Comments on: Honda 50 Powered Vintage Bicycle Project

By: bill

bill — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:37:16 +0000

The headlamp is a regular battery powered lantern. I have one like it. They used this to recreate the headlamps on vintage bikes from the teens. It’s not a coffee can.

By: John

John — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:11:49 +0000

Very nice. Not an easy thing to build that’s for sure. My personal preffernce would be to let it age a bit so it looks really old.

By: John Rodgers

John Rodgers — Mon, 25 May 2009 23:59:26 +0000

I was wondering if anyone knows about the company that is actually producing motorcycles that look like this one or board track racers from the 20s I am interested in buying one. I saw the article I think Easy Rider Bike show their is a company that is making them for around 3,000.00 . Please contact me Thanks Johnnyboy

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 18 May 2009 08:12:31 +0000

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QrazyQat 10.14.08 at 8:11 pm

This is how a majority of motorcycle companies actually started.

Honda certainly did. 1947 Honda A-type
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1947 was just two years after the two atom bombs and the end of WW2. One way or another Japan was pretty much bombed flat, so old Mr Honda did pretty well to make any sort of bike.

By: HoughMade

HoughMade — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:37:36 +0000

I am adding a robust lighting system that looks period correct including a more powerful headlight (same housing), front and rear turn signals, and a stop/tail light. I will post a link to pics when it is finished. This is a rider, not for sitting still, so I wanted some safety, but with the right look. The 7ah battery is housed in a leather saddle bag (actually a vintage Polaroid leather case), with a matching leather case on the other side.