Howdy from Jersey!

[bigcam59]

Bigcam here, road captain for the Jersey Devils Bicycle club. I've been toying with the idea of building one of these for some time, and fate intervened! I am now the proud owner of a motorized Pope! The bike was all original except for, of course, the motor...

I've been playing with it a bit and here is how it looks now...

Can't wait for the rain to stop so I can try her out!

 

[Bikeguy Joe]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[MikeSSS]

That is a Beautiful machine.

Let us know how it rides and all the details!

Congratulations,

Mike

 

[bigcam59]

The Club is now up to 7 members. As for the Pope, I saw it on Craig's list and contacted the seller. He wrote back saying that since he got so many responses he put it on Ebay. It was local pickup so that cut down the number of bidders, and I lucked out! The bike itself looks to be original, right down to the skiptooth chain and all the rust. I had it out today and it's a blast! I just wish I could make it legal to ride...such is NJ though.

 

[bigcam59]

Unfortunately, yes. In a nutshell, if it wasn't born a moped in NJ, you can't make it a moped in NJ. I could be wrong, though...I'm kinda new at this