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.
The last time this 1988 Sportster was started was around 15 years ago, back in 2006. Well Friday night, that clock was reset. Finished putting the motor back together, added some oil and primary fluid, threw on a set of pipes, wired…
The 88 Sportster has been in the garage for about a week now and it is pretty much tore down as far as I want/need to tear it down. Getting all the gasket material cleaned off of her and working to figure…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
…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,…
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…