Hydrocarbon Rocket
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It started life as a 1984 1200 Honda Goldwing Aspencade. It had been wrecked and the previous owner had removed the front farring and had started it as a bagged bobber. I traded for it back in July, 2010. This is what it looked like when I got it.
It did'nt look too bad until I got hold of it. This thing had more wires and stuff than anything I've ever seen.
Yes, thats a GM altanator. The rectifier was missing from the charging system and who knows what else was wrong with it. Now I can get one anywhere for cheap.
Next, I took the cutting torch to it and cut in half and stretched it 10 inches to make room for a huge 33.5 lb propane forklift cylinder.
Speacial touch to the welds.
Did'nt do any speacial planning, just started cutting and welding. I could have put a smaller 20lb tank on but, bigger is better.
This was it one late evening just after gettin it running.
It will run 92mph in 2nd gear.
I rode it several days without a rear fender or much other stuff. I almost left it like it was, I liked it alot just raw. It was surley a conversation bit.
Here are some more pics with rear fender and some satin black paint.
Also some pics of the carburation. I kept the original 4 carbs and intake. I removed the cv slides from each carb then built an adaptor box to bolt to the tops of the 2 carbs into one propane mixer. This alowed me to use the original throttle linkage and throtlle bodys from the original carbs. The original breather box was removed and blocked with a plate.
Here are some pictures of it finished (for now anyway). I laced on some leather I got at the flea market to fill in the gaps in the frame stretch. I plan on putting a high polish on the alluminum cylinder soon if I can quit riding it long enough. I think that the weather will take care of that soon enough.
Finished for now with polished tank.
It did'nt look too bad until I got hold of it. This thing had more wires and stuff than anything I've ever seen.
Yes, thats a GM altanator. The rectifier was missing from the charging system and who knows what else was wrong with it. Now I can get one anywhere for cheap.
Next, I took the cutting torch to it and cut in half and stretched it 10 inches to make room for a huge 33.5 lb propane forklift cylinder.
Speacial touch to the welds.
Did'nt do any speacial planning, just started cutting and welding. I could have put a smaller 20lb tank on but, bigger is better.
This was it one late evening just after gettin it running.
It will run 92mph in 2nd gear.
I rode it several days without a rear fender or much other stuff. I almost left it like it was, I liked it alot just raw. It was surley a conversation bit.
Here are some more pics with rear fender and some satin black paint.
Also some pics of the carburation. I kept the original 4 carbs and intake. I removed the cv slides from each carb then built an adaptor box to bolt to the tops of the 2 carbs into one propane mixer. This alowed me to use the original throttle linkage and throtlle bodys from the original carbs. The original breather box was removed and blocked with a plate.
Here are some pictures of it finished (for now anyway). I laced on some leather I got at the flea market to fill in the gaps in the frame stretch. I plan on putting a high polish on the alluminum cylinder soon if I can quit riding it long enough. I think that the weather will take care of that soon enough.
Finished for now with polished tank.