I set up the primary on Doug's 36 yesterday. It turned out really well. This is the same clutch that was in my 36 when I first built it, so I know that it works well.


My dad trimmed out the ferner's fenders. We went over the strips with a scotch brite pad to give them a brushed finish. I am very happy with how they turned out and think that the bike looks 100 times better with the strips on.



Here is the other side. I still have to sort out the rear brake and hook up the clutch and shifter, then I am going to fire it up. I will try to take a video of the occasion.

Rear Exhaust rocker arm shafts

I have the flu and it sucks. I am just kind of hanging out at the shop trying to keep busy. I took this neat picture of three different styles of rear exhaust rocker shafts. The first one is a 36/37 shaft, the second one is a 38/40 shaft and the third one is a 41 to 47.

CHROME!!!!

We got a cool package from Pat today. The handlebar lock plates are 36-38, and the oil filter top is the one that we modified for tim in an earlier post. This stuff turned out great!

Rocker boxes

We got some polishing in today. These rocker boxes are for this batch of motors that we are doing right now. There are still three sets at the polishers, but these will keep my dad busy for a little bit.


It has been raining all day, so duke has had to wear a hat to keep his ears warm. He is a good dog that enjoys the finer things in life.

TY 36 and DB 36 updates

There is probably another twenty hours worth of work to do on this bike, but I couldn't resist seeing how the bike looked with the right tank on it. Man o man this is beautiful!


WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!! Larry Did a great job on this bike.




Tim has been working on his bike lately. The sheet metal should be all fit up by the end of the week.

Sturgis pics

Here is a pic of my bike in Huron South Dakota on the way home from the Kl0ck Works Pre sturgis party.


Here is a pic of Scott English, Mara and I in Sturgis. Scott rode his 36 el from Maryland to Sturgis and back. that is over 3600 miles. I thought that Stanley Miller and I were the only guys that used their first year knucks. Scott is the coolest!!!!1



Here is a group photo. Left to right--->Scott English, Mara, Me, Autogem Tom, my daddy, Bill Butcher and Dale Walksler.

My Daddy's 39 after a 5200 mile trip!

My dad got home from his month long vacation on thursday night. He put over 5200 miles on his knucklehead in a little less than a month. The only problem that he had was a bolt coming loose that held his rear view mirror on. This bike is awesome!

axle stay fix

This frame is a 1940 knucklehead frame that somebody cut the axle stops off of. This is kind of an odd set up, because the chopper dudes usually cut off the mounts for the centerstand when they were chopping frames back in the day.


In this pic you can see how I built the forgings up with weld.



Here is the right side forging after grinding, sanding and texturing. This whole process took three hours, what a bunch of work.

Here you can see each side. The stop is different on each side, it helps a lot to have a nice frame around for measuring and comparison