Yvonne is named after the Oklahoma native Yvonne Doughty. I do remember our first scramble. We hit a chop show near Okla in Spring of '86. The cops even had a chopper (in the air taking pictures). Boy, were we green. Well, we're still swingin'.
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Yvonne [aka:Britches]1953 R51/3 BMWI purchased this bike when I was 15. Since I couldn't legally ride her around, my brother bought me 2 movies: The Wild One and Easy Riders. Yvonne played the character Britches in The Wild One. The Beemer and The Wild One were both made in 1953. Marlon played Johnny... Well, we're still swingin'.
Phase 2's begunIt's 2009 and it's been a few years and I'm dusting off the plunger project. Litterally had to dust off the project from sitting in the barn. When I tore down the motor I found the reason I parked it over 20 years ago. The oil pump gear was shattered (it was loose, so it must have twisted,pinched,and pow). So I tore the engine down and the piston rings were fused and melted to the piston. Complete mess. I sent the case to CycleWorks in KC and had the slingers cleaned, new bearings and new crank arm's put in. I used late 1950's R50 rods which have 20mm wrist pins (instead of pre-1953 stock 18mm) which allowed the use of Kolbenschmidt R50S pistons. Short of it is I got the pieces back and rebuilt the engine at Church Street. Mudman painted the tanks in H-Town, check the hand painted pinstripes strait outta the 33rd. If you don't like stock, here's my other plunger FYYFF
Wheels still look good under the dust. Probably shoulda spent the $200 on new stainless spokes, but I just stripped and painted each one.
Too poor for a real bike stand, but at least I've got her off the ground and THE PLUNGERS are in! So dope.
Ok banging out some of the basic stuff. Putting a new wireing harness in the headlight was kind of a pain. Hope I didn't fry the 55 year old circuit board with the soldering iron. If you know me, you know I get axious and I have few pics of the engine rebuild. Hope the old magneto and generator are still good. They caught a little watter while being stored at Church Street. Put on the tins that TX Mudman painted down in Houston. Man he did an awesome job, I'll post more pics on that later. The pinstripes outta the 33rd ward of Houston are fantastic. Phase 1 below
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