New Member & First BSA Projekt

[Cookie]

Oh well, maybe it gave Cookie a laugh, as well.

No No,Everything is going fine!

[taroha10]

Hi Cookie and Good luck,
It looks like a good project to me with much of the bike intact.
Welcome to the forum.
Mark

[Cookie]

Hi People,this is a Original American-Pimp of my Clutch.
Sorry for the Bad Pictures!
V-Belt Drive

This bike is from Virginia City/Montana . If someone from the city and acknowledges his bike again?

[muskrat]

 OMG, "life is like a box of chocolates" "surprise, surprise, surprise"
 Well that's a novel one, I don't want to see under the timing cover.
 Good luck.
Cheers

[RichardL]

Novel and useless. It is now the time to start gutting.

[Cookie]

The work is all but finished

[muskrat]

Foot rests and beer holder, sit back and watch MotoGP.
And show a little respect for the wife's carpet.
Cheers

[Goldy]

So that,s what is meant by fitting a chair.

[Butch (cb)]

Hmmmmm. I'd keep those handlebars and chuck the rest away.

[Rocket Racer]

Cookie,
 what is your vision for the bike? are you intending to build it as a custom, original...

That primary drive looks like one for the shelf, I hope you find the motor in less modified form.

The 16" rear wheel and purple (?) guard suggests someone was thinking chopper, but thankfully didnt get too far.

Welcome to the forum and good luck with whatever you have in mind 

[Cookie]

Cookie,
 what is your vision for the bike?

None,this is the Frame after cleaning! 

[RichardL]

Well, that looks rough, but I am certain a frame straightening service could deal with it for some indeterminate amount of cash. If it were mine, I would get some really large Oxy-Acetylene bottles and a big torch tip and start working with the tubes red hot. Clamps across the flattened portions; holes with screws that can be pulled where the dents are, etc.; all while it's red hot. Having spewed this, I admit I haven't done it, it's just the approach I imagine. No doubt, it would need to be developed and modified during the learning process.

Richard L.

I tried to see if Google translator would make sense of all this, but I was never satisfied with the translation, so I hope it makes sense as it is. "Spewed" meaning, "spoken, maybe, too much."

[RichardL]

On more thought, and I would love it if others commented on this, perhaps the easiest thing would be for a good weldnig service to build up everywhere where the pipes are flattened or dented, then grind it round again.

Sorry if I spoke too soon (or too much) about working the pipes back into shape while red hot. I'm not sure that would not work, but might not be the best approach.

Richard L.

[MG]

I have already exchanged some emails with Cookie, since he asked me whether I knew of any exchange frame for him (which I don't unfortunately).

The knackered tubes seem to be pretty rotten as well (paper thin), so imho the only way would be replacing the damaged sections completely. I wouldn't feel very comfortable with such huge dents built up by welding. You are probably going to end up with very big changes in wall thickness, all sorts of pores and inclusions, hard spots, etc. All very likely causes for subsequent cracks. And then you still don't know what the bottom tubes look like on the inside, even if the outside looks okay they could have rusted internally with moisture getting inside through the cracks and holes.
If it was my frame I'd cut the curved parts out, which gives you a good opportunity to check remaining wall thickness of the rear sections, then reproduce the damaged parts and weld them back in. This means making some fixtures to avoid distortion, and checking the frame for straightness will be a good idea anyway I guess, the knackered bottom tubes tell a story of abuse and neglect.

We have figured out that it is not the original engine-frame combination anyway, so I have adviced Cookie to look for a good replacement frame, since it'll probably be the cheaper option.

[RichardL]

Markus,

Thanks for settng this (and me) straight.

Richard L.