The Junk Drawer Speciail 72/75 Rigid Rebuild

[nohonestlyitsme]

Well, here we are again, a shit box bike that needs to be saved. Long story short, it looks to be a '72 Motor in a '75 Frame with a welded on Bolt on Hard tail. Clearly owned by the wrong people for some time, but I suspect the person who originally built it in the late 70s had a decent bike. I have been looking for a beater platform to use some of the parts I've saved up for a few years and this one came to me cheap. by cheap, I will say $450. It doesn't run, but it did come with a classic "I was riding it up until last month" warranty.

I will try to get this thing in the right direction and see where it ends up. I have built a few bikes, but never a rigid bike so this will be more of a learning experience than anything. It will be a bit of a Father/Son deal with my dad too.

1/16/18:


Pros:
$450 w/NH reg
Hexagon Oil Tank
Flawless Peanut tank
Mikuni Carb
Borrani Front Rim
DEW MFG Triple Trees
4+ ? Showa Forks
Decent Tires

Cons:
Everything was painted black or red.
Hardtail is eh
Rake job is eh
"Jockey Shifter"
Door bell push start
Overall dangerous wiring
Punisher "Theme"
Leaking Head gasket
I had to buy it at night


Anyways.. Here is what I started with and we'll see what happens. Trust me, I basically bought it for the motor and barely the roller, everything else sucks.

From CL



Home, Pretty Much what I expected





12/1:


Scary. This wiring just in time for Halloween




Just Wow.

[nohonestlyitsme]

So 4 Hours after I got it it looks like this. The Front rim has also been stripped back to Aluminum and is in great condition thankfully.











And a few of the scratch and dent parts that may make it on in some way


My Nikon is on the charger so I will start getting better pics than my Samsung

[Motorradfahrer]

That thing is atrocious. Keep us updated on your progress. Just looking at the parts you have, that bike will look a lot better when you're done with it.

[Tattooo]

Very nice looking start for the money..............

[Yodhan]

And I thought my recent Sporty buy was ugly. Looks like you'll get it sorted out in quick order though.

[nohonestlyitsme]

That thing is atrocious. Keep us updated on your progress. Just looking at the parts you have, that bike will look a lot better when you're done with it.

Thanks! Yea It is probably the worst looking bike I've ever owned for sure.

Very nice looking start for the money..............

Got to love Craigslist

And I thought my recent Sporty buy was ugly. Looks like you'll get it sorted out in quick order though.

There is always an Uglier bike somewhere, today that just so happens to be mine ha

Stay tuned, More quick stuff tonight

[FatChibs]

Whew, that thing is rough looking but is a decent foundation. I think you'll breathe some style into it! Good luck

[OleDirtyDoc]

yes it's a good start

[4444]

Great bones there, love this bike
Hope your power plant is good and that the frame is sturdy with no cracks
Sick price on it, good for you

[nohonestlyitsme]

Well my laptop sucks as much as this bike so I can't post updates until tomorrow. I got the red paint off one side of the motor and got the case cover back to raw. Small steps in the right direction. Definitely needs both head gaskets done, so I'm already figuring for a top end. At least it will be updated

[nohonestlyitsme]

After some detective work, I have found the drilled rotor to fit this Borrani Rim. I also I.D. the Triple trees to be DEW MFG, which I will strip back to chrome likely this afternoon.



Buco Mirror

[Dane]

That electrical is top notch.

[nohonestlyitsme]

That electrical is top notch.

Tell me about it!

Starting to turn around

[nohonestlyitsme]

Got a lot done this weekend! Both Case covers are back to Raw Alum. Almost all of the red paint is off of the rear wheel and the chrome is decent underneath. The Top end gaskets are ordered, along with the stock mid mount footpegs, an actual key and a new push button starter. Managed to take a bent XL shifter and graft it to the original half on the "Jockey Shift" Almost done, but there are some process pictures of that too

Here a few more shitty pictures..




Strip for me


Still need to strip the black off the rocker covers, but I'll probably wait until I tear down the topend. That is the height I am going to tab the tank at, and the coil relocation will be nice.

[4444]

Love the way this bike sits