...vintage Clint Eastwood, with some cool motorcycle verbage.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/104163/highway-patrol-motorcycle
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
1998 Harley Davidson FLSTS Springer Project
On or about the 4th of October of this year I acquired this 1998 FLSTS. 
It had some transmission trouble, and I had a hanker en to build something.
I knew I wanted to chop it into some kind of old school bobber type thing, but didn't have any inspiration. After looking thru some books, I found this white, and green Flathead that the Harley Davidson Museum did has a tribute to the Booze Fighters Motorcycle Club, and there famous Hollister incident, which also inspired the Marlon Brando movie The Wild Ones.
I didn't like the idea of green though, and so my search for inspiration continued. I've always had a love for airplanes as well, and I was inspired by a famous airplane called a GeeBee. A racing plane from the early 30's made famous by its notorious danger, and a famous pilot, Jimmy Doolittle.
I had a plan, and if you have been following my blog, or read my previous posts you'll see the progression to what you see here:
I own a Harley Davidson...
....after spending 11 + years at a Harley Davidson dealer, one month before my departure I finally bought one. Now that I'm not in the business, it feels kind of weird to wear a HD shirt, and have someone ask me "Do you have a Harley", because I can answer yes.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Pretty sweet Trans-Am racer.
Leighton Reese and I built this car completely from scratch. The chassis is made from round, and square tubing for added rigidity. There were some rules, that allowed for a lighter car, and we built this car specifically for them. Four speed, 5-bolt wheels, over slung front clip, quick-change rear-end. It was powered by a 302 Chevyrolet making about 610Hp, we raced it in the SCCA Trans-Am series.
The quick-change alone was pretty trick, we flipped it around, and ran the driveshaft thru, what was the back cover, via a custom driveshaft. It took about an hour to change the gears, but that was still quick by comparison.
The body was a stock ASA oval track body when we started. We sectioned 4 inches out of the doors, and roof. Molded, and built our own front fenders, and hood. The decklid, hood, roof, and fenders we re-popped in carbon fiber.
It was a pretty awesome car at the time, and very competitive, especially on a per dollar basis, compared to our competition.
It was an awesome expierance, and extremly educational.
The quick-change alone was pretty trick, we flipped it around, and ran the driveshaft thru, what was the back cover, via a custom driveshaft. It took about an hour to change the gears, but that was still quick by comparison.
The body was a stock ASA oval track body when we started. We sectioned 4 inches out of the doors, and roof. Molded, and built our own front fenders, and hood. The decklid, hood, roof, and fenders we re-popped in carbon fiber.
It was a pretty awesome car at the time, and very competitive, especially on a per dollar basis, compared to our competition.
It was an awesome expierance, and extremly educational.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
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