Hootis

Monday, December 7, 2009


I have the front and rear hubs mostly done now. The rear was pretty easy, I just used the front. All I had to do was tap the bolts out to 7/16"




The front took a little more machining. I had already cut it down quite a bit and had my friend Mike fill in all the holes I made, then machined it down to a nice taper. Not as nice as a store bought spool hub, but a heck of a lot less expensive.
Just have to finish fit the wheel spacers now.



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

This is my Uncles...


I would love to get my hands on it...

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.










I hate this part of a project, becuase you just keep working, but dont see much progress.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Harley Davidson cancels Buell production.


I think it's the end of the line for Buell. I'll definitely have to keep mine now, its a collectors item.....I think. :)

Saturday, October 31, 2009



Harper put the transmission together yesterday. I've been working on the oil tank. Time to get the sprocket lined up, and build some wheel spacers.