hurdles

I mocked up a few more pieces, put together a bracket for the tail light that I made, and working on a sissy bar to hold my gear that I would like to have to option of detaching. I had a problem with the front upper motor mount, the p.o. of the donor frame had broke a bolt of inside there. I used an extension and drilled out the bolt, then went in with a ratcheting wrench and 1/4 tap and put about an inch of threads in. I put new oil lines on the motor and had to pull the starter motor off. The casing came off of the armature causing the brushing springs to compress, making it impossible to slide it all back together. Now I have to try and pull the commutator end cap off and get the brushing plate out to reset all the springs. Worse case scenario, I can make a starter hole cover and run it as kick only until I get the starter motor fixed. Spending all weekend working on it, and waiting for a few new parts. Ordered some new Shinko 240 rear rubber, and running a speed master ribbed tread on the front. I'm either going to be a really happy, or really pissed off guy come sunday evening!

Time of the Season

Awesome weekend, and a busy last few days. I got my frame back from powder coating and it looks great, I'll need to retap some of the threads to clean them, but no biggie. I dropped my truck off to get some new shocks and shoes for a smoother ride, since I plan on putting some miles on it this summer. Went down to columbus for the weekend to do some riding with motortrash and a couple guys from the local tribe, devil's mustache. Had a few snags, but nothing a little roadside ingenuity couldn't fix. Had a little BBQ and rode out to carabar catch this band struck by lightening. I figured out a really simple mounting setup for a custom tail light that I'm pumped to get on. I'm starting reassembly this week and hopefully, hopefully have it running soon.

Pow pow powdercoat

Finished up the struts and fender mounts, she's pretty freakin solid. Sent it off for sandblasting and powder coat over the weekend, hopefully have it back in a few days and start on reassembly! Side note, I hit up one of the flea markets nearby and found this nice old springer, and super old seat. Looks like 30's era. I wish my butt was small enough to actually use it!

Yea I ride a chopper, wanna fight about it?

Busy!!!

Well I've been on the grind the past couple weeks. Finished welding the frame and all the mounting tabs, tapped the axel plates for struts, finished my tattoo, started polishing parts and did a final mock up. Off to powder coating this weekend then making a mad dash to get this thing together in tim for pinned! I'm predicting the first engine roar at about 2 am on may 17th haha. Can't wait!!!

El Camawesome

Oh just another Saturday afternoon....being awesome.

progress

I made a few more steps forward on getting this thing rolling soon. Got the seat mounts, fender mounts and battery box tacked in place, pulling the engine back out to polish, then taking the frame into the shop to tig weld all the mounts and get powder coated. I picked up a few old power line glass insulators a few weeks ago and had this idea to turn one into a tail light. After a little brain storming I came up with a prototype. I'll need to figure out a good mounting system for it and make sure it has some rubber around it so the glass wont crack from vibration, but it looks pretty cool. I spent Sunday washing and riding bikes and cars. I'm really starting to love my econo pick up too.