Pic request: GOOD looking plunger framed trump chops...

As in...swingarm frame?

hatch said:

As in...swingarm frame?

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i think he's talking about the floating axle, rigid style...like old enfields and indians

Maybe mount the fender to the plunger instead of the frame?


Only pic I have of a plunger type frame bike.

Also known as a "sprung hub" I believe. I'm told they didn't handle very well and that most guys just eliminated the sprung hub and ran the bike as a hardtail.

A picture leaps to mind of a girl looking over her shoulder while sitting on one that George Barris did.
Its in one of the Barris Custom books somewhere.....not that I can scan it...but someone's got to know the one I'm referring to.

I thought maybe he meant a chopper frame....amen savior style. If so, I have never seen one that I liked.

whizzerick said:

Can a plunger framed bike look good?
There MUST be a way to get that rear fender closer to the tire?

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They look cool, but a rigid will make you piss orange alot less......

whizzerick said:

Woa! Found one! Good lord, that is beuooooootiful...
Sorry about the crappy pic. Dont have a scanner at home....

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ooo purty

Bigcheese5300 said:

Also known as a "sprung hub" I believe. I'm told they didn't handle very well and that most guys just eliminated the sprung hub and ran the bike as a hardtail.

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A friend of mine had a Triumph (350) with one of those. That is slightly different. The frame is like most rigids, goes to a point toward the rear.
The hub though in the wheel is a very large diameter. The hub is two parts, one big, non spinning part in the middle, then an outer "ring" that turns with the spokes and rim. In the big center hub that doesn't spin, there is a slot in that hub and the axle moves up and down inside the hub.

My friend wanted to do a brake job on it but we didn't dare take it apart.

patch said:

Hoping this maybe what you're after...

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Yes it is!

whizzerick said:

Yes it is!

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Have a look at the reversed rake on those triple trees tho...
Don't look healthy to me...

I'm thinkin' Easyriders, mid-70's.

Richie said:

A picture leaps to mind of a girl looking over her shoulder while sitting on one that George Barris did.
Its in one of the Barris Custom books somewhere.....not that I can scan it...but someone's got to know the one I'm referring to.

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Bigcheese5300 said:

Also known as a "sprung hub" I believe. I'm told they didn't handle very well and that most guys just eliminated the sprung hub and ran the bike as a hardtail.

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I am not 100% sure, but I think "sprung hub" was having the suspension in the hub itself. Another amazing brit invention I would love to own.

whizzerick said:

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That's an Ariel Square 4....they had that 'plunger-style' frame from the factory. Bitchin' bike...thanks for posting that pic.