Thanks for the complements guys
There's
plenty of flaws ya prolly can't see... but I sure can heh, I got a couple sorted out - like a custom bracket for the rear brake arm and a spacer for the springer (essentially just a big washer) fabbed outa stainless plate... remind me to NOT try to tool stainless at home anymore BTW, the cost in Dremel & drill bits is just too high lol.
*deep breath* BUT - that's the wrong exhaust system, the carb is at a hellish angle and it's my old broken one anyway, I can't figure out where to put the CDI, there's no wiring done at all, the headlight mount is proving a challenge, I don't have a throttle or grips, I can't seem to find any leather to cover the seat, the fenders & rack aren't even touched yet, I gotta find a chain guard to hide the chrome 44t, gotta find a taillight, gotta find some pedals... heck, there isn't even a base gasket in the engine lol - the list goes on and on.
Let's not forget what good ol' Venice Motor Bikes pointed out - the blasted in-frame tank and alla the assorted hardware & strangeness associated with it. Business is finally starting to slow down at work however, so I traced out some templates for it and I'll begin to chop up some steel... prolly today after work ifn I'm lucky.
Fortunately the winter has really only just begun so I'll have plenty of time to attend to all the lil details... like detailing lol, I will be puttin' the original paint scheme back on it, just in semi-gloss black. I'm adding a bit more to it as well, like the drop outs and lower seatpost and down tube - It's much easier to touch up the inevitable scrapes & scratches if they're black and not a high-gloss gray
It's a dang good thing that I like this part of motorized bicycle riding lol and it's prolly best if I don't finish it too soon anyway as I'd just hafta ride it! The snow, salt and crap on the roads just isn't something I should subject the Rollfast to, it's doin' a number on my poor neglected Schwinn actually, which is gettin' all the ridin' but none of the love
Speakin' of "love" - I LOVE that sidecar of yers fasteddy! You're a baaaaad influence man, I just can't stop thinkin' how cool it would be to have one myself. I'm gonna jus' keep lurkin' your build and takin' notes, mebbe I've got a project for
next winter because of you lol, I can't wait to see what ya do with the interior - you've just gotta put a car stereo system in there FTW