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I just got this picture on my phone of the bottom tripple tree castings that my friend Chad machined up. I should have them by the end of the week. Stuff is going to start happening pretty fast, so don't blink! lol

post number 68

I received my sears carb back from Liberty in the mail yesterday. It is so perfect. Tom Cotten is a true craftsman.


I also mounted the tire on my front wheel. This is the gaudiest wheel I have ever had and I love it!

In work out news, I have dropped down to 192 pretty fast. Circuit training is brutal. It has been very effective at getting my body to tighten up and shed pounds. I have lost 15 pounds for the race already. I want to get down to 185 for the race, which is totally feasible. Wish me luck

post number 67

Check out my front wheel! This is such a sight for sore eyes! I am going to go mount the tire! Which side do you think I should put the brake on? Is one side more advantageous than the other?

post number 66

Here is the musselman hub that I got from my friend in California. It is a spot on reproduction of a sears musselman hub except it is a 36 hole rather than a 40 hole. I messed up when I ordered it and have to send it back. It's all good though. I took this pic before I sent it back.

Here is the cover for the left side of the triumph hub. I had it nickle plated. It turned out well.

Here is the oiler casting, The foundry was pretty Conservative when they cut the part off of the tree and unfortunately they cut off a little more metal than they should have. Check out the post that comes out at a 45 degree angle.

Here is a pic of the same casting next to one that I put some metal on. It worked well.

post number 65

I got some neat parts in the mail today from north dakota, these are fender mounting pieces, front fork spring retention plates and locking washers for the front fork. Pretty good stuff.

I also got a neat hot air intake for my carb, but I forgot to take a picture of it. I will post a pic later.

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The lever on the left is the one that I tried drilling free hand. I suck at anything freehand, fortunately I am good at making fixtures. Once I made a simple mill fixture I turned out nine use able perfect pieces!

Here is a completed lever. This is for the de compression and mag advance.

Here is the bung that I made for my gas valve. It turned out well. I am using a 1916 to 1939 petcock.

Here it is all welded up. I also finished welding up my gas tank. I measured all of the seams that got welded up and there was over seven and a half feet of welding that had to be done!

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Here are the top and back pieces for the sears oil tank.


Here are the bottoms after being bent around and into shape. They turned out pretty good and are very close, but still require a lot of fitting, bending and work to make work.



Here are the baffles and the tops.




Normal bungs are just soldered to the back side and flush with the tank. I drilled out the original .1875 holes to .375. Then I cut a .045 deep shoulder on the bungs. This is what the assembly looks like before welding. Check out how the bung is flush with the top surface of the tank.





Here is one all welded up. This works pretty well.