How's this for a project bike

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How's this for a project bike

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Built by Peter Dent of Vancouver. Royal Enfield frame with a Hillman Imp motor.

I'm impressed!


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Zombie Master wrote:Built by Peter Dent of Vancouver. Royal Enfield frame with a Hillman Imp motor.

I'm impressed!
Royal Enfield frame? I guess I haven't been keeping up. The only Royal Enfield frames I know about are the British and India built bikes.

I guess I need to get out more.

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Well done but I don't see the point.
Looks like it would be a heavy pig.
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Ken in Oklahoma wrote:
Zombie Master wrote:Built by Peter Dent of Vancouver. Royal Enfield frame with a Hillman Imp motor.

I'm impressed!
Royal Enfield frame? I guess I haven't been keeping up. The only Royal Enfield frames I know about are the British and India built bikes.

I guess I need to get out more.

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dougie wrote:Well done but I don't see the point.
Looks like it would be a heavy pig.
Some people just need something to do.

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Garnet wrote: Some people just need something to do.

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That looks like Jesse James' (one of my least favorite people) radial engined bike.

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Garnet wrote: Some people just need something to do.
Clearly not meant to be ridden, but if it has enough parts to actually ride even a little ways that would be cool. Something like Howard Hugh's Spruce Goose. I would think heat management might be an issue and I wonder if Duane would let me put crash bars on it.
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Zombie Master wrote:Built by Peter Dent of Vancouver. Royal Enfield frame with a Hillman Imp motor.

I'm impressed!


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What the hell is that big chrome handle looking thing going from under the seat to perhaps the rear peg brace? Is that a pannier frame? Seems like an awfully inelegant solution for a custom.
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Major Softie wrote:
Zombie Master wrote:Built by Peter Dent of Vancouver. Royal Enfield frame with a Hillman Imp motor.

I'm impressed!


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What the hell is that big chrome handle looking thing going from under the seat to perhaps the rear peg brace? Is that a pannier frame? Seems like an awfully inelegant solution for a custom.
It looks like a crash bar to me. From what I hear the bike is ridden regularly.
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Zombie Master wrote:
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What the hell is that big chrome handle looking thing going from under the seat to perhaps the rear peg brace? Is that a pannier frame? Seems like an awfully inelegant solution for a custom.

It looks like a crash bar to me. From what I hear the bike is ridden regularly.
From and Indian Enfield:

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