.....last picture until its done...
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Gauge panel....
.. I figure a bike being built with an airplane "motif" should have a lot of gauges, and switches....
Friday, November 27, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Springer Update....
I'm hopefully still on track to have this bike done by X-mas, or sooner.
I've been machining the front hub, its from a dual disc set-up, I'm going to machine it down, weld in the holes, then machine it agian to make a nice smooth front hub.
Here I am working on the tailight assembly.
Harper started to put the motor back together today, hopefully I have a muffler Monday so I can start building exhaust.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Toro is a runner...
It took a lot of love, and penetrating oil, but I got it up and running. It still needs a water pump, and some serious transmission work, but I hauled it to Pioneer Days this weekend, and made some noise with it.
I also saw this awesome "extended cab" Model A truck:
...but the coolest thing I did in the last week was run this Kahlenberg 3 cylinder tug boat engine:
Built in the late teens it is a 2-cycle diesel. The 10" pistons idle at about 150 RPM's
Thursday, July 23, 2009
The latest project in the stable is this 1972 CL450 I purchased I few years ago. The guy I bought it from had already had the frame painted, and had done a few other things. The way I got the bike:
I decided to built this bike on the "cheap" (we'll see how that goes) stock wheels. Dum brakes, clip-ons, rear sets, and a sweet Hooker header I've had around a while.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Our washer machine went to pot a week ago, after 10 years of faithful service. I had recently helped my father-in-law put his similar machine back together, so I had one up on it, when I went to take it apart. I was expecting a spent bearing as per the fathers fix, but found worse: A cracked steel basket, and broken outer drum.
I contacted Sears and had the parts shipped 2nd day air so I could get us up and running over the 4th of July Holiday. We determined that the steel basket was covered under a lifetime warranty, and after spending several hours on the phone, and experiencing some very poor customer service, we finally got Sears to pay for both parts.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
I spent Monday in Chicago looking at a fabulous collection of cars and bikes, including an original Harley Davidson XR750, and a 63 Dodge Polara Convertible Max Wedge 4-speed car, that's a mouthful, but if it makes sense you'll know that's a hell of a car.
I went down to meet the gentleman that owns the collection, to see about working on some of his Hondas for him. He purchased my Cafe project, and I am really excited about doing some more work for him.
I went down to meet the gentleman that owns the collection, to see about working on some of his Hondas for him. He purchased my Cafe project, and I am really excited about doing some more work for him.
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