Okay all you enablers. I got 2 bikes. - Page 3

Jim · 11-03-2010, 12:12 PM

Yeah that cafe one looks really cool, this one works out cheapest after shipping though http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...#ht_500wt_1182

katoranger · 11-03-2010, 05:26 PM

I am sure he can make any of those seats. Right now he is doing custom golf car seats.

I was just looking a the simple ones.

katoranger · 11-04-2010, 08:21 PM

Check this out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...T#ht_500wt_975

SpudRider · 11-04-2010, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by katoranger

Check this out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...T#ht_500wt_975

There's your complete electrical system, including battery, and battery box.

All the individual parts would cost a significant amount of the asking price, plus you would have to search them out, and make your own wiring harness.

I think you found a pretty good deal, Allen!

Spud

katoranger · 11-04-2010, 09:15 PM

That and the engine and I would be about 95% done. Looks like a pretty good deal.

Time to start saving. Looks like gas is going back up too. Going to need this little guy.

MICRider · 11-04-2010, 09:29 PM

Wow! All this talk about CT's is making me want to get my old 70 from the farm and see what I can do with it

Weldangrind · 11-05-2010, 01:52 AM

That looks like a painless approach to wiring. The 35 watt headlight seems a little dim, but that could be improved down the road.

Weldangrind · 11-05-2010, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by MICRider

Wow! All this talk about CT's is making me want to get my old 70 from the farm and see what I can do with it

Don't hold out on us!

Is the farm very far? We're gonna need pics of the CT70 (and the farm, especially any vintage tractors).

SpudRider · 11-05-2010, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Weldangrind

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Originally Posted by MICRider

Wow! All this talk about CT's is making me want to get my old 70 from the farm and see what I can do with it

Don't hold out on us!

Is the farm very far? We're gonna need pics of the CT70 (and the farm, especially any vintage tractors).

X2! I can't believe you were holding out on us! Give it up, Stew!

Spud

MICRider · 11-05-2010, 07:24 AM

The farm is not too far away, about 45 minutes on the highway. Grew up there and bought my old (1970 I think) CT70 from my uncle when I was about 10. Rode the wheels off of it then tried to "rebuild" the engine and boffed it. The trick would be finding all the parts to get it back in one piece. As far as vintage tractors W&G, I had 3 John Deere AR tractors in running condition but I sold them all at my parents farm auction when they quit farming... All we have left out there for tractors is our old McCormick W6. My dad bought a W9 with a loader but we never got it home (located at neighbors 10 miles away with a seized engine).

My old CT looks exactly like this one, was a great bike to occupy my time when I was a kid

Cheers,
Stew

No threadjack intended, just Stew having flashbacks...

katoranger · 11-05-2010, 09:18 AM

I had a minibike with a briggs 3hp and then moved up to an xr75. Don't know if there is any pics out there.

Maybe we need to start a new thread for bikes and tractors from our childhood.

katoranger · 11-05-2010, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by SpudRider

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Originally Posted by katoranger

Check this out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...T#ht_500wt_975

There's your complete electrical system, including battery, and battery box.

All the individual parts would cost a significant amount of the asking price, plus you would have to search them out, and make your own wiring harness.

I think you found a pretty good deal, Allen!

Spud

Looks like I can get alot of the pieces separately at very reasonable prices too. I am probably going to go that route since I want to do some customizing. That or just resell the pieces I don't use.

FastDoc · 11-05-2010, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by MICRider

Wow! All this talk about CT's is making me want to get my old 70 from the farm and see what I can do with it

Now we're talking!

FastDoc · 11-05-2010, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Weldangrind

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Originally Posted by MICRider

Wow! All this talk about CT's is making me want to get my old 70 from the farm and see what I can do with it

Don't hold out on us!

Is the farm very far? We're gonna need pics of the CT70 (and the farm, especially any vintage tractors).

I have some neighbors who collect vintage tractors. I can show them to you when you visit and pick up your XR parts.

Weldangrind · 11-05-2010, 12:01 PM

Doc, I don't know what it is about old tractors, but I love 'em.

Son of Weldangrind and I are looking forward to our visit, if I ever finish this kitchen. He's quite interested in seeing your Maule.

Stew, your old bike sounds like a great candidate for a Chinese 125. We should all do it! We could start a club! And have jackets! Ok, I'm getting carried away.

After buying a non-running tractor with a seized motor that is ten miles away, I think your Dad would fit in nicely here.

Kato, that new thread idea is excellent! I'll see if I can find a photo of my first bike. It was an early seventies Indian, back when they were owned by Morini Franco in Italy. It was a fat little 100cc two-stroke that made awesome power, at least back when I was South of 100 pounds.

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Jim Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Abbotsford, BC, Canada Posts: 4,880	Yeah that cafe one looks really cool, this one works out cheapest after shipping though http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...#ht_500wt_1182 __________________ "Be excellent to each other" "We are all human. Let's start to prove it!"
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Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	That looks like a painless approach to wiring. The 35 watt headlight seems a little dim, but that could be improved down the road. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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Weldangrind Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sardis, BC, Canada Posts: 25,977	Doc, I don't know what it is about old tractors, but I love 'em. Son of Weldangrind and I are looking forward to our visit, if I ever finish this kitchen. He's quite interested in seeing your Maule. Stew, your old bike sounds like a great candidate for a Chinese 125. We should all do it! We could start a club! And have jackets! Ok, I'm getting carried away. After buying a non-running tractor with a seized motor that is ten miles away, I think your Dad would fit in nicely here. Kato, that new thread idea is excellent! I'll see if I can find a photo of my first bike. It was an early seventies Indian, back when they were owned by Morini Franco in Italy. It was a fat little 100cc two-stroke that made awesome power, at least back when I was South of 100 pounds. __________________ Weldangrind "I figure I'm well-prepared for coping with a bike that comes from the factory with unresolved issues and that rewards the self-reliant owner." - Buccaneer
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11-03-2010, 05:26 PM	#32
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	I am sure he can make any of those seats. Right now he is doing custom golf car seats. I was just looking a the simple ones.
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11-04-2010, 08:21 PM	#33
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	Check this out. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...T#ht_500wt_975
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11-04-2010, 09:15 PM	#35
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	That and the engine and I would be about 95% done. Looks like a pretty good deal. Time to start saving. Looks like gas is going back up too. Going to need this little guy.
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11-04-2010, 09:29 PM	#36
MICRider Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 3,274	Wow! All this talk about CT's is making me want to get my old 70 from the farm and see what I can do with it
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11-05-2010, 07:24 AM	#40
MICRider Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 3,274	The farm is not too far away, about 45 minutes on the highway. Grew up there and bought my old (1970 I think) CT70 from my uncle when I was about 10. Rode the wheels off of it then tried to "rebuild" the engine and boffed it. The trick would be finding all the parts to get it back in one piece. As far as vintage tractors W&G, I had 3 John Deere AR tractors in running condition but I sold them all at my parents farm auction when they quit farming... All we have left out there for tractors is our old McCormick W6. My dad bought a W9 with a loader but we never got it home (located at neighbors 10 miles away with a seized engine). My old CT looks exactly like this one, was a great bike to occupy my time when I was a kid Cheers, Stew No threadjack intended, just Stew having flashbacks...
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11-05-2010, 09:18 AM	#41
katoranger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Altamont, Kansas Posts: 15,103	I had a minibike with a briggs 3hp and then moved up to an xr75. Don't know if there is any pics out there. Maybe we need to start a new thread for bikes and tractors from our childhood.
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