Shift linkage…
Hope everyone is staying safe and well. Been doing a little work on the bike as well as some other small projects around the house and garage. I picked up a cheap forward control kit on eBay. The kit is for a…
Category: 1988 Sportster
1988 XL 883 Sportster Project. Found a 1988 Sportster engine which has not been run in a couple decades. Bringing it back to life and building a motorcycle around it from swapmeet finds.
DIY Sportster carburetor air cleaner…
I have been trying to figure out what I was going to do for the air cleaner on the 1988 Sportster Project. There are a lot of options out there, and I am trying to keep the cost down. The intake manifold…
We have front brakes……
On the 1988 Sportster project I am using a front brake caliper from a sportbike… I have the single piston Harley Davidson stock front brake caliper and was planning to just rebuild it and run it but I was watching some YouTube…
Garage Built Sissy Bar – Part I…
I am building a sissy bar for the 1988 Sportster from some 1/2″ steel round stock I picked up from JR Enterprises in Chesapeake. A little bit of bending, a little bit of welding, and a lot of grinding. Worked on this…
Wheels…
The 1988 Sportster Project got some tires this past weekend. I had ordered a set of Shinko 777s from Tidewater Motorcycles and picked them up earlier in the week. Front tire is a 100/90-19 and the rear tire is a 130/90-19.
Start Her Up…
Friday night I finally had everything together to give starting the 1988 Sportster a go. Ignition in and static timing set, oil in the tank, primary oil in and primary chain adjusted, and the exhaust mounted. I wired up a temporary oil…
Dynatek S Ignition…
The Dynatek S Ignition system I ordered last week was delivered yesterday. Had some time to tinker after work so I got it installed, wired up, and set the static timing.
Sportster Project Wiring…
Worked on wiring up the 1988 Sportster Project this weekend. Planned every thing out and got most of it wired up including all the switches and breakers. Added a keyed switch and start button to the aluminum side cover I made last…
Sportster Side Cover…
Had 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…
Did 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.