Back from vacation (part 1)

Some pics of Aruba...

 

Good luck to stack 3 rocks

5-Legged Donkey???

Can't beat the 10 second timer

Someone's front yard

Where we spent lots of time

I'm off...

Be back soon.

Early bike builders...

Trevelen from SuperCo explains the engineering innovations during the 1950s by a group of bike builders from East LA


Stussy x NEIGHBORHOOD - Boneyards II: Conspiracy with Trevelen from Stussy on Vimeo.

Saddle Up

SpeedMetal presents The Ride to Born Free from Kris Bennett on Vimeo.

Boneshakers Evo Sportster

This is one of my favorites, and it's for sale.  Wish I had the funds to adopt it into a good home. 

" ... we now have this sweet evo for sale, these pics are from when I built it, it's a had a couple of changes since then, mainly the exhaust and it's got a bit of road use but it's pretty much the same. a great bike, super reliable and lots of fun all ready for the summer.

If you want it give me a ring on 01527575934 or 07913325297 "
 
 

 Visit Benny HERE






 

Not a bike week.....

...but the Keene Swap Meet.  Huge swap meet with good stuff.  The day was perfect for riding.

This was my find for the day.  The tag on this gem said $60, but Evil's charm knocked $10 off.

The mural painted on the side is good karma for a trip we're taking soon!



Also bumped into a riding friend who was hocking a triangle sissy bar pad, which I took off his hands.  He also threw in a gas cap for the tank.  Good day!

Toxic Garage

Dank U, Chief.  Chop..Wrench..Ride!!

Resurrection

My brother "found" this a few years ago by the side of the road.  He gave it to me and I only recently came across it in the basement.

Dragged it outside and low and behold, it works.  The motor had a hard time starting the belts, but ran smooth after a little help.

Used it to finish up drilling the holes for my sissy bar.  Now I just have to get the kid to spray it for me (the sissy bar).

Fun with bowling

Steeeeeeerike!!!!!


JACQUES: The Sports Issue, Trailer 2. from Jacques Magazine on Vimeo.

1949 Harley 125 Hummer

This is how it starts.  Thanks Norm, for another very cool story...
 I looked at your blogspot and the first think that caught my attention was the sissy bar.  That is exactly how I made the one for the 1949 Harley 125 "Hummer"

Here is a picture of what the bike should have looked like.  It was rough when I got it and I was going for the Easy Rider look.  I dumped the bars for a set of bicycle (yes bicycle) handle bars from GC Murphy, ditched the bicycle seat and made a banana seat out of 1/2" round stock and naugahyde covering.  The sissy bar was the same steel stock and I bent it around a jack post in my parents basement for the apex.   There was no exhaust on the bike when I bought it, nor magneto I found out later.  But what do you expect for $25 in 1965.  For the exhaust I used flexible exhaust pipe and the muffler was from a friends 1960's Benelli 125 maybe.  Definitly Benelli.  Anyhow I needed more horsepower (or so I thought) and a better sound so I hacksawed the muffler off at the widest point to produce a megaphone.  I installed it a rakish angle up the rear wheel forgeting that my girlfriend (reason for banana seat) might burn her leg on it.  Fortunately it never got that hot or she never complained.  I painted it with Testors Blue Metal Flake model paint.  That's when I learned what "hot fuel proof" meant and the the first spill of gasoline washed it off.  A quick repaint and some hot fuel proof clearcoat solved the solvency problem.  Adding the high bars meant the old cables were far too short.  I ended up going to a Triumph dealer for some universal cables that ended costing me more than the bike did.  Riding was not too bad.  You will notice there are no shocks on the front.  It had what resembled gumbands for suspension.  The sound was great but riding was limited to as long as the battery would last. Remember the missing magneto.  Night riding was less of course.  Got to find the picture of the blue beast.
Norm

From out of the basement...

...comes the 1200.

Bonnie in Boston

Spotted today, in Boston.  Wonder if the owner's at Fenway for opening day?

Spray Booth lesson

Joseph working at Gramp's shop. He's getting a better education than I did.

Birthday gift ideas....

Hey, we live in a material world, and I'm a material girl..err..guy.  I don't think my wife ever reads The Rathskeller, so start dropping those hints.  I'll be on my best behavior.  Promise.

Led Sled Customs' Belt to Chain Conversion kit

Price: $272.20

Product Description:
This kit is easy to install, it comes with a rear 48 tooth sprocket and a 23 tooth front sproket.. the chain is a nickel plated oring chain guaranteed for 30,000 miles... never oil or deal with a mess, just roll on it. The kit fits 1992-2009 sportsters.

 

Redwings

I need tutoring on making a seat pan...

This is the Old Gold "Cobra King" 2-up seat.

This one fits an 82-03 Sportster.  I need one to fit an 05...and since I'm low on funds anyways, I had the crazy idea I'd attempt to make one myself.


"Crazy" idea because I've never done it before.  I could probably find a "Seat pan 101" step by step guide, but I thought I'd first ask anyone out there for their tricks.  I'm needing a process, really, for the seat pan only.  email me with the wisdom.

Wreak some Havoc...

...GIRLS

Choke knob in place...

Using a piece from the stock mounting plate, The choke knob attaches quite nicely to the side mounting plate.  You work with what you have, and what I have is limited.  Lesson - Two heads are better than one (especially if one of the heads is thinking).  Thanks again Pops!

A little grinding of the tab might be in order.

CB750F Super Sport

The following story comes from a friend....
Here are the pics.   Honda had two models the CB750K and the CB750F.  The differences were K - exhaust 2 into 1 each side, spoke wheels,silver engine and paint colors (orange, green and blue I think).  The F had 4 into 1 on right side, "mag" wheels, black engine and only two colors - burgundy and black neither of which was available in the K.  There may have been other mechanical differences that I am not aware of.  The F was referred to as the Super Sport.  I think I remember the bike was $1995 or $2195 and they through in a free leather jacket (which I also still have.)   I had another pic that partly shows the other side.  The metal object by the front wheel is a mast for a Hobie Cat 16.

 
To add to the story of how I came to have the 77.   It was mid 1975 or so and I had an old Mazda pickup with very bad rings and valve seals.  So bad that when I connected the PCV it would just about kill the engine.  I traded it to a guy for some money and a 1966 Suzuki 250 oil injected.  The bike had a bad kickstart and I ended having to get another engine and make one good out of two.  I had aways wanted an all black bike so I painted everything black.   At least I thought it looked cool.  When I had it all assembled my wife would ride the back but with her on ,  it would barely get out of its own way.  My wife, being the dear that she is, suggested we buy a new motorcycle.   Disagreeing with your wife can only cause problems, so reluctantly (not) I relented.  We went to the local Honda dealer in Greensburg, PA.  It was the introduction of the new  1977 models but they had a number of 76"s  they were trying to sell.  We had been steered by the saleman to the 1976 CB750K's of which they had a few.  While I was looking at the different colors available my wife wondered off and noticed the 1977 CB750F Super Sport that you see in the pics.  She came back and asked why we couldn't buy that one (the 1977) as she liked the color and style.  Neither I nor the salesman were going to diagree with her.  So that's how I (we) became the owners (and still are) of a 1977 Honda CB750F Super Sport, currently with a little over 10K miles.

Norm

Crazy handlebars from Crazyoils....

Visita il mio amico Francesco for hand crafted parts for your bike.  The Crazyoils blog HERE.

Sissy Bar...

Raw, 1/2" square stock, 30" H.  My simple idea, but it's a first and I'm pleased with the result.

This was done at my pal Hammer's place of business.  He delivered it tonight, and I owe him big.  This will be a nice touch to the 1200.

Next steps include inserting a bracket to attach the backrest pad and drilling holes to fit the rigid sideplates.  And lastly, off to paint.

Thanks again, H.