Foot controls…
OnThe foot controls I ordered from American Classic Motors showed up yesterday. The rear brake lines and rear brake light switch I ordered from JP Cycles had showed up on Tuesday. I had plan to wait till the weekend to get them…
Cleaning up the garage a bit…
OnHope everyone I had a great 4th of July weekend! Took the down time to clean up the garage a little. Just getting rid of all the parts boxes, sweeping the floor, wiping down the lift, putting tools away, organizing, and such….
Handlebars and controls…
OnHappy 4th!!! Man was it hot out in the garage yesterday afternoon. UPS showed up with the new, correct length, idle and throttle cables I ordered so after work I did a bit of tinkering on the project. The handlebars and controls…
Iron Butt SaddleSore Challenge… The Plan…
OnI have been doing a lot of working on motorcycles lately and not nearly enough riding. I wanted to put a plan together for me and Sandy to do something cool over the summer. I did an Iron Butt SaddleSore 1000, 1000…
Just some tinkering…
OnHad a busy weekend so only did a little tinkering on the 1992 project. The throttle cables and grips were delivered early last week and the hand controls were delivered on Friday. My granddaughter was with us over the weekend so she…
She RUNS!!!
OnHad some time Friday after work to get things buttoned up and give starting her up a try. Wasn’t much left to do: connect the coil, add some oil, put some fuel in the tank, cross our fingers, and hope for the…
Hot pipes and a few other odds and ends…
OnHad a couple of hours last night after work so I tinkered a bit and made some more progress towards making her run. Belt drive primary is on, exhaust is on, carburetor is on, transmission is buttoned up, most of the wiring…
Harley Davidson Vehicle Operations Tour…
OnThis past weekend Sandy and I traveled up to New Hampshire to celebrate the wedding of some good friends of ours. It was a beautiful ceremony and a great time. On the way home we had time to take a slight detour…
Interesting… Peanut City Chop and Swap
OnUpdated 06/19/2019 – Don’t know much about this, but putting it here so I can check into it later. The only info I have seen so far is on the Instagram page @peanut_city_chop_and_swap. The page says it’s going to be a Vintage…
Compu-Fire HDE-1 Ignition Static Timing…
OnFor the EVO project I am using the Compu-Fire HDE-1 Digital Electronic Ignition. I used this same set up on the 1990 Sportster Project, it was easy to set up and so far it works well. I decided to do something a…