chopper time and 49 pictures

Here is a neat picture of the silver paint on the case from when the welch plug was put into the right case of Jerry's 49.

Check out the red sealer on the oil filter canister top.

This is a 47 saddle bag.

And this is a 48 bag. They are pretty damn cool.

These are some brackets that I cut off of a reproduction front fork. They are for the front brake shackle and the fender mounts

I never thought that I would get to trim a fork. I am sending it off to a friend to section and narrow it for a bobber project.

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

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Jesse and I started to work on this 49 today. The rear fender needed a little repair, so we pulled it off.


Somebody cut the chainguard insert out, so we are going to weld in a different one from another fender and paint it to match. The bike has a lot of other details that need to be gone over as well. It should be a fun project.



I showed up at work early this morning and mounted Tim's exhaust. We just got it back from the painter, and the safest spot to store it was on the bike!




Here are a couple sets of panheads that my daddy has to finish up. They are ready to go together! One set is for a 65 and the other set is for a 48. They are so different from each other.