So far i have spent my time in the Sportster Forum on a build thread and while this has progressed I started looking for some ideads for a new project. You know the one just look won't buy anything just yet need to finish........ sound familiar ?
Anyway you already know what happened but here's the back story.... been looking a old BMW's for a while and looked at the growing scene in Europe for Cafe Racers and the like at the same time going to my local Drag Racing meets and thinking i would like to see if i could combine the 2.
Plenty of time doing homework and picked out a old plunger frame as the bike of choice so a R50 / R69 type, looks like they were going to be hard to come by so hatch a plan to buy just a frame and buy parts as they come up, found a frame in USA but missed it as organising shipping turned into a nighmare. It was all looking a bit of a lost cause when chance phone call which coincided with a planned weekend break just came together - the starts must have been aligned just right.
The bike was a 1959 R69 - roller with reg but no engine / gearbox and 16 size wheels - did'nt tick all the boxes but enough so it came home with us.
So here's a picture of how it looked when we picked it up - san's rear wheel
And after a few hours poking and proding this is how it sits or should that be lays today
So that's about it so far, lots of bits to sell and things to buy just how we like it.
Anyway you already know what happened but here's the back story.... been looking a old BMW's for a while and looked at the growing scene in Europe for Cafe Racers and the like at the same time going to my local Drag Racing meets and thinking i would like to see if i could combine the 2.
Plenty of time doing homework and picked out a old plunger frame as the bike of choice so a R50 / R69 type, looks like they were going to be hard to come by so hatch a plan to buy just a frame and buy parts as they come up, found a frame in USA but missed it as organising shipping turned into a nighmare. It was all looking a bit of a lost cause when chance phone call which coincided with a planned weekend break just came together - the starts must have been aligned just right.
The bike was a 1959 R69 - roller with reg but no engine / gearbox and 16 size wheels - did'nt tick all the boxes but enough so it came home with us.
So here's a picture of how it looked when we picked it up - san's rear wheel
And after a few hours poking and proding this is how it sits or should that be lays today
So that's about it so far, lots of bits to sell and things to buy just how we like it.
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