This pic is from a month ago, kind of neat, we were trying to figure out the best way to fit them on a lift. You can see the pic of all 11 motors in the previous entrees.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
38 to 47 oil pressure switch terminals!!!!!!!
Today was a great day. For the last six months I have been working on making an acurate reproduction of the push on terminal for 1938 to 1947 harley davidsons. Well I finally got them back from plating this weekend, and put my first one on a project bike. I have spent over 600 bucks on making these things. The break even point for this project is too far away to think about. At least I have the correct terminals for my customer bikes, my bikes and my friends bikes.
Noose ends
A first for me
This is a n.o.s. (new old shit) front knucklehead. When hd machined the casting, the sunk the cutter into the head a little to deep, and cut into the combustion chamber. There is no way this bike would idle correctly with a gaping hole in the intake port. I welded it up and fixed the head into a useable piece. Any day that you learn something, or see something new is a good day.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
extra parts!!!
here is one of the empty cans of oil that came with the bike. It also came with a couple of glass jars of oil too.
The 49 take offs.
Here are the screws for the fork tins, the rear floorboard bolts, and the original paint peacock blue hinge bolts. Al didn't throw anything away, this is so cool!!
Here are some n.o.s bags with old parts in them. Al put the used parts in the bags that the new parts came in.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Our new 49 panhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
da da duo glide doo wap
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
fire in the hole.
I fired this bike up today. There are a couple of things that need to adjusted, besides putting the headlight bracket and headlight on it. This bike fits me like a glove. I will build one for myself. Second bike that we have started up in the last six days, I wish we could have more weeks like this.
Monday, March 23, 2009
another 46 bobber
PURTY WHEEL!!! I love these little cms hubcaps, I bought a bunch of n.o.s. ones from Tom Faber, but the chrome was bad on all of them, so I had to get them replated. They still look really cool though. Our 46 from Watertown had one on the front wheel, when we got it, it is the only bike that I have had that was equipped with them for a long time.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
another one bites the dust
Mechanical rear brakes
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Wicked Biggest Loser
I heard about the wicked biggest loser contest on www.cyrilhuzeblog.com today. The contest is like the biggest loser, but for motorcycle people. Chris Callen set it up, and I talked my dad into getting into the competition. I am going to work him like a dog, to get his weight down. I am excited to see how much weight he loses
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
53 fl 80% done
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
clutch pedal stop!
Since I am running the short floorboars, I don't use the oem front floorboard mount, This is no big deal on the brake side, but I ran into a little problem with the clutch pedal stopping in the correct position. I adaped a 45" and early knucklehead set up to the late style clutch pedal and bracket.
Here you can see where the forked piece was lengthened. I had to reinforce it with triangular pieces of metal to prevent twisting, and to make the clutch pedal stop in the correct spot. I also had to weld a keeper on the tang of the metal disc. I just hated the idea of the pedal being rocked 30 degrees past the correct stopping point.
Monday, March 16, 2009
The ultimate 36 to 57 axle plate fix!!!
Late 47 Necks!!!!
I had a late 47 bigtwin frame in for re tubing at the shop, so I made a mold of the neck, and had some waxes poured, I have a lot of money in these molds and waxes, but I am pretty confident that it will work out in my favor. Check out the xe-35 and hallmark detail!!!
Here are the five waxes I had made. I am only going to cast up five at a time, to see if they work. If I can get the fixtures and tooling dialed in, I will make more, probably bullneck castings too. I would hate to go through all of the work and expense, for the project to not turn out. We will see how it turns out.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
short floorboard mounts
ELC gas lines???
I bought these lines in Davenport this year with a bunch of other parts. I am pretty sure they are for an ELC (military Knucklehead)
They are set up for 42 to 49 compression fittings, I would love to use them on a bobber, but they would start to leak pretty quick. I have never had much luck with nos rubber products, and the thought of using them with gas kind of scares me.
They are set up for 42 to 49 compression fittings, I would love to use them on a bobber, but they would start to leak pretty quick. I have never had much luck with nos rubber products, and the thought of using them with gas kind of scares me.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Daytona memories
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