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[rorydensmore@yahoo]

finaly have room to restore some bikes. which one do i start with? 1966 sears, 1975 175 husky, 1973 175 puch or the 175 jackerpiner penton every body has a penton so i thought i would that one last.

 

[sm7482]

well, if everyone has pentons and thats last on your list, nobody, or almost nobody has a sears allstate, so i'd do that one first! people won't even know what it is. is it an actual motorcycle, or one of the mopeds they made?

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Didn't Sears market the Cushman tank/scooter? Vintage Bob

 

[rorydensmore@yahoo]

the sears is a 106 motorcycle hope pictures took

 

[rorydensmore@yahoo]

says pictures to lg will not take

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

So make the pictures smaller. I can blow them up! Or post them up on a picture site and give us a link?

 

[sm7482]

yeah. i'd like to see some pics of that baby! parts will be hard to find i'm guessing. you should walk into your local sears and ask for parts, just for kicks.

 

[KTM Mike]

The Sears (if it is what I am thinking of) was made by Gilera - a 106ss if I recall. I had one a few years ago that I never got around to restoring, so parted it out. I may have a set of forks for it, and can hook you up with the guy I sold the engine to (my hunch is he never did anything with it either!).

I did find a Gilera web site somewhere....no clue what the URL is, but try some searches for Gilera.


Here is a pic of the one I had - did not have a tank for it unfortunately. Interesting bike actually.

 

[sm7482]

thats pretty sweet!!!!! look it how simple it is!

 

[rorydensmore@yahoo]

that is what mine looks. like also missing seat and tank but picked op a diff tank that looks better. it ran when i got it a year ago only missing air cleaner.

 

[rorydensmore@yahoo]

hopefuly finaly got a picture

hopefuly here is 1 picture

 

[rorydensmore@yahoo]

i hate computers

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

While I tend to agree with that, I hope the pic is not part of the bike?

 

[2strokerfun]

Vintage Bob: That is obviously part of a secret works swingarm with manually adjusted hydraulic shock. It was highly effective when you had a crew member run beside the bike and adjust the rear suspension as the rider encountered bumps etc. I believe the runner held one metal arm in his left hand to twist the release valve when encountering high spots and he pumped the shock up with his right hand. I'm pretty sure Big Oil stole the prototype and destroyed it and arranged to have the designer run his car off a steep cliff in an "accident" before the patent was filed. Mere possession of this photograph could put one at risk.

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

And the tattered tarp is all thats left? Pretty darn good story 2 strokerfun! Sears used to have their hands into everything is no lie though. There was a time you could go there and order your entire house, in pieces, it arrived at your site, some assembly required. Parts?

 

[sm7482]

didnt sears even begin producing cars at one point? i thought i read that somewhere?

 

[2strokerfun]

Might have "marketed" them under Sears name (don't know), but Sears really doesn't produce anything. But I remember reading Sears catalogs growing up and I can just picture what the car ads would have read. It would have shown three models: "Good," "Better" and "Best "!! Anytime you saw these listings for three models of merchandise, it really meant: "Crap," "More Expensive Crap" and "Good."

 

[rorydensmore@yahoo]

hoopfuly finley

 

[sm7482]

almost had it there haha

 

[helio lucas]

yes, the bike has runned away before the click!!! happens me all the time. :cool: