Tim's 46 kicker cover

Here is my friend Tim's kicker cover. It had a big old crack in it, and a chunk missing. So we bead blasted it, and set it up on the mill to remove a bunch of material. This step makes sure that there is plenty of room for the weld.


HEre it is all welded up and bored out.

Here is a pic of the od being cut.

It is almost finished here, it just needs to be ground on a bit.

36 progress!!

Tim and I worked late last night and mounted the front fender on Doug's 36. This bike is so perfect. I am in love with it.



Check out the radiused end on the fender mounting screw, this is a cool detail.



Whoa! This is the nicest bike that I have ever worked on.

HERO!

Here is a picture that my good friend Panhead Billy sent me from the road. Billy is one of my heros, he has been living on his silver panhead since 96 or 97. He just rides around and takes everything in. He rode all over the midwest with us last summer during our pre war knucklehead run. He has always kept in contact with me since. It is always a treat to learn where he is at in the country or where he is going. I think that everybody who owns a motorcycle has wondered what it would be like to live off of the bike and travel year round, well-- Billy is doing it. He is one of the coolest guys that I have the pleasure of knowing, if you ever have the chance to talk to him, you need to.

Rear leg fix.

This was welded to the inside of a 46/47 rear springer leg. I guess some chopper guy thought it was a good idea to bolt his fender to the rear leg. It was probably a really clean custom deal, but the new owner of the fork didn't want this set up, so I returned the rear leg back to stock.


Here is a pic of the rear leg after some metal finishing. It turned out pretty good.

wing nuts ready to plate!!!!

Here are some 5-16 18 wing nuts that we just finished up and are getting ready to ship off for cad plating. The pre war wing nuts were brass and the post war version was steel. These are really nice. They have rounded edges just like originals. There are some other guys making them out of pot metal, and the threads strip out pretty quickly.

cn 37 heads

This is a late 36 37 head that we received for repairs this week. The rear head is pretty nice, and the front head is in amazing condition. It has never been converted to run covers. 36 and 37 ohvs had open rocker motors. Go to www.youtube.com/gosonytv to see some videos of open rocker heads in action. Anyways this head is amazing!


It looks like a fin is missing, but it is cast like that, so that the return line on the baby food jar has clearance to route back to the rocker box.



Check it out!!!!




36 and 37 heads have this little y stamped in the intake port. It is a cool deal. The only problem with this head is a crack up the exhaust port, which is a pretty common deal.

Silver Paint!!!!!

We got a bunch of silver motor paint back from Mike today. We use imron paint, and it works really well. It holds up to the heat and gas and is tough as nails. Check out the lifter blocks, they are all original and they all have different casting textures. This is a cool detail and it proves how inconsistent the sand casting facilities were back in the thirties and forties.


Here is one an oil pump for one of the 1940 knuckleheads we are doing in this batch of motors. Check out the parkerized nipples, this is a cool detail that no body notices

Free WLA

This pile of parts is Ryan Mackey's WLA. Ryan is the winner of the first ever AMCA bike giveaway contest. All of these parts were donated by different guys in the club from all over the country. Ryan just didn't win the bike though, he also won two months worth of shop time to restore his bike. I will keep you guys updated as the bike progresses along. We plan on starting on the project during his Christmas break, redoing the motor at Wheels through time during spring break and doing final assembly sometime in the summer. This whole project was a lot of work, and I am very happy with how it is turning out.

front fork leg repair!!!!

This front leg is really messed up, it is all dimpled, kinked and bent out of shape. The other leg is in good shape, which is strange, but it's still a good thing. Roger and I made up a ton of front legs a couple of years ago, they are flat on the inside and dimpled just like originals.


In this pic, I have cut off the old leg, and ground what was left of the original fork leg out of the forging. These legs were pinned and brazed together when they were new. Some guys heat up the casting and try to pull the tube out, which is not good.



I have the fork bolted down and straight when I do the plug welds. This picture is what the leg looks like after being ground and filed. I still have to silver solder it so that it looks cosmetically right. The plug welds and tight fit of the tube in the forging make this a strong enough set up to run as is.






Here is the finished repair, this is a great fix that will last a long time.

Knucklehead progress

My daddy put a bunch of valves in heads yesterday. What a bunch of work to get this far. He is doing a great job though.


The head on the left is a late 36 head, and the one on the right is a 39 head. These things are so cool!! There is light at the end of the tunnel.....