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Hey now some the 1st supersonic jets had delta wings and arrows too. Peels got two piper cub wings straight out expoxied on about there to hold the antique ice tray cover as streamlining view switch mounting panel so it don't look that crazy to me, ugh, just not in thick steel plate of course.
 
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grandpaul said:
More than a few wonderful bodges were found on this beauty...

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That's a Bandito special :shock: I bet it had a machete holster at one time. What's it look like now? Or has it been redistributed?
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Bnadito special for sure. "Front brake? we don need no stinkin front brake!
 
Dang it being forced to see this ughly duckling again just checking post has driven me to replace my Ms Peel desktop for inspiration even I recoil at so know it'll fool others when I ask meekly if I can tag along ... until bored.
 
Dang. Typed up a long list of stuff I found on that chopper and my iphone sucked it out into the ether.
 
I have seen some rat bikes in my time but the funny thing they are nomaly are reliable bikes to ride, when my Norton caught on fire over 32 years ago (back fire throught the carbies and a fuel tap leak and up she went) I had it going again next day after complete rewire, the fuel tank still have the melted and blised paint job, speedo melted and other damage, I rode it like that for about 2 years, it looked very ratty but it just kept going and won a trophy for best rat bike section in a bike show at the time, but I still ride the same bike now.

Ashley
 
grandpaul said:
More than a few wonderful bodges were found on this beauty...

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-AT LEAST 10 pounds of weld & filler material (no exaggeration)
-Extensive use of hose clamps & U-bolts
-Many parts welded to the frame including tank, seat, and sissy bar
-Front fender hose-clamped to stationary AND active members of springer fork
-World's longest rear brake rod
-Worlds longest 3/8" drive ratchet extension used for hand shifter
-1" Harley controls with bodged cable fitments
-One round, one rectangular headlight
-Flat stock rear struts obviously too weak
-All red wiring
-One stainless pipe, one plain
-5 pound double steel pipe coil mount; welded to frame, broke off, duct taped back on
-Kickstart arm welded to kicker shaft
-Front brake hub not anchored
-2-piece HD tank welded to frame with 5 pound chunks of 1/4" thick steel, no cover trim over 2" gap on top between tank halves

...never mind what all wonders were INSIDE the engine
 
grandpaul said:
grandpaul said:
More than a few wonderful bodges were found on this beauty...

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One more try...

-AT LEAST 10 pounds of weld & filler material (no exaggeration)
-Extensive use of hose clamps & U-bolts
-Many parts welded to the frame including tank, seat, and sissy bar
-Front fender hose-clamped to stationary AND active members of springer fork
-World's longest rear brake rod
-Worlds longest 3/8" drive ratchet extension used for hand shifter
-1" Harley controls with bodged cable fitments
-One round, one rectangular headlight
-Flat stock rear struts obviously too weak
-All red wiring
-One stainless pipe, one plain
-5 pound double steel pipe coil mount; welded to frame, broke off, duct taped back on
-Kickstart arm welded to kicker shaft
-Front brake hub not anchored
-2-piece HD tank welded to frame with 5 pound chunks of 1/4" thick steel, no cover trim over 2" gap on top between tank halves

...never mind what all wonders were INSIDE the engine
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A mate of mine once bought a Triumph chop. He wasn't a chopperite (or whatever they're called), he wanted to sell the reg number and liberate the motor.

Anyway, the seller was a proper chopperite (or whatever they're called) and as we're looking around the bike, I notice this small, chrome, shiny, cylindrical thing on the top yoke (triple clamp to non English speakers), so I asks the chopperite:

"What's that mate?"

To which came the classic reply:

"Well... it was somat I 'ad... an' it was shiny... so I welded it on" !!
 
This is what that chopper eventually became-
 

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I forgot to mention the 20 pounds of red Oklahoma dirt that had clumped up everywhere there was an oil leak, so basically all over...
 
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I forgot to mention the 20 pounds of red Oklahoma dirt that had clumped up everywhere there was an oil leak, so basically all over...
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Oklahoma... well now that explains a lot :roll: I'll bet that chopper was considered fine and dandy, just the way it was. (I can make okie jokes cause I am one).
 
I traded the forks and tank halves for a complete powdercoat job on the frame after fixing it.

Sold the oil tank on e-bay.

I think I still have the forward controls somewhere, also the seat, sissy bar, "shifter", kicker pedal and rear brake rod.

Some of this stuff might have gotten thrown out, and the only way I'm going to look for it is if there is a serious offer to buy it.
 
Ok Paul I figured I've have to brew my own ratty righteous chopper with some frame bondo gaps showing rust under to rub in sensation deeper. I would try to aim for some Burt Munroe type ughliness where practical. Riding a friend's, "Bud Man" nicked named, Capt America type chopper durring my early P!! daze left a lasting impression both good and bad but mostly just too dam heavy for just a rear brake so a light Norton should ease that in down hill in rain into busy hwy invoking faith in higher powers or just not caring....
 
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..just too dam heavy for just a rear brake so a light Norton should ease that in down hill in rain into busy hwy invoking faith in higher powers or just not caring....
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Mostly, not caring.
 
I guess that's why so many death symbols are found on these sorts of statements. Ms Peel will have a "Bone Collector" image front and center. Paint schemes could fit here too ...
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Is that the new logo to represent what the "trophy deer" operations are doing to the native whitetail herds?

It's sick.

(what the deer farms are doing; and I don't mean the new/good "sick" like the kids say these days).
 
Yeah that particular version is too loud attention getting so Peel's is the duller camo version I already test fitted. I want the 4 monekeys holding their areas to stay in control plus of course the iconic ass grass cash. Peel has some rusty metal plates may leave raw. Personally I think the big ole magneto's hung out are ughly and wouldn't last a season for me.
 
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