Deviant1
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I've been toying with the idea of building a bike for with my stepson, Robbie. In Alabama you can get a motorcycle endorsement at 14 for a bike 250cc's or under. Robbie is 12 now, so I knew this was something that needed to happen right about now. He's been riding dirt all of his life and has even done some racing.
My bro Brandon (TwistedWheelz) called a few weeks back and said he had a line on a couple of bikes in a bike shop that could be had for a song. The idea was to get him a bike to build and I'd take the one he didn't want since it was a package deal. His bike turned out to be a 1979 Suzuki GS425(Eileen). The other one was the Rebel. At 250 cubic centimeters of fury it is just the right size for Robbie to cut his street teeth on. The plans right now are to pull it down to the frame and clean everything we need and hack off or throw away everything else. The bike is missing (ahem): tank, seat, coils, headlight, exhaust, guages, sprocket cover, key, and I'm sure there's more. The tires are flat and it looks like hammered poo right now, but the motor's free and the trannie shifts through. My wife came out to look at it and after a few seconds said "You spent 100 dollars on that?"
Perfect! Robbie's excited though, and I am too for whatever it's worth. Enough jabbering though, here are a couple of crappy camera phone pics to give y'all an idea of what I'm describing:
And here's the man himself sitting on his stallion(?) for the first time.
I threw an old sportie tank on it so it'd look more like a bike. We'll be purchasing a tank for it later (toaster tank anyone?).
And here's the direction we're going in right now...
except with a military theme. For now. I'll post more pics as soon as disassembly begins... maybe tonight.
My bro Brandon (TwistedWheelz) called a few weeks back and said he had a line on a couple of bikes in a bike shop that could be had for a song. The idea was to get him a bike to build and I'd take the one he didn't want since it was a package deal. His bike turned out to be a 1979 Suzuki GS425(Eileen). The other one was the Rebel. At 250 cubic centimeters of fury it is just the right size for Robbie to cut his street teeth on. The plans right now are to pull it down to the frame and clean everything we need and hack off or throw away everything else. The bike is missing (ahem): tank, seat, coils, headlight, exhaust, guages, sprocket cover, key, and I'm sure there's more. The tires are flat and it looks like hammered poo right now, but the motor's free and the trannie shifts through. My wife came out to look at it and after a few seconds said "You spent 100 dollars on that?"
Perfect! Robbie's excited though, and I am too for whatever it's worth. Enough jabbering though, here are a couple of crappy camera phone pics to give y'all an idea of what I'm describing:
And here's the man himself sitting on his stallion(?) for the first time.
I threw an old sportie tank on it so it'd look more like a bike. We'll be purchasing a tank for it later (toaster tank anyone?).
And here's the direction we're going in right now...
except with a military theme. For now. I'll post more pics as soon as disassembly begins... maybe tonight.