stuff....

I got the rest of the parts for my sears fork yesterday. This is what it looks like roughly assembled, I have to sort some stuff out before it can be finished.


Here is the toolbox shell I made late last night. It took three hours.



Here is a neat pic of my 36 rolling over on 7000 miles, I tried to take the pic while going 70 mph, but my timing was off.

db 36 horn

Here is the horn for the 36 that I am working on. I still have to finish the spring plates. They were kind of gun blued and dipped in shelac from the factory. I ran out of shelac and had to order some:(


Here are all of the pieces that go into a 9 bolt horn. The body is a real deal 9 bolt body. The diaphragm and reinforcement ring are later versions that I drilled three holes in. Check out all the hardware that it takes to mount one of these horns. I made the top rubber piece, it is 36/37 only.

frame stuff and a sears primary cover.

Here is a neat pic of a 52 frame that I had to weld the toolbox strap onto. I went through all of this set up to make sure everything would work, and it turned out well.


Here is a primary cover that I made for my sears yesterday. It took 13 hours.

resurfacing knucklehead rocker arms

Here is a neat pic of resurfacing knucklehead rocker arm pads. This is a fun deal to do

DB 36 exhaust!

Tim and I mounted some exhaust pipes on Doug's 36 last night. This is a great looking exhaust set up. I like the way the bike looks without a tool box, it look a lot longer.


The rivet heads are on the inside of the s pipe on early bikes. This is an original pipe, and it is the only one that we had that had the rivets reversed. 36s with the deluxe sport solo package listed chrome pipes as one of the perks, but HD only chromed the rear header pipe and muffler, the front header pipe and clamps are still painted black. It is a pretty neat deal, and looks cool.

Happy veterans day

Fed ex showed up today and brought us 5 beautiful speedos from Janus in Canada. He does great work. One of the 38 speedos isn't in the pic. You guys get the idea though.


Tim and Jesse did a big batch of parkerizing yesterday, I did not participate because the fumes would would have made me throw up all over the place. Here are tim's squashed birds, they are probably the only parkerized set I will ever see, they look really cool. I am machining up some rocker arm shafts today, I will post pics later.

TY 46 update

About a year ago I cast up some 41 42 squashed birds. Tim bought a set from me last month and fit them to his fenders. The plan is to parkerize them and paint the inside line. It will look a lot classier than it sounds. I am really excited about Tim's 46, he isn't too concerned about making a correct 46, he is cherry picking the best looking parts from all different years and putting them on his bike.


Here is his handlebar set up. Check out the black 36 steering dampner lever, I don't think I will ever see another black one on a bike. It is pretty cool.

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.

1020 steel!!!!!!!!!!!!

I got a neat little care package from the foundry on Friday. Does anybody reading this know what these pieces are for?

36 wiring!!!!!

I have been working on wiring doug's 36 for the last day. It is going really well. All the wires are new old stock wires. Early nos wires do not have a rubber insulator, it is just cotton braiding over the copper wire, so they are a smaller diameter.


The generator in this pic is just an old junk one that I am using for setup. I should have the correct rebuilt genny back from Dale Cashman next week sometime. I am just using it for set up. I had to re dye the wires to get their original color back. They look bitchin!!!!



Here is the coil set up. I brought my daddy's original paint 37 over to use as a reference, they are pretty much wired the same, except for a couple details.




The two wires for the taillight and brake light are covered in a clothe woven loom that runs all the way to the tail light. I have been saving that little piece of wire for four years for this bike. I am really happy with the way this is turning out.





Check out the noose wire end, HD used this set up through the middle of 39. It is a classy and finished looking deal.