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New Member from Waterloo, IA
Hello,
My name is Brian Schmidt. I was born here in Waterloo and have lived here all my life. I graduated from Waterloo East High School this spring. The AMCA membership was actually a graduation gift from my Uncle, who is also a member. I am currently going to Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo for gen-eds. I will be going to UNI after two years at Hawkeye, probably for Metal Casting.
I currently own two motorcycles.
The first one is a 1966 Triumph T100SR from my Uncle. My dad and I had to get his Topper going as a trade. He bought the motorcycle in 1968 when he was 17.
Sometime shortly thereafter he made it into a chopper with 6 over forks, struts to replace the shocks, a peanut tank, a flat seat, a lot of chrome, and a variety of other things. The motorcycle was brought home in boxes, as it had broken down in the early 1980’s and sat in pieces in his garage since then. The engine was in terrible shape, somebody had put a roller bearing in place of the ball bearing on the crank, allowing it to move laterally. It knocked the brass bearing out of place on the other side and sent shrapnel through the timing gears. Also, the gearbox had been reassembled without a thrust washer and one of the needle bearings had disintegrated. A lot of careful machine work later (mostly on my dad’s part) we had it in good condition.
It was decided early on that it wouldn’t be able to go in the style it was, since the paint and chrome were peeling off, and we thought it would be difficult for my first motorcycle to be a chopper. I managed to locate a variety of replacement parts, such as a rear fender, tail light, similar looking gas tank (which I traded an old two stroke racing go kart engine for…) new fork tubes, different handle bars, and eventually a rear frame half and seat. It looks more like it should now. It certainly isn’t completely original, but it is at least decent looking and functional. It has about 28,000 miles on it, and I have put close to 1000 miles on it since I finally got the speedometer cable late last summer.
The second one was an $800 Craigslist find. It is a 1962 Sears Allstate (aka Puch Twingle) that is in original condition. I got it from somebody’s estate. As it sits, I only need a knob for the tool box door, the correct key, and to adjust the regulator, and replace the original tires for safety purposes. I have put about 500 miles on it in the past two months I have owned it. It was a very easy project to get running, all I have done is change the gearbox oil, clean out the 20 year old tank of gas, replace the fuel lines/valve, and repair the electrical connector to the tail light. It is in pretty good condition with very little rust and nothing broken. I intend to replace the seals this winter as a preventative measure. It has about 6800 miles on it.
I also have an old Puch Maxi that I got out of a friend’s grandparent’s barn for $50 and have put very little work into it. All that kept it in the barn for 20 years was one broken ground wire. I have gone on a few 100-mile butt-numbing journeys with it with no problems whatsoever. It needs new cables and other disposable parts as of now, but that it what winter is for…
Other things I like to do include building motorized bicycles (both with kit engines and those little two cycle Tecumsehs), repairing old radios, repairing old bicycles, trying to keep my FIAT Spider running, and reading articles about the above.
The first photo is me, it was taken last summer. The third and fourth are the Puch the night I brought it homem and the last one is my bicycle, then my moped, then my brother's moped (my brother's moped is a Peugeot, he is 16 now but he was 14 when he got it. He just bought a Honda 125 Scrambler, but with a low exhaust).
Anyway, I will be quite busy looking at the forums.
Thanks,
Brian
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Hello,
My name is Brian Schmidt. I was born here in Waterloo and have lived here all my life. I graduated from Waterloo East High School this spring. The AMCA membership was actually a graduation gift from my Uncle, who is also a member. I am currently going to Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo for gen-eds. I will be going to UNI after two years at Hawkeye, probably for Metal Casting.
I currently own two motorcycles.
The first one is a 1966 Triumph T100SR from my Uncle. My dad and I had to get his Topper going as a trade. He bought the motorcycle in 1968 when he was 17.
Sometime shortly thereafter he made it into a chopper with 6 over forks, struts to replace the shocks, a peanut tank, a flat seat, a lot of chrome, and a variety of other things. The motorcycle was brought home in boxes, as it had broken down in the early 1980’s and sat in pieces in his garage since then. The engine was in terrible shape, somebody had put a roller bearing in place of the ball bearing on the crank, allowing it to move laterally. It knocked the brass bearing out of place on the other side and sent shrapnel through the timing gears. Also, the gearbox had been reassembled without a thrust washer and one of the needle bearings had disintegrated. A lot of careful machine work later (mostly on my dad’s part) we had it in good condition.
It was decided early on that it wouldn’t be able to go in the style it was, since the paint and chrome were peeling off, and we thought it would be difficult for my first motorcycle to be a chopper. I managed to locate a variety of replacement parts, such as a rear fender, tail light, similar looking gas tank (which I traded an old two stroke racing go kart engine for…) new fork tubes, different handle bars, and eventually a rear frame half and seat. It looks more like it should now. It certainly isn’t completely original, but it is at least decent looking and functional. It has about 28,000 miles on it, and I have put close to 1000 miles on it since I finally got the speedometer cable late last summer.
The second one was an $800 Craigslist find. It is a 1962 Sears Allstate (aka Puch Twingle) that is in original condition. I got it from somebody’s estate. As it sits, I only need a knob for the tool box door, the correct key, and to adjust the regulator, and replace the original tires for safety purposes. I have put about 500 miles on it in the past two months I have owned it. It was a very easy project to get running, all I have done is change the gearbox oil, clean out the 20 year old tank of gas, replace the fuel lines/valve, and repair the electrical connector to the tail light. It is in pretty good condition with very little rust and nothing broken. I intend to replace the seals this winter as a preventative measure. It has about 6800 miles on it.
I also have an old Puch Maxi that I got out of a friend’s grandparent’s barn for $50 and have put very little work into it. All that kept it in the barn for 20 years was one broken ground wire. I have gone on a few 100-mile butt-numbing journeys with it with no problems whatsoever. It needs new cables and other disposable parts as of now, but that it what winter is for…
Other things I like to do include building motorized bicycles (both with kit engines and those little two cycle Tecumsehs), repairing old radios, repairing old bicycles, trying to keep my FIAT Spider running, and reading articles about the above.
The first photo is me, it was taken last summer. The third and fourth are the Puch the night I brought it homem and the last one is my bicycle, then my moped, then my brother's moped (my brother's moped is a Peugeot, he is 16 now but he was 14 when he got it. He just bought a Honda 125 Scrambler, but with a low exhaust).
Anyway, I will be quite busy looking at the forums.
Thanks,
Brian
Triumph1.jpgTriumph2.jpgPuch1.JPGPuch2 (1).jpgMopeds1.jpg
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