Cutaway “twingle” in Spanish Museum
May 2010 Found a photo of this “twingle” or split-single engine. I can’t make out the manufacturer, Puch wasn’t the only one’s to make split …
restoration
Cables have arrived.
My cable order has arrived from MotorWest. Too bad they aren’t silver/grey like the originals. I also got some Sears tank badges and a set …
Parts in the mail, hole in the fender.
I received som parts form Bill in the US. I was especially looking for the left sidecover. It looks good. I picked up a sealed …
Alloy Cleanup test
October 1, 2009 The Puch 250SGS is looking every bit the barn find it is. The Aluminum and chorme have suffered from sitting in a …
Sandblast test
Picked up some glass, decided I really needed to see how well it would remove the rust and paint Quick blast of glass beads …
First paint
April 2004 I did all the paintwork in my parents garage – much to their chargrin. Second coat of primer on the oil tank. I …
Tear down
July 2000 Over the winter I slowly took the bike apart and tried to fix whatever was obviously deficient. I got Herb to sleeve the …
1970 Norton Commando Fastback
2000 I bought my 1970 Norton Commando Fastback project bike from Herb Becker. This was basically pre-internet days and it was listed in the good …