Trials and Tribulations (and good times) of my motorcycle projects and other motorcycle tinkering. Building, Wrenching, and Riding Harley Davidson Evolution Sportsters, Big Twins, and anything else with two wheels. Currently working on building a 1988 Sportster.
Headed down to Daytona Beach for Biketoberfest 2019 tomorrow AM. Doing things a little different this year, we usually ride down but this year we rented a trailer so we could take a couple of bikes down there to cruise around Daytona….
My granddaughter was with us this weekend and she helped me out with a little tinkering in the garage. This week I have to get things ready to go to Biketoberfest. We are leaving on Friday in the early AM. I have…
Lot going and have been pretty busy. Work and home renovations have not left a lot of time for motorcycle projects. I did get some time over the weekend to tinker a bit and strip down the Sportster frame I picked up…
I had mentioned in a earlier post that I had a lead on a titled 1988 Sportster frame. I have not really been working on the 1988 Sportster as I was waiting to see what was going to come of this. This…
Sandy and I had a great time at the Peanut City Chop and Swap today. Kudos to Motorcycle Dreams for putting together an awesome event. Took the 1992 Heritage out for a ride. Nice day for a ride with Sandy and great…
Did a little tinkering on the 1988 Sportster engine this weekend. Got the cams cleaned up and the tappet guides, lifters, and pushrod covers installed. The oil pump is cleaned up and installed. Everything has new gaskets. Also, did a bit more…
Pretty much have the whole 1988 Sportster engine tore down and the first few layers of crude cleaned off everything. The James Complete Engine Gasket kit showed up so I start working on the cylinders and heads.
The weather was kind of crappy on Saturday so I started working through the 1988 Sportster engine I picked up. Not even close to an expert here, but IMHO it seems to be in fairly decent shape for an engine which hasn’t…
The other night I was just browsing the market place on Facebook looking at motorcycles and motorcycle parts. Not really looking to buy anything, just looking at what was out there. This crusty old 1988 Sportster 883 Evolution engine caught my eye….
Sandy and I did it!!! A little more than 1000 Miles in about 17 and 1/2 hours!!! We started around 6:30 AM on 8/17/2019 at a 7-Eleven off Route 10 and 58 in Suffolk, VA, headed down to Townsend, GA, turned around…