exhaust pipes and cement work

I pulled off the front header pipe clamps on our 41 yesterday and sent them off to have a few sets made up. Let me know if you want a set. This is the correct style of clamp for 37 to 45 knuckleheads. Check out the short front flex cover. This is the correct style for 39 to 42 knuckleheads. The length of the short front flex cover is 5 inches

This is he clamp that goes around the frame. The tabs on this clamp and the one on the pipe end up being staggered. It is a smart way to engineer things with out tabs and brackets breaking because of undue pressure.

We bought a barn a few weeks ago from our Neighbor. It was built in 1948 and is pretty cool. Here is a picture of where it is going to be put.

This is a picture of the perimeter for the footings dug out

and the patterns and re bar. All of this should be done tomorrow. i will post more pictures.

jumping through hoops while no one is watching

My dad and I set up the primaries on John's 48 this morning and I went back to pre fitting his exhaust. Panheads rear header pipes can be a real pain. This is a paughco rear header pipe. it is pretty nice, the curves are nice and graceful and over all pretty nice, it just didn't fit the way i wanted it to, the bottom of the pipe hit the kicker cover studs and was not in the right place. I decided to pie cut it and kick the pipe out. Here is where I marked it. Here is the cut. It is also important to make this clamp fit in a free spot. I took this pic to show you the gap in between the frame and the end of the clamp. This is an easy problem to remedy, you just clamp it in the vice and bend it whatever way you need too. Make sure that your one bolt is installed and tight other wise you will mess everything up. The clamps are supposed to hold everything in place and not put tension on the system. HEre is everything bolted up, I am on lunch and will go out and weld up my pie cut, dress it down and send this off for paint with the other systems. I am kind of jealous of my friends that build custom bikes and showcase their fabrication skills. Most of the fabricating and machining that goes into our bikes is to make the parts look stock.

website updates!

I am working with a local fellow to put our new parts list up on our business site--www.carlscyclesupply.com. I have been working on the list all day. These are all parts that my father and I either make or have made for us in the mid west. We are our number one customer, which means that we use the parts on bikes that we build, so they have to fit!
Here is the list, I am going to go shoot pictures and and more text to it today!


Part number Description Category Price
3891019-48 48 and Later Bumper Mount Accessory 12.00
Leather Gas Cap Washers Accessory 20/Set Late 41-42 Saddle Bag Bags Accessory 80.00
8891830-54 Oil Level Sight Gauge Accessory
9511266-36 36-40 Wheel Rings Accessory 400/Set
11241-42 Squashed Bird Casting Accessory 100/Set
13021-36 36-40 Big Twin Front Crash chassis 400.00
74140-36 Brake Cross Over Spacer Brakes 16.00
39-57 Rear Brake Bell Crank Brakes 25.00
33 37-38 Rear Brake Bell Crank Brakes 25.00
4946-48 Front Brake Cam Lever Brakes 25.00
28-40 GL 5 Brake Lever Clamp Brakes 15.00
36-57 Brake Cross Over Bell Crank Brakes 25.00,902957-37 Only Brake Pedal Brakes 75.00
36 Only Brake Pedal Brakes 100.00,
61254-40 1940-47 High Speed Needle Carburetor 32.00
191254-36 36-39 High Speed Needle Carburetor 32.00
211152-11 30-39 Low Speed Needle Body Carburetor 16.00
221153-11 40 And Earlier Low Speed Needle Screw Carburetor 16.00
351152-11 40-47 Low Speed Needle Carburetor 16.00
403573-36 36-47 Gas And Oil Line Y Casting Carburetor 20.00
35-43 Air Cleaner Tag Rivets Carburetor2/Set
471403-35d 35-39 Air Cleaner Data Tag Carburetor 20.00
1109-36 36-39 Intake Manifold Cad Plated Carburetor 200.00
11109-36 36-39 Intake Manifold Nickel Plated Carburetor 200.00
771403-45c 35-Early 37 Air Cleaner Cover Carburetor 300.00
781403-38 38-40 Air Cleaner Cover Carburetor Accessory 300.00
791402-38 38-40 Air Cleaner Backing Plate Carburetor Accessory 90.00
122759-46 46-48 Handle Bar Lock Plate Chassis 55.00
4813501-36a Late 36 Crash Guard Spacer Chassis 50/Set
832759-36 Early 36 Handle Bar Hold Down Nut Chassis 40.00
Short Cast Aluminum Foot Boards Chassis 200/Set 1032778-36 Early 36 Steering Dampener Chassis 300.00
293826-36 36 Chain Guard Tab Drive 12.00
1338-48 Spot Light Adjusting Screws Electrical Accessory 6.00 per Set 46/47 Wiring Flag Electrical 3.00
264777-26 Horn Switch Spring Lock Electrical 5.00
284709-38a 38-47 Oil Sending Unit Terminal Electrical 16.00
371741-36 36-37 Relay Insulators Electrical 25/Set
414768-26 Horn Button Electrical 8.00
424766-26 Horn Wire Block Electrical 8.00
434776-26 Horn Switch Contact Plate Electrical 8.00
574523-38 38 Dash Light Tunnels Electrical 140.00
4522-38a 38 Dash Lenses Electrical 56/Set
3535-52 Black Cycle Ray Head Light Electrical 250.00 Chrome Cycle Ray Head light Electrical 300.00
24 36- 39 Stainless Steel Push Rod Clips Engine 60.00 41-49 Big twin Muffler Exhaust 330.00 Pre 1945 Spark Plug Nuts Electrical 8.00 a set392619-36 36-38 Big Twin Inner Fork Springs Chassis 25.00 46 Only Fork Bearing Retainer Chassis 75.00

Part number Description Category Price
34419 38-52 Grease Zerk Hardware 3.00
106033-30 Handlebar Pinch Bolt Hardware 16.00 2311520-3936-39 Gas Valve Extension accessory 35.00
3646-48 Shock Washers Hardware 20.00
584409-24 1/4 20 Wing nut Hardware 8.00
11136-65 Gas Tank Mounts Hardware 60/Set
7528-31 Front Brake Lever Henderson 30.00
7628-31 Front Brake Cam Henderson 60.00
6450-50 Return Line Fitting Motor 12.00
6940-54 Intake Inserts Motor 40/Set
7136-39 Intake Inserts Motor 50/Set
114713-39 38-40 Hour Glass Regulating Spring Motor 12.00
44 Early 36 Frog Eyes Motor 120.00
45124-36 36/37 Rocker Box Snap Rings Motor 20.00
5 36-65 OHV Head Bolt Washer 10 per Kit Motor 5.00
96-36,
97-36, 97-36a 36-37 Blow Out Fitting Motor 45.00
113N/a 38-47 Knuckle Head Return Lines Motor, Repair 100.00
Oil Tank Bracket Repair 30.00
Center Stand Mounts Repair 150.00
40-54 Special Intake Inserts Repair 45/Set
Big Twin Replacement front Fork Repair 150/Set 45" Replacement Front Fork Legs Repair 150/Set
21936 Shift Arm Hardware Transmission 25.00
27N/A36-40 Clutch Arm End Transmission 35.00
342209-39 39 Only Shift Gate Transmission 80.00
542804-36 36 only Transmission Mounting Plate Transmission 75.00
542804-37 37-57 Transmission Mounting Plate Transmission 55.00
36-64 Transmission Adjuster Transmission 20.00
632247-39 Three Speed Reverse/39 Only Shift Fork Transmission 45.oo
672409-36b 36-39 Clutch Bearing Cover Transmission 40.00
39 Transmission Gear Kit Transmission 1000.00
8436-40 22 Tooth Transmission Sprocket Transmission 35.00
2409-36 36-38 Clutch Pedal Transmission 100.00
32204-36 1936 Shift Arm Transmission 400.00
42209-36 1936 Shift Gate Transmission 100.00
16 WR Oil Line Nuts wr 28.00
17 WR Feed Line Clip WR 12.00
252944-48r 48-52 WR Right Peg Mount WR 25.00
6660310-50r 48-52 WR Chain Guard WR 80.00
1583606-32a WR /KR Gas Elbow WR, Carburetor 45.00
1448-52 WR Transmission Fill Plug WR, Transmission 25.00
92263-36 1936 only Transmission Support Bracket transmission 35.00
115713-36 36-37 Oil Pump Regulating Spring motor 12.00
1940 to 1942 Stainless steel pushrod clipsmotor 60.00