General Category => Frame, Tank, Seat, Controls, Etc => Topic started by: Bruce on May 25, 2014, 02:06:41 PM

Title: handlebars and necks
Post by: Bruce on May 25, 2014, 02:06:41 PM
Do bicycle style necks fit the fork tube on these?
Title: Re: handlebars and necks
Post by: Ricks on May 25, 2014, 02:55:26 PM
Quote from: Bruce on May 25, 2014, 02:06:41 PM
Do bicycle style necks fit the fork tube on these?

Measure them and you will know, then let the rest of us know!  LOL
Title: Re: handlebars and necks
Post by: Bruce on May 25, 2014, 03:09:26 PM
Ha!  Guess I'll just yank one and try..I think my NE5 whizzer may be metric or I'd try that one.....maybe a Schwinn will fit it
Title: Re: handlebars and necks
Post by: carryall on May 25, 2014, 05:51:11 PM
I used a neck from a old kids BMX bike, and it fit no problem.  
Title: Re: handlebars and necks
Post by: Bruce on May 25, 2014, 06:12:12 PM
That answers that..... Thanks carryall
Title: Re: handlebars and necks
Post by: carryall on May 26, 2014, 07:31:50 AM
No problem.  If I remember corectly, I did need to sand inside of neck with some sandpaper wrapped around a dowel to smooth out and remove some surface rust, and had to clean up the gooseneck with sandpaper also.
Title: Re: handlebars and necks
Post by: pd on May 26, 2014, 09:14:41 PM
Sounds like standard procedure to me .

Pete . :)