The Handle Bar

The original handle bar was terminally rusty. Fortunately, it could be easily removed from the steering head.

I have maintained the head ball bearings with new grease and assembled it carefully. And the rusty handlebar stem is replaced by a refurbished aluminum part.

The aluminum handlebar stem from the DONATOR fits well to the METEOR

A steel handlebar "Sport Modell" (NOS from the 1960s) looks better compared to a modern straight aluminum bar. A pair of good brake levers also came from the DONATOR.

The new handlebar completed

Result: All handlebar parts together look really neat, especially with the red vintage grips on it.

Gear Cable

Gear cable cog and original 'KARSTADT' decal

The frame offers no cable guidings neither cable stops, as mentioned before. The gear cable is lead by a cog instead via a shift cable routing commonly located under the bottom bracket.

Lights

The original Predom Romet headlight remains - precisely because its cute ugliness. It´s powered by a classic bottle dynamo (6 Volts). The tail light is a classic type DIY LED lighting instead of a small 6V lamp.

Huge plastic headlight

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Dynamo and tail light

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DIY LED equipment :-D

To be honest, the head light is not brighter than a tea candle... but who cares. The main thing is: There's any light to please a police officer.

Check before doing a shakedown

• All electric cabling is fitted with cable ties;
• gear shifting is doing well;
• nuts and bolts are tightened;
• handlebar is tightended well;
• brakes are adjusted;
• tires are inflated to 5 bar / 72 psi
• kick stand is working
• saddle is adjusted to comfort height

Let's ride.