I bought this at the
Woodstock swap meet for a couple hundred bucks, and just added a couple
extras, yeah right! I made this to help teach someone to ride that was
a little verticly challenged. It started as a 500 Triumph and had no wheels
exhoust front end and was a complete basket. The wheels and front end came
off a 650 Yamaha, the Tank I got from Buss Walneck, Pipes from Allyn Ayre.
The motor and tranny required alot of work but came out pretty well. Thgis
is a realy fun bike to ride and is pretty fast for a 500. I wish I could
have made a hundred of these things. I had more calls on this bike than
all the rest I have sold togeather. It went to the very first guy that
called! (she never realy did learn how to ride, but she did idle around
in a parking lot with it)
This was another
basket case I bought for $400. It is a 68 XLCH Harley Sportster. The tank
was a BSA tank I cut in half and added 2" to widen it, and molded in a
dash housing. I chopped and bobbed the rear fender, and modified the tail
light. I built this bike along with rebuilding a coupl others with a friend
of mine in his basement shop. The guy standing next to me is who I acquired it from. Had alot of fun with this bike.
I still have this
bike. When I was working with the Flying Irishman thrill show he gave me
this bike. I later revived it into a hill climber, and later still into
a flat tracker. I occasionaly use it for TT races in it's present state.
I have had this bike longer than I think anything else I have owned. I jumped cars with this climbed hills flat track raced, who knows
what I'll do with it next. It currently has its original alluminum gas
tank and swing arm, with a 650 Yamaha front forks and Honda 21" front wheel.
This
bike was not much of a project, but was one that I was proud of (then why
did I sell it?). It is a 64 Parilla Wildcat 250 Scrambler. I had a 250
Parilla tourist when I was in High school and always wanted another one.
They are an interesting design. I saved the sheet metal and made different
tank and fender for it so would not wreck the original parts. This was
the first bike I flat track raced. Click on the pic to go to the Parilla
website.
