Womens Issues

[fasteddy]

Mark,
If you can't find one through your sources in Canada I'm going to put some ads out in B.C. when I get back home in early Sept.
They come up for sale every so often out there because it was a bit of Old Blighty to the Brits when they moved there and what was good enough back home was good enough there including Atco mowers.

Steve.

 

[harry76]

I got a little donr this morning, gonna do more this afternoon. I got my primary cover mostly done, just need to finish it when i get my jackshaft in. I also got the fuel filler welded in, as well as oxying the cranks. These cranks had to be slightly wider then my Villiers bike.

 

[harry76]

I must say im quite pleased with how the bike is looking.... ive tried to keep it safe for Kelly with keeping everything out of harms way, and still have nothing protruding higher then the ladies toptube..... hopefully i can get it done for Greazefest, just five days away.

*** OH YEAH i now realise i put my pedal sprocket on the wrong side for mockup but i was just so excited to see it mocked up, like being a kid at christmas, MAN this is a great hobby

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

I like your covers, mine from scrap parts tacked on Re: Womens Issues

My cover for my Briggs Engine Comet clutch and chain to jackshaft from BBQ Grill, Foot Pegs from pool ladder stainless steel step cut up, not nearly anywhere as nice form as what you do as sheet metal work!

The shape and flow are looking real good on the Briggs Bike your making for your girl friend!

I am going to try to Mig thin metal over the screw holes if I can and grind smooth, and then maybe paint or otherwise use steel wool on a drill to make jitter bug marks and just put clear coat on the chain cover.

Do you use oxy only for the thin sheet metal, or can you use Mig to do it just the same?

The larger area to fill is where the air was supposed to come through on the bottom of the grill. I could get some small SS Scrap and weld on, or just put a mesh screen over those areas.

BBQing by the Pool or building a motor bike?

Measure Twice

 

[harry76]

Thanks measure twice.... to answer your question: all the wlding on my bike is done with my gasless mig welder, as its only a cheapo 200 watt its not ideal for the thin stuff but if i take my time it works out ok. I normally blew s few holes and have to go back and fix em up.

One advantage of your bike is when your engine warms up you can throw on some snags (Aussie for sausages) on your footpegs or engine cover and have lunch ready for the end of the ride LOL

 

[harry76]

Well ive been hard at it with not much to show. Doing a lot of running around amongst other things. I did get my jackshaft mounted, picked up the 5/8 shaft for this and my pulleys for my Villiers (which i really wanna test ride but trying my hardest to get this ready for Sunday).

I put a slight bend in the toptube to allow room for the jackshaft. I got my muffler mounted, finished my fuel tank and lined it with a tank liner.

I just need to shorten my primary cover as i made it at work (before i went on a break) before i knew the exact length of the primary.

And if all goes well i will be painting tommorrow and hopefully dry by Saturday afternoon to assemble. Itll be some mirale if i can get this done..... ya never know.

 

[harry76]

Ive built this bike in a hurry (for me anyway) and although i had an idea all along in my head i never really put pen to paper to design it..... anyway i didnt really consider allowing for the motor to move forward on the mounts to tighten the primary belt as it stretches a little, so i may have to make a little tensioner later for it, i dont really have time at the moment.

 

[harry76]

I have one major drama. I organised a 10 tooth pulley for this bike from a mower shop. When i went and picked it up today they didnt have it but went looking around for me and thought they found one, it was just a little wide so i tried grinding its profile down but the pitch is still wrong. Its the one in the photo.

So im going to have to ring around tomorrow and hopefully someone has one in stock, or the one i have coming from the U.S turns up in the mail tommorrow, im having some bad luck lately..... maybe its that no.13 i put on my Whippet build???

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

I don't know if you have heard the non verb meaning (noun) whippet, but anyhow the stuff that can crack a crankshaft if you use this at the air intake instead of air (N2O nitrous), or have you laughing at the dentist, although you’re not at the dentist..... could you have been doing that?

No I know it’s not that, I know your running on all burners (lots of builds)... Good for You, I am making some headway on my covers.

I gotta say that you have really crunched into quite a small space and low down on the frame you modified quite nice. It's not 50cc either, what about twice that displacement, about 3hp Briggs like mine I suspect.

For the pic I attached, the other half BBQ grill metal went to cover the carb and delicate linkages as well as the air filter on the other side of the engine today. I found that the throttle cable I can route out the top of the carb cover.

It will be above the pull recoil cord handle by quite a distance. I may make an additional guard to cover a few inches of the throttle cable before it passes under the gas tank on the way to the handle bars.

I don't want anything messing with either the carb linkages/throttle cable or the chain and sprockets gouging my leg, so the covers are darn necessary and they seem to be coming together.

I wish I had a full shop where I could have all the equipment to make shaped metal as nice as you do. The English wheel, a power shears, punch press ect. would be nice, but having the land fill less loaded with otherwise trash, I am helping out!

And as you say ride and after a while stop and have lunch. I have heard of using aluminum foil and covering food to cook or reheat by stuffing in an automobile exhaust manifolds, but has anyone done that?

If the engine has its crankcase filled with cooking oil that does not offend the tastes and maybe running fuel of oak barrel flavored whiskey I may see possibly doing that!

Measure Twice

 

[msrfan]

Hey harry, you can get an adjustable pulley called variable pitch. The two halves screw together until the belt it tight and then locks down. I just saw a constant tension pulley at McMaster Carr that has a built in spring that keeps the belt tight. Those would work instead of moving the motor or having an idler. Amazing stuff if you can source it. Good luck on finishing it in time for the show.

 

[harry76]

Thanks msrfan, i will look into that. Hopefully my belt will be tight enough for the show and i can sort something out later.

Im looking like i should have this ready for tommorrow. I just have a bit of painting today, and hopefully assemble tonight, just hope this thing goes.... we will see.

Ive just been doing a lot of finishing touches, brackets, grinding but hopefully ill have finished pics up tonight or tommorrow and pics from the show tommorrow.

 

[harry76]

 

[harry76]

Well i didnt get it ready in time for Greazefest, but heres where im up to.... rough mockup

 

[MEASURE TWICE]

Ah. sometimes thats the way it goes. You though have a real nice paint job on this now and I am sure it will turn out great!

Measure Twice

 

[silverbear]

There is always next year. It did serve a purpose in kicking you into high gear on getting it ready and thinking that a lot of folks are going to be admiring your build makes you want to do your best... which has given spectacular results. It looks like some kind of manufactured autocycle from the 30's to 50's to my eye. Kelly must be pleased to have one of the coolest bikes in the whole of Oz. Someday we will want to see a video of the two of you riding along with big smiles... she on her wonderful Brigs and you on your Villiars beach cruiser. Your photos today are a "preview of coming attractions".
SB

 

[harry76]

Thanks Silverbear, im pleased with how its turning out. And i was rushing the paint job just to get it done, last night i decided to not rush it. I still had wet paint and i made a couple mistakes, and now i dont need to rush to finish it i can fix those bits and be pleased with it. The more the bike progresses the more Kelly is digging it..... and while i could see the finished product all along in my head, Kelly is just starting to see it and dig it.

And like you said im glad it gave me a kick in the butt, it would have taken me a lot longer without it. I worked like 5 days straight on this.

I also have my 2" pulley installed on the villiers but i really need to make an upper primary guard/guide to allow the primary to slip when needed for neutral. So this week i hope to have that sorted out and ill post pics and video when i can.

 

[msrfan]

harry, that's a real beauty.

 

[curtisfox]

Totaly AWESOME!
If it wern't for the briggs it would look factory fresh production. Like SB said.

 

[msrfan]

Totaly AWESOME!
If it wern't for the briggs it would look factory fresh production. Like SB said.

Hi curtis. You make a good point, but the general public, and even some forum members that didn't follow this build thread, will think it's a factory made bike. I think the Briggs really enhances the project. It's disguised a little, but a lot of production two wheelers came with Briggs and Stratton motors. Tote Goats, Safety Cycles, Doodlebugs, etc. So who's to guess harry's bike is not a later model production bike that tried to break into the moped market? When I ride my Briggs bikes anywhere in town, people think I bought them just the way they are. What I'm saying is, if you take care of the little details like mounts, brackets, cable clamps and so on, your finished product looks just so. Finished. In fact Harry's bikes all look like they could have came out of a factory of the past. Great job. One thing. I looked through the thread and may have missed it, but I would like to know the origin of the name on the tank.

 

[curtisfox]

That is so true. I have built a lot of things that people ask were did you buy that. And some don't beleve that I built it.
But it also takes some kind of artistic abillity, and or good eye to see whats right and what isn't.
Yes Harry does the little things like drilling the sprokets and other that make it look beond home built....................Curt