I am heading out for daytona today with my good friend Brian Klock. I have some fun stuff planned for the AMCA and the limpnickie lot. I am having a kickstart and handshift demo on wednesday and a linkert carb class on Friday. My dad is letting me take his 39 el for a demo bike, and the president of the amca is bringing his chief, major props to these guys for letting complete strangers start and shif their bikes. These guys are true enthusiasts. I hope that I get a good response, and people enjoy this project.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
cut down floorboards
Sunday, February 22, 2009
finished 46 exhaust
Here is the bracket that I made for the top pipe, it is 3/16 thick, and drilled and tapped for a 5/16-24 bolt.
Here is the mount before I welded it to the pipe. The spacer goes through the top hole for the sidecar mount in the axle stay. It is shoulder is .750 and .150 long. The main section's diameter that goes through the hole is .585 and 1.000 long. It has a .315 hole that goes through the center of it. This is a good set up, and I will probably use it again.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
2008 sturgis magazine handout
Last year, the city of sturgis interviewed a bunch of motorcycle businesses. They interviewed me on behalf of our shop. It was pretty neat to be included in it. My favorite part, is when they asked me what I would be doing if I didn't work on motorcycles. I said "I haven't really thought about it, I don't know how to do anything else, so I better make this work"
39 all cleaned up
painting emblems
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
panhead rocker block tool
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Period fishtail
Taillight/centerstand clip/ license plate bracket hole layout
Monday, February 16, 2009
1936 to 1939 spark plug wire clip
Sunday, February 15, 2009
1946 AGT 80% done
A moment of silence for the departed
Mar from Japan
The effect that 1936 Harleys have had on my education
Saturday, February 14, 2009
re tubed 36 frame
The original downtube was cracked right at the neck forging, so I cut it off smooth, and drilled out the original tube. I found some 1.125 d.o.m. tubing and cut it at the proper angle. I had to drill the id of the 1.125 tubing out so that I could fit the 1" tubing inside of tit. All of the shiny areas are from plug welds being welded then ground smooth. I have to retecture the neck casting, then braze the joints for the right visual effect.
Frame is together in this pic, sidecar loops need to be welded and brazed on still.
This is a frame that I had to change some tubes on, and weld some brackets onto. It was a fun project, kind of challenging, but fun. Notice how the toolbox mount isn't welded the entire length, the slash cut tubes, and the 760 number on the footboard tab. I plug welded the tubes in the neck, and the frame tubes into the 1.125 tubes, the frame is straight and structurally sound in pics, but had to be restraightened after all of the brazing.
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