Board tracker replica
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Ferrovelo » Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:31 am
Awesome project, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Pushie Pirate » Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:01 pm
May just be able to see I scribed in Hendee MFG an Springfeild Mass to and bottom.
Also added a tail light from an old reflector I had and some plumbing pipe
Getting all arty on the computer.
That's the ten year old Boarder Collie "Fly" looking happy to have her picture taken.
Getting close but still a bit more to do, will convert her over to a boardtracker soon
and see how she looks.
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby ldrcycles » Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:29 pm
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Pushie Pirate » Wed Jan 21, 2015 7:40 pm
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Pushie Pirate » Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:29 pm
authentic looking boardtracker seat, cut from a skateboard deck.
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Pushie Pirate » Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:56 pm
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby koshari » Wed Dec 02, 2015 9:48 am
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby mark field » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:25 pm
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Pushie Pirate » Thu Dec 29, 2016 6:41 am
on filling the void under the tank, from the outset I was always going
to try to get this thing as close to the real thing as my ability would
allow, the third twist fake engine.
So I live pretty isolated and have to build my bikes from what I can beg,
borrow or pirate from here, there and everywhere, the bulk of this thing
is mainly from scrap plywood.
The cylinder head is cut out of an old compressor head.
More plywood for the oil tank and mangeto, the carbie an old torch and scrap plumbing
pipe or the intake manifold and exhaust.
Bit more detail, pipes are old brake lines pulled off a wrecked car, the oil valve from
an old primus stove as is the oil tank filler.
Oil pump from the same dismantled primes stove, the crank shaft is driven by the pedals.
Now most of the mock up is now done, next, dismantle and paint!
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby foo on patrol » Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:46 pm
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby ldrcycles » Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:40 pm
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Mulger bill » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:20 pm
Love what you do
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby bicyclepassion » Fri Dec 30, 2016 6:15 am
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Pushie Pirate » Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:23 pm
silver and want to add more weathering to the crankcase, getting close.
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Pushie Pirate » Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:17 pm
and redid her. Took her for a ride down to the lagoon and took some pic’s.
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Pushie Pirate » Sat Feb 18, 2017 6:33 am
achieve, as close as possible replica of a 1914 Indian board track racer. To convert her
from traditional to broad tracker she gets different handle bars, fenders removed apart
from the cut down rear one and the smaller seat, ready to race!
While she is a bit nicer to ride in the traditional mode, I just love the stripped back look
of the board trackers, just something rough and raw about them. Imagine roaring around
an oval wooden track throttle wide open at 100mph, other bikes close by, the crowds, the
smell, the noise and the fear!
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Sat Feb 18, 2017 7:21 am
to start from this:
Can we see some video of it in action?
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Feb 18, 2017 11:14 am
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Lots of steel bikes » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:36 am
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby GaryF » Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:07 pm
Absolutely brilliant and I can't stop smiling - such a wonderful thread. I'll have to re-read it now.
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Boardtracker » Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:12 am
As I was searching for the oil pump for the motor I'm drafting, the images that came up included your project. I had no choice but to join this site, and tell you what a fantastic job you did. lol, thought I was the only guy with such a passion for the old board track racers that I would go to the extreme to make my own, but I'm definitely not alone .
Cheers
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Pushie Pirate » Sat Sep 21, 2019 6:42 pm
back stand and the electric motor kit.
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Gordon1 » Sun Sep 22, 2019 8:19 am
I was already impressed but having been there I now realise you can hardly run off to the nearest Bunnings or bike shop when you need something.
Great job and great place for some photos.
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Re: Board tracker replica
Postby Woody » Sun Sep 29, 2019 11:54 pm
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