worst shape bike you have owned

We have all brought home projects that may have made our SO's think we were crazy. This bike wasn't vintage when I brought it home just wrecked and very ugly. I bought it to have a more dependable bracket racer than the H-2 I was racing at the time.

What did the worst basket case you ever brought home look like?


These are my before and after

Heres my.......


And as it stands now....still not finish....hoping to finish by april.

Found mine after a 9 year stint left all alone, neglected, forgotten, (sniff) outside behind a farm house...still not "finished" (are they EVER? LOL!)

Turned this

Into this

baldy110 wrote: Turned this

Into this

But, I don't see it... How did you incorporate the axle into the bike?


Mine is nowhere near as nice as some of the rebuilds, but my lil'650 was complete w/~13k on the clocks and I sorta like the patina that comes with age. All that matters, in my book, is that she runs well.