is comfortable to pedal and ride to boot !

 

[indian22]

Worthy mod... but consider I love board track style foremost!

Rick C.

 

[indian22]

Thanks for the follow!

 

[Oldbiscuit]

Wow, I thought I was having all kinds of problems for a while. I had a slight dead spot mid throttle, so I adjusted my needle and it seemed to make matters worse. So I got my jet kit out and kept trying different jets, one step at a time. Kept getting worse. Pulled the plug, cleaned inspected, regaped it made it even worse. Finally realized I had the stock CDI on it and never put the performance one that came with the bike on, so I swapped it out, rejected it back to my original settings and ... Wow it runs like a screaming banshee again !!’

 

[indian22]

There's an old saying among mechanics, "Most carb problems are electrical in nature." On 2 strokes I look at the electrical and case leaks first, on 4 cycle electrical and then go to the fuel system. Of course there are obvious exceptions that point to specific solutions, a motor with weak or no compression is an example and in that case electrical system & carb remedies go to the bottom of the solution bucket. Adequate spark, fuel and compression are still necessary checks to run prior to part swapping.

The stock kit CDI's work pretty well but are not great quality and I've had them fail back to back on a couple of occasions; new and right out of the box.

Glad you spotted the problem. It's way more fun to ride than fix.

Rick C.