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My hidden Industrial Motorbike
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This is the "Industrial Motor Bike" I built it in Ron Finch's shop over a one-year period. Here are a few descriptors.
The leading link front end down tubes are from a 1962 HD FLH. I bent them and welded on the pivot points, then made up the links out of aluminum bar stock. The fender is HD as is the wheel. The triple trees are 1" plate cut to fit. The head light is from a mid-50s Mac truck and the spotlights are industrial work lights.
The gas tank is from a Farmall "A" tractor with a tunnel cut in to fit over the backbone. The instrument panel is made from diamond plate and have an oil temp, oil pressure, hydraulic temp, and water temp gauge, as well as the key switch. The handlebars are 1- and 3/4-inch bent tubing and the raisers are big nuts bored out to fit the bars. All hand controls are HD after market. The gauge on the bars is the hydraulic pressure gauge.
The rear fender is a trailer fender with diamond plate sides screwed on. The taillight is a front turn signal from a mid-40s school bus. The red Jerry cans have the tops cut and hinged and are saddle bags. The rack is from a 50s Cushman scooter. The stainless tanks are the Hydraulic reservoirs. The seat is from an old tractor.
The engine is a Continental Y112 out of a fork truck driving a hydraulic pump which drives a hydraulic motor on the swing arm which drives a chain to the back wheel.... which is a Mickey Thompson car rim with a split hub. The tire is a 230mm. the floorboards are the steps from an old slide, and they are cast and read "AMERICAN". The frame is all 4130-chrome molly tubing and wieldable high pressure joint fittings.
The leading link front end down tubes are from a 1962 HD FLH. I bent them and welded on the pivot points, then made up the links out of aluminum bar stock. The fender is HD as is the wheel. The triple trees are 1" plate cut to fit. The head light is from a mid-50s Mac truck and the spotlights are industrial work lights.
The gas tank is from a Farmall "A" tractor with a tunnel cut in to fit over the backbone. The instrument panel is made from diamond plate and have an oil temp, oil pressure, hydraulic temp, and water temp gauge, as well as the key switch. The handlebars are 1- and 3/4-inch bent tubing and the raisers are big nuts bored out to fit the bars. All hand controls are HD after market. The gauge on the bars is the hydraulic pressure gauge.
The rear fender is a trailer fender with diamond plate sides screwed on. The taillight is a front turn signal from a mid-40s school bus. The red Jerry cans have the tops cut and hinged and are saddle bags. The rack is from a 50s Cushman scooter. The stainless tanks are the Hydraulic reservoirs. The seat is from an old tractor.
The engine is a Continental Y112 out of a fork truck driving a hydraulic pump which drives a hydraulic motor on the swing arm which drives a chain to the back wheel.... which is a Mickey Thompson car rim with a split hub. The tire is a 230mm. the floorboards are the steps from an old slide, and they are cast and read "AMERICAN". The frame is all 4130-chrome molly tubing and wieldable high pressure joint fittings.
That’s some work there, a lot of fabrication and ingenuity involved
Whoa, thanks for the instant random flashback to being seven at the old long gone playground. Coincidentally enough, I was at that park today for the first time in quite a while, cheers.
Whoa, thanks for the instant random flashback to being seven at the old long gone playground. Coincidentally enough, I was at that park today for the first time in quite a while, cheers.
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