Build. Tinker. Ride. Trials and Tribulations (and good times) of my motorcycle projects and other garage tinkering. Learning and building things. Building, wrenching on, and riding Harley Davidson Evolution Sportsters, Big Twins, and anything else with two wheels. Currently working on restoring and preserving a 1988 Harley Davidson Sportster chopper. I also post information on other DIY projects I tinker on.
I have been blogging on SportsterProject.com for around 3 years now, and I published a tech blog for a decade or so before that. I have always enjoyed blogging and now I am going to dip my toe in the waters of…
I am glad I was able to save this late 80’s EVO Sportster. A few months ago I started this project after receiving a message from Jon, a SportsterProject.com reader. Jon had this 1988 Sportster with a Swedish Style frame which he…
There is a old school Maltese Cross cut in the top motor mount on the frame. To match that I used a Maltese Cross Velocity Stack for the air intake. I made a side cover out of some scrap aluminum and decided…
Tinkering around on a project my wife asked me to build for her, a wine bottle tree for the beds around the pool. I was waiting for some parts and for the paint to dry on the bike project so I had…
If you have followed any of my other projects you have heard this from me before, I have paid good money for paint in the past… and screwed it up. It is because of this I am a rattle can fan. Typically…
Some more tinkering on the project… getting really close now. I found a Maltese cross velocity stack which has a cool old school look that fits the bike really well. Got the new velocity stack, petcock, and fuel filter on her. Few…
Hope everyone had a great weekend! The 88 project got some time off the lift and out of the garage to soak up a little sunshine. My buddy Cory had an intake leak on his bike so I took the 1988 Sportster…
This 1988 Sportster had a belt final drive on it. The pulleys were crusty and the belt was worn out, hard and dry, and cracking. I replaced it with a chain final drive. I like final chain drives better anyway, they look…
Hope everyone had a great Father’s Day weekend. I got a lot of stuff done around the yard, the grand babies came over to swim, and I spent some time tinkering in the garage. Spent a little time organizing some things and…
The tube for the front tire showed up yesterday afternoon so Cory stopped by last night and we got the tire mounted and put the wheel on the front end. The new 8 over fork tubes and 21″ spoke wheel look real…