Thanksgiving tinkering…
Hope 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…
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Just some paint…
Nothing 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…
Slow progress is still progress…
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…
Titled 1988 Sportster Frame!!!
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…
Tearing things down and making a list…
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…
And so it begins… again… 1988 Sportster Project
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….
One Man’s Trash…
…is another man’s treasure. Bayside Harley Davidson in Portsmouth is having a swap meet on Sunday, June 24th from 11 AM to 5 PM. I’ll be there with a bunch of stuff: Sportster parts, Softtail parts, misc motorcycle stuff. Lights, cables, pegs,…
So it begins….
Here we go! I picked up this 1990 Harley Davidson Sportster on Craigslist. Needs a lot of work, but I Am looking forward to the challenge. This blog is to document the process of the project. I will also be sharing the…