Sportster Side Cover…
OnHad the day off, it was cold out so I fired up the heater in the garage and did a little work on the Sportster. Pretty simple project to make a side cover. On a stock Sportster this covers the ignition module,…
Get Her Running To Do List…
OnDid a bit of tinkering on the 1988 Sportster over the weekend. Got the oil tank painted, mounted, and plumbed up. Looks pretty good on there.
Primary Work…
OnHope everyone had a great Christmas and Happy New Year. Did some tinkering here and there over the holidays so just a quick update. Got the primary and starter mostly put back together. Still waiting on the clutch cable to button it…
Extended Front Fork Tubes…
OnTC Bros Choppers had a pretty decent “Black Friday” sale on the 6+ 39mm fork tube kit they carry. Was planning on getting one of these kits later on in the project but since the kit was on sale over the Thanksgiving…
1988 Sportster Project Check In…
OnJust a quick check in. Have some parts here and more are on the way. The 6+ Extended Fork Tube Kit from TC Bros Choppers is here and it is going to be awesome. Still have some clean up and polishing to…
Thanksgiving tinkering…
OnHope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I enjoyed the time with my wife and we had a fantastic turkey dinner. I had some time off from work so I did a bit of tinkering on the 1988 Sportster Project. I also did…
Engine meet frame…
OnMy son helped me get the 1988 Sportster Engine mounted in the 1988 Sportster frame…
Garage TV…
OnI have a TV in the garage. Mostly for just having something playing on it for background noise while I am tinkering. When I built the garage I did not run cable for TV out there. Which is a good thing, since…
Just some paint…
OnNothing much to see here. We had a couple of warm days over the past weekend so I got the frame for the 1988 Sportster project painted. Didn’t do anything fancy, just knocked off the powder coat in the places where it…
Heritage Maintenance…
OnWe had the Heritage down in Daytona and had a blast riding around in the Florida sun. I could tell she was feeling a bit neglected due to the other projects. We took a ride up A1A from Ormond Beach to St….