Maytag Flyer

[Whozawhat]

Today the gas tank got some luvin'

I took the previously made top and bottom panels and cut and welded in side panels.

Welded one end closed on some coupling nuts and fit them inside the tank so the mounting bolts had something to screw into.

Welded mounting tabs to the frame underneath the tank for mounting bolts in addition to the brass clamps on the top

Fit leather shims between the top of the tank and the brass clamps, also fit rubber washers between the lower mounting tabs and the bottom of the gas tank.

All the brass fittings for fuel and oil as well as the caps and oil pump will get brazed in this week when I get access to torches, I don't have any at home.

 

[truckd]

Very Nice! I can't remember if you were going to paint it and if what color? a few pages back you made mention of how good something would look once it started to rust,don't let this beauty rust any where.

 

[curtisfox]

AWESOME!
Did you put that on a buck and round the edges on it to?...........Curt

 

[Whozawhat]

truckd,
The plan at this time is to give it a finsh similar to what Mr B did with his Excaliber but using different colors. I have been thinking of using a Silent Grey Fellow color scheme, however that is open for discussion.
As for the rust it is part of the old worn unrestored finish look.
I had a vision for a finish like finding this in a barn from 80 odd years ago and getting it running.
It will have alot of rust, it may even have pigeon poop on it. LOL

If I were to go for a shiny restored finish I would need to spend $$ on getting parts nickle plated.

Some wealthy Maytag collector can then purchase this rare jewel from yesteryear for big $$$ and restore it to its former glory themselves. LOL


Curt, a few pages back you see the wooden buck that was made to hammerform a radius on the edge of the top and bottom panels.
The side panels were cut flat and fit into place, the sides of the tank don't bow out though, if thats what you were asking.

 

[curtisfox]

The old saying look before you leap.
THANKS i will go back and look. Totaly unbelveable how you take some simple thingd and turn them into a work of art like your exaust, insted just taking and make a Y and run it back. You get curved pipe and turn it into a work of art and everything else on the bike.......Curt

 

[Ludwig II]

There were several manufacturers who made lengthways flat twins, and HD grey is too "commonplace". What about that quasi military green HD used, or Indian red?

 

[Ludwig II]

For the record, I think the Monark is closest in spirit to what you have, and the colour would be a stand out feature.

 

[curtisfox]

Had one when i was 15 years old mine had the twin spring fork and a crome tank. Thats one of the maine reasions i am back into motor bikes again. It was sure a awesome fun ride.......Curt

 

[Whozawhat]

I like the HD psuedo military green, but I only like it on HD's, it is too brand specific a color.

I don't really want to try and emulate any other manufacturer other than Maytag.

I was thinking grey because a few different manufacturers used grey with a pinstripe or a two tone with grey.
I also thought it was an early Maytag color, but I will do some research when I get to picking the final colour choice.

The Monark is nice but it is too "cheery" for my grumpy disposition.

However I may be convinced to go totally different with a two tone using a deep maroon like this Dayton and a cream panel like on the Sears.

 

[Ludwig II]

You'd have to be careful about a red and white paint scheme, people might mistake it for a fire engine.

 

[truckd]

I love! the Dayton Burgandy but it would only compliment the bike if it looked like the one in the upper photo (shiny and new) I am passionate with the sears, but here is a color combo no one has tried and would look good either with an aged patina or shiney and new UPS Brown (no candy or metal flake) cream colored center tank and center accents on all larger areas with a dual burnt or pumkin orange (not brite,safety Schwinn orange) and gold pin stripe in every thing, frame,forks,fenders,tanks exc.exc.exc.
Colors would accent the maytag theme especially with the gold and black boardered maytag emblem,I was snooping around on Ebay yesterday under Vintage Briggs & Stratton engines and a lot of Maytag engines,parts,metal name tags and deacals popped up in that catagory.
If you truely want the worn barn aged look I would use a fine color sanding grit paper insted of a Scotch Brite pad or coarser sand paper, the stuff used for colored sanding gives a better fade in areas where the bike saw particulary more wear then other areas,for areas that look like they'd have been scratched or chipped just tare pieces of masking tape in random pieces,shape and sizes and stratigically place them on the bike before it is painted, but also under coat those ares with red or brown primer first to give the appearance of rust, you could even clear coat everything once all is said and done with a satin clear coat to bring out even more patina details with out getting a high gloss bling effect.
What ever you decide it will look FANTASTIC!

 

[Whozawhat]

truckd;
Thanks for the paint tips.
The Brown and cream is a good color scheme which is not seen too often. It is one too consider.

I got into the shop today for a short while.

A chain tensioner was needed so this was fit into place.

The gas tank needed to have some holes for the petcock and the braze-in fitting was machined.
A fitting to attach the oil line to the tank was also modified, it will only be a dummy fitting, but it too will be brazed to the tank.

Holes for the fuel and oil pump were cut into the tank.

The observant ones reading this will have noticed that the cap on the right side does not have an opening cut.

This is because of a couple of reasons that many of you are aware of, but for the others here is why.
The fact that the tank has an oil and fuel cap is just for design, the tank is only one section and only holds fuel, it only needs one cap.
The oil cap and oil pump are only decorations and not truly functional.
The tank is a close fit between the frame tubes and a fuel cap fitting is too tall to pass through the frame tubes.
Thus the cap and fitting on the right is a dummy which can be attached to a blind threaded boss previously welded inside the tank.

 

[Whozawhat]

As the faux oil pump is inside the fuel it was soldered up so that fuel won't enter.

The fitting that holds the oil pump was shaved to mount the pump at a slight angle towards the rider.

By sealing the bottom of the pump when it is stroked it now builds pressure which slowly bleeds past the pump piston and creates the feel of actually pumping oil.

Now to braze them in.

 

[truckd]

Very nice work! Good thinking! with the pump if it actually pumps to put presser in the tank where is the vacum air hole, gas cap or pump knob ?

 

[Whozawhat]

The pump is sealed it does not put pressure into the tank. The pressure that is felt when depressing the pump plunger is built up inside the pump itself, between the pump piston and the now sealed up pump cylinder. It is the air slowly leaking past the leather pump piston that allows the plunger to be depressed. When the plunger is pulled up air goes past the piston into the cylinder, think of it like a bicycle air pump that has a slight leak past the piston, only smaller in scale.

 

[truckd]

Got it, micro tire pump (LOL!) NICE! what gets me is if you look long enough you'll find an old bike with this,as other thing's that have incorperated into other builds, yers just has it all, what was the old saying "Necessity is the mother of all invention"
As stupid as may seem,how will you get a positive fuel flow with out an air vent somewhere ??

 

[Whozawhat]

The caps will get vented when I get the stuff needed to make them. I will vent both caps even though it needs only the one.

 

[Sinistar]

very awesome build work. Aznable Red is a color I had in my head seeing this build up as its gone along. Myself personally I have been painting with Stonewashed Denim a Krylon paint.

Kudos Bro.

 

[Intrepid Wheelwoman]

Oh this is a truly beautiful build. So many well thought out details and the workmanship is excellent.

 

[Ludwig II]

Nice to see you're still around. What are you using for transport these days?