post number 86

Well I woke up this morning and put on my no nonsense socks in hopes that they would help me get a bunch of work done.


The first thing I made were these sleeves for my rockers.

Here is a pic of the bungs bolted to the fixture with the main material of the rocker welded on, on one side. I still have to flip it over and weld the other side. the socks seem to be working. More pics to follow!

post number 85

Here is a pic of the set up for cutting the top of the reinforcement tubes. The angle is 25 degrees. This is a pretty neat set up.


Here it is getting brazed into place.



Check out the nice radius on the bottom of the reinforcement bar. I am very pleased with how this turned out.

This is what it looks like all finished. This is hard work spelled f-o-r-k

page 84

Check out my seat post bolt, the og one is on the right.


Ta da! the hex is 1.250




I welded my lower fork tabs on and bent my forks out, I still have to bend them back in, but that isn't a big deal. The legs have a bit of an s bend to them. I am working on the fixture for the bottom right now. I should have it done tonight!!!!!

post number 83

I got a bunch of nice waxes from my friend Dan today. I noticed that not as many waxes are being broken now that the weather is decent. When it is cold outside they get brittle and snap into pieces. In this pic, you can see the center stand castings and the seat ts

Here are the clutch actuators




And some center stand clips. I did not want to take the original sample apart so I will cast two entire pieces in order to get one use able piece. Which isn't that big of a deal. I am just happy that I have the opportunity to borrow an og sample.



Here are the waxes for the watch fobs. My friend Tim Spacke gave me an original one and I had a mold pulled off of it. I doubt that I will ever sell one, but at least I have them.

post number 82

Here is a pic of my front fork getting brazed together. It is coming out well. The next step will be to bend the legs out and then back in so that I have the right distance at the bottom of the forks.


It is kind of tough to get into all of the nooks and crannies but we did a good job.

Here are some clutch arms that My friend Kevin made for me

post number 81

Here is a pic of one of the fender blanks. They look really nice.


Here is the side profile. They look really good. Pat said it was difficult to nail it since there was barely a straight edge on the entire original fender. I approved them and am moving forward with my order. I will have to weld a short section onto each rear fender to make up the length, but that is ok.

Tim Yeate's Motorcycle Cannonball support sidecar

Here is the flat bed that Tim built for picking up broken down motorcycles on the cross country pre 1916 motorcycle run that is taking place in september. Go to www.motorcyclecannonball.com for more info


The organizer of the event plans on selling ad space to sponsors on the flatbed. I am not sure what business "Your Name Here" is in. lol