2 cylinder black & blue lightweight

[bluegoatwoods]

Yes. It truly does look like something made commercially back in the day.

And made really well, I might add.

 

[kevyleven007]

yeah nice bike

 

[massdrive]

Darn fine job Russell.

 

[GearNut]

You have built an awesome bike!
I greatly appreciate your attention to detail and must agree with others here. It does look factory made. I really like that old twin and envy your belt drive. I bet it is really quiet and smooth running.

 

[Russell]

Now twice the fun

I have modified this winters build to carry a passanger. the passanger addition can be removed or mounted using only 4 bolts. The handle bars fold down when not in use. I still have to install foot pegs.

 

[vairdude]

Not quite sure what catagory to post this under.

I Got tired of walking by this engine in my workshop and decided it deserved better than collecting dust. Also had an old Huffy(American made) so I thought I’d combine them. finally have done enough to take a few progress pictures.

nice
rides

 

[Powertool]

Very nice job , great looking bike ....

 

[Matheneyr3]

Really nice job- Solid looking, with Classic lines.
-Richard

 

[greaser_monkey_87]

This build is very nice. I bet that boxer twin makes good power, too.

 

[silverbear]

You've done it again! Another great one of a kind, made well and with style... I like it a lot!
SB

 

[Russell]

You've done it again! Another great one of a kind, made well and with style... I like it a lot!
SB

SB,
The funny thing about this build is that I bought the engine on ebay. the seller said he knew nothing about it and is sold "as-is".

To me that usually means that it either does not run or has problems.
I built the bike around the engine even though I never tried to start it!

Guess I was just hungry to build something, even knowing that if the engine didn't work; it would be a major project to adapt a different engine.

Had a nice day Sat; pulled the build out in the yard and fueled it up. Two pulls and the little engine came to life!!! Didn't run it too long as I only had 32:1 fuel and this engine requires 16:1(old school). It ran smooth and sounded great1

Soon as the weather changes I'll test ride it(snowed today). The super monark twin used a version of this engine that had a manual timming adv/retard setup. I will try to modify this magnito to mimic that, the slower idle would be nice.

Later
Jim E