Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
motorcycles, motor bikes tall bikes and bottom ends
Here is a pic of me on my el in front of the shop. I love 61s
Brittney, my dad, ole and I went to the Art and bicycle show in Aberdeen the other day.There were three or four hundred people there, and it was a ton of fun. This is a pic of my friend Trevor on a tall bike that he built. These things are wild. I rode one for half a block yesterday, they do not have brakes and you have to climb up them like a ladder to get going.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
crashbar pictures
I am not sure if I posted a picture of this or not. This is neat piece that was on the davenport banquet tables in 1988. Doc Patt's friend Alice made them and gave this one to my dad. I was not there since Iwas only three at the time. It is still a cool piece none the less.
Friday, May 27, 2011
chopper time and 49 pictures
Thursday, May 26, 2011
49 el and cement walls
I pulled the top end off of the 49 today. This bike needed to be gone over and have some odds and ends sorted out. The cylinders had been painted black at one point and time and Jerry wanted them silver. I pulled the tanks, and the top end and found some interesting things. Jobs like this always seem to turn into bigger projects as you get farther into them.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
footers and 42 exhaust
Here is a cool picture of cement being poured into the footings. They will do the stem walls tomorrow then we can set the barn on them.
I finished up mounting the exhaust on Don's 42 this afternoon. I love how this bike is turning out. It should be done very shortly. wooo hooo. The yellow bike in the back ground is a 54 that we did for our neighbor a few years ago. We are servicing it for the summer.
I am working on the rear brake and other stuff. Check out the n.o.s. foot board mat and brake pedal stuff.
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
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
cool 48 pictures
Monday, May 23, 2011
misc. Pictures
Here is a cool picture of the Brass Messengers playing from Saturday night. What a fun band.
This is a pic that Brittney took of my dad, John and I. Good times
Here is a picture Of Brittney using the sunnen pin hone. This is the best tool of all time. I showed her how to use it over the weekend.
And a picture of Mr. Russ's 56 motor. This thing turned out nice. I cant wait to see the bike finished.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
HURRY UP
don't "paws" act "meow"
and bid on my friend Larry Medwig's 61 panhead rolling chassis. I guess it is really nice stuff according to Larry, and you should own it, so go buy it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1961-HARLEY-DAVIDSON-PANHEAD-ROLLING-CHASSIS-CHOPPER-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3a6614ae6cQQitemZ250820734572QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories
Saturday, May 21, 2011
John's Visit
Our friend John Flew in to hang out for the weekend yesterday. We worked on his 48 panhead and rode old motorcycles all day. What a blast. John was flying from Newark to Minneapolis and sat next to some guy that was reading the new issue of HOG magazine, which happens to have our original paint 37 on the cover, He told his travel companion that he was going to see us and that we owned the bike on the cover. What a small world. It only seemed fitting to let him ride the bike and make the story that much better.
Here is a picture that my dad took of Brittney and I on the 46
We went and raced go karts at Wylie Park. John is from Jersey and had never been to a go kart track. I guess they dont have them in the north east.
Here is a pic of John the first night that he showed up with our original 46. This is the first knucklehead that he ever rode!
We spent most of friday night setting up the controls on his 48. This is a bit of a challenge, but we got them working smoothly. I will post pics of the proper routing later. 48 has a one year only throttle bracket and is kind of difficult to set up.
This is a pic of Brittney and a 41 motor that my dad finished up on Friday. He finished up a 56 motor today and is starting on another 48 motor tomorrow. Lots of cool stuff is going on.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
49 pictures and an aluminum block
I pulled Jerry's 49 out to work on today. I have to do a top end on the bike, re wire it with old funky wires, sort out some messed up hardware, and finish putting it back together. This bike is pretty nice, but there have been a few mess ups and fixes over the years that need to be addressed. I cant wait to see this bike next to the restored 49 that we did for him a few years ago.
and the left side. This is a cool original piece. I will pull our o.p. green 49 out for comparison. wooo hooo
I found this neat block that my dad made in machinist school. We never did anything cool like this when I went.
check out how it fits together. I love this thing
41 case picture
Here is a neat pic of a 41 bottom end that my dad is putting together. It is a pretty high number and has short ribs on the cases.
It is all new on the inside and crusty on the outside.
I love how fresh the machining marks are on the inside of the cases . It looks like it was 10 years old. The a 1 date code signifies January of 41.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
cool pipes and an even cooler birthday card
This birthday card showed up in the mail from my friends/ heroes Pete and Jackie Hill the other day. When I was eight I used to idolize Pete because he drag raced a knucklehead. My dad had him autograph a business card for me, and I had it tacked to a board next to my bed. When I got in my crash, they called me every week for six months to just talk and see how things were going. They are amazing people and I am a better person because I get the honor of calling both of them my friends. Check out this crazy video of Pete running his drag bike.
I finished up the brackets for all of my dual exhaust stuff last night. I should have my bike running this weekend. I found a broken gas line, and have to fix that. It was an original one that I used, and two of the ferrules broke.
This dual exhaust rear header pipe was designed for a 47 knucklehead that has the shift lever and rod pointed down. I didn't want to put later tanks on my bike, so I had to cut this relief for the shift rod. This took a bit of trial and error. It is all good now though and should work well for the summer.
I also had to lower the pipe one inch so that the muffler would match up and be the same height as the other side. I am going to run the bike a couple hundred miles on my birthday this Sunday and see if any of the brackets break, and then paint it. I have never seen another 36 with duals, it is pretty neat.
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