I found the bike this past weekend at a swap meet/flea market.
It's a Rollfast Deluxe.
The rims tires and chain guard were to far gone to save ,but everything else was useable. It took me a few hours to free up the rusty skip tooth chain then, i used my grinder to make a 20 tooth peddle sprocket into a skip 10 tooth.
I disassembled the hole bike, and used 300 grit to smooth all the rust on the bike. I didn't want to remove it to bare metal. I just sanded it smooth and then hit the whole bike with 3 coats of clear.
I still have to bend the original cranks out an 1/8 inch to clear the engine,and build a custom pipe so it can drive the 30 tooth sprocket i had to used to clear the frame with ought a tensioner. Maybe i should call it the Flying Rat.
I hope to have it on the road by the end of next week. I just need to have my farther give me a hand with bending the cranks due to a broken collar bone, thanks to a hit and run driver.
It's a Rollfast Deluxe.
The rims tires and chain guard were to far gone to save ,but everything else was useable. It took me a few hours to free up the rusty skip tooth chain then, i used my grinder to make a 20 tooth peddle sprocket into a skip 10 tooth.
I disassembled the hole bike, and used 300 grit to smooth all the rust on the bike. I didn't want to remove it to bare metal. I just sanded it smooth and then hit the whole bike with 3 coats of clear.
I still have to bend the original cranks out an 1/8 inch to clear the engine,and build a custom pipe so it can drive the 30 tooth sprocket i had to used to clear the frame with ought a tensioner. Maybe i should call it the Flying Rat.
I hope to have it on the road by the end of next week. I just need to have my farther give me a hand with bending the cranks due to a broken collar bone, thanks to a hit and run driver.
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