Hello From Argentina!

Hello there ! Im Patrick from Argentina... Im new into motorcycles, Never rode a motorcycle until some months ago, a friend bought a motorbike and told me "do you want to try it? you know how to ride a bike?" i said, yeah sure... and well i rode it like a champ! So i was like... mmm now i need a bike for me

Well, bought me a 68 200cc Gilera... not the best looking motorcycle as they came out from the factory, but anyways it was the engine, wheels and a lot of pieces. So i started thinking that i want something cooler that an ugly gilera.

Grab the engine, went to buy some tubes and starting to do my first frame... the idea was to make a 40/50`s motorcycle frame. i didnt use any plans or something to guide myself, just the engine and i built the frame arround the engine.

Im planning on using a paralellogram front end (i have to build it) and lot of copper and brass details as fuel lines and that stuff. Also the gas tank if from the original gilera, i cut it down to another shape becouse it was SO ugly. i think it looks cool now. Theres an aditional gas tank (the round brass tank) under the seat, that is a kerosin tank from a 1950's oven, theres a knob to pump pressure into the tank. i want to run it as an aditional gas tank in case of a long travel, if i run out of fuel from the tank i can pump pressure into the other tank and keep riding, fuel under presure will reach the caburetor anyways it is higher than the gas tank.

Im gonna use the original aluminium hubs with spoke wheels, 19" in the front and 16" in the back.

Here some pictures of the bike. Hope you Like it !!

I want to hear opinions !!

This was the bike before i bought it


there starting with the frame


Frame almost done and Testing 18" Wheels with dirt track tires


The trank before (original shape)


some cuts


and almost finished


The secondary gas tank with the pump


and there some ramdom pictures and tire size tests !