Within days of finishing up the Monark/Road King resto-mod another rough and down-on-its-luck old cruiser popped up and I couldn't resist. I mean, for $25 it was this or a light lunch at Chipotle. So I bought the bike.
As I found it.
This one is also a Monark-made frame (a twin to the last one) but without any badges I don't know if it was originally another Road King, or maybe a Monark Rocket, or some other badge-engineered Monark. I just know it's the same frame, and from the same era: mid-to-late 40s.
And it is definitely in rough shape, maybe worse than the last one, with a bad home paint job and plenty of rust.
I believe I'll either build this one up as more of a rat rod, or just a nice classic cruiser. Should be fun.
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