fc53 almost done

Ray and my dad have been making great progress on this 53 for frankie. Should be fired up tonight or tomorrow. We ended up going through the wholebike and making it as bullet proof as possible. It is set up to cruise. I am excited about the bike but even more excited about having another local friend to go riding with.


Man o man I love black pipes, they really do a good job of framing the engine. Have a great day, I am going to go ride my sears.

backwards seat!

Inever would have dreamed that we would make a set up like this. My daddy will be hauling Mike Lichter on the cannonball and Mike wanted a backwards facing seat to take pictures on. I put English Tim on this project, he is doing a great job on it. It is way over engineered, and sturdy.


here it is with a seat on it.



and with two dudes on it.
This is so damn cool! I cant wait to test it out! Videos to follow. I have a feeling that this is going to be a chick magnet lol! Let me know if you want one for your hydra glide lol

fifty three project.

The fifty three is making good head way. There is a lot of fitting involved in these bikes. It is working out nicely.


Still have some wiring to do, brakes and seat. Ray is kicking butt on this project. I am still sorting out my sears which is a monumental project. Should be running this week, then I can get back to hd projects.

some non motor bike sturgis pics!

Here is a picture of four of my heroes, left to right-- Lori Struck Desilva, Gloria Struck, Tanya Dias and Beanre These people are amazing and you should know them!


Check out the hat! The HAT



These are some cock roaches in Reptile Gardens in The black hills. They have their own house.




HEre is a pic of Tanya and I in Rushmore Cave!

sorry for the lack of updates :(

Well guys and gals, I haven't posted on here lately because I have been so overwhelmed with working on my sears and the giveaway bike. I just got back from sturgis and wanted to post a couple pics of the sears and Ryan's WLA.


Here is the give away bike. Ryan kicked ass on the bike and it is really nice. It runs great and is super smooth and fun to ride. We had to make a longer clutch pedal and do a few other mods.



Here is a pic of young Ryan on his bike that is made up of donated parts from AMCA members all over the country. This has been a two year project for me between gathering up all the parts, promoting the contest, and helping Ryan make the whole thing happen.




Here is a pic of me and my dream boat after a 26 hour marathon work session. This pic was taken on the way to loading the bike up for the trip to sturgis. Thanks to everyone that helped get it done. There are still a few hours of work to do on it Hopefully I will have it fired up this weekend. I will post a video shortly. Wish me luck!

sears paint and the giveaway bike!

I picked up my sears paint this morning and sent it to wisconsin to get pinstriped, I should have it back on sunday.


This is the industry Giant Kevin Baas and his cool apron. He came over to help out on the giveaway 45, the sears and hook up a sidecar on his 47 fl.



Here is a pic of Ryan and Dave Monahan working on the AMCA giveaway bike that Ryan won last year. we are taking the sears and his 45 to sturgis next week!




shiny stuff. Wait till the stripes get laid down. check out www.pre1916scramble.blogspot.com to see some pics of the rest of the bike!





Fancy scallops on my fork

Sears and 45 bobber

Well folks, I finally reached over a 100 followers which is amazing, I started this site just to document projects and keep in contact with customers. I hope that you guys have picked up some valuable info over the last year and also that you continue to enjoy the nerdy little details that I get so excited over. I have been making a ton of progress on the sears. this pic is a couple days old. My front fender is fit up and ready for paint.


Here is a pic of the giveaway bike. If you want to see the entire build of the bike go to www.antiquemotorcycle.org and check it out on the forum section. This bike is entirely made up of parts that were donated from amca members all over the world. Our club ran an essay contest last year that gave the parts and shop time away to teach a 18 to 24 year old us citizen how to build their own bike. anyways, Ryan Mackey from Ohio won it and is flying in tomorrow afternoon to finish it up. Hopefully my sears and his bike will be done for sturgis. we have reinforcements coming in throughout the next week and i think we can pull it off. wish me luck

After sturgis I am going to knock out another neat 45 bobber that I have been looking forward to doing for a long time. Both of the bikes are going to be amazing, so stay tuned if you dig wls



this is what a knucklehead oil pump looks like on a sears. crazy stuff! I still have to set up the belt drive for it and nickle plate the lines, but you get the idea. The only thing original on this bike is the mag, cases, intake manifold and cylinders. Everything else was made by my friend and me! What a project!

more riding pics on number five!

36EL1005 riding pics and first start up video

This is a pic of my dad on 36el1005. My dad rode 36el1002 when it was still in this country, so it is safe to say that he is probably the only guy in the world that has ridden 2 of the first 5 knuckleheads. Plus he is my hero and best friend. This bike looks so good moving. I love it. This has been a six year project and the toughest bike that I have ever done. It is pretty crazy to think about all of the things that have come and gone and changed in my life over the last six years that it took to produce this bike. What an amazing thing.


I retubed the front half of this frame, it is one of the first posts on this blog. Check it out. I rode it tonight for four miles without my hands on the handlebars. IT is perfect!



Here is a pic of the two bikes at a gas station! I am happy with how the overhead oiling is set up and will be putting the right tank on tonight!




I took this pic rolling down the rode at fifty miles an hour. It is so much fun to cruis around and put your right hand on the rockers while they move, you can really feel the motor run and get in tune with everything that is happening. It is zen like!





VROOM, here is a video of it starting up for the first time. What a cream puff. If you are going to sturgis, it will be at the Eternal Combustion Exhibit at the Buffalo chip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmSwpdbV6Eg

1940 bottom end

Here is a 40 bottom end that my daddy put together over the weekend. Check out all the nice detailing, I love all the nice contrasts on pre war knuckle engines. This motor had the roughest cases that we have ever had to fix up. Some of you long time followers will remember the post with the set of 40 cases that had been poorly repaired years ago. You could literally see light through the cases under the front cylinder.


anyways, here is the repaired case. This is an absolutely awesome job and proof that you can fix up pretty much anything as long as you want to do it. Here is the link to see how messed up these cases were before we sorted them out. http://oldbikesinsd.blogspot.com/2009/09/ryans-1940-cases.html