Sunday, January 04, 2009

Sounds like some of my old rides...

From craigslist: I have a homemade bike me and my brother built many years ago. Runs and drives but the back tire kind of rides sideways. The seat blew out a few years ago and I made do with a sofa cushion, duct tape and a couple of 2x 4's ( the ultimate fix! ). It runs like a champ but does smoke alot especially if you are hard on the gas. Uses about a quart of oil for each gas fillup. I usually just put the oil directly in the gas as it is going to burn it anyway and that way it is easy. Can't drive over 12 miles or so at a time as the motor gets red hot and starts loosing power so probably a good bike for someone who drives locally. Does backfire and squeel pretty loud occasionally so I usually wear earplugs of some kind. DOES NOT pass emmissions so would need to be registered in a county without emmisions check. Great first bike otherwise!


h/t bb

3 comments:

an Donalbane said...

Could be a handsome complement to your tax collection vehicle...

an Donalbane said...

Aesthetics(or æsthetics, if you prefer) aside, how does this compare to your fastback 'stang?

todd said...

I'll take the homemade bike. At least it runs.