all BT engine types from the late 30's until the early 80's!
Flathead, knucklehead, panhead and shovelhead....
and to top it off... an old indian!
(more about that meeting later)
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Showing posts with label blast from the past. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blast from the past. Show all posts
Sunday, June 23
history lessons on the road.
now here's a riding history lesson with HD's!
all BT engine types from the late 30's until the early 80's!
Flathead, knucklehead, panhead and shovelhead....
and to top it off... an old indian!
funny fact... i was at a ratbike meeting when these shiny old bikes came by...
(more about that meeting later)
all BT engine types from the late 30's until the early 80's!
Flathead, knucklehead, panhead and shovelhead....
and to top it off... an old indian!
(more about that meeting later)
Monday, April 8
Tuesday, March 29
Stopping power for Daddy Cool.
still have to fill this blog some more, thus..
Daddy Cool is going to be a digger, a serious one, a digger with some punch serious forward punch. but all that power and weight has to be stopped once and the old style drumbrakes aren't sufficient for stopping power.
so the front and rear got disc brakes. the front was easy... the '79 donor came with a dual disc setup, the rear was a whole different story. since i am using an old style (drum brake) swingarm i had to make a brake calipermount from scratch.. first i dug up a nice SJP caliper from the stashpile.
second i picked up a piece of aluminum..
i marked the axle and draw the lines for cutting, after that it was time for drilling and filing.
made some spacers and i was done..
only the reaction arm is missing.. but that's a ten minute work to make.
Daddy Cool is going to be a digger, a serious one, a digger with some punch serious forward punch. but all that power and weight has to be stopped once and the old style drumbrakes aren't sufficient for stopping power.
so the front and rear got disc brakes. the front was easy... the '79 donor came with a dual disc setup, the rear was a whole different story. since i am using an old style (drum brake) swingarm i had to make a brake calipermount from scratch.. first i dug up a nice SJP caliper from the stashpile.
second i picked up a piece of aluminum..
i marked the axle and draw the lines for cutting, after that it was time for drilling and filing.
made some spacers and i was done..
only the reaction arm is missing.. but that's a ten minute work to make.
Saturday, March 26
builds of the past..
2 years ago Toxic (the evo sporty) got a new paintjob.
The idea was to make toxic smoke.
so a buddy of mine got his airbrush a sprayed some sweet smoke.
saweet! i also made the the side cover and oiltank shiny with some rattlecan spray art.
damn.. that's green!
and the bling cruiser style was done..
got bored by it after one season though..
so i'd ripped the bike apart again to make something different.
The idea was to make toxic smoke.
so a buddy of mine got his airbrush a sprayed some sweet smoke.
saweet! i also made the the side cover and oiltank shiny with some rattlecan spray art.
and the bling cruiser style was done..
got bored by it after one season though..
so i'd ripped the bike apart again to make something different.
Thursday, March 24
Meet Daddy Cool
My present build is an IronHead Digger build.
It is a somewhat hybride, it uses the engine of the '79 donor XL1000 in a Arlen Ness Digger frame from around '75.
other parts will be used from the '79 to,the front end (3" over), wheels, discbrakes and exhaust manifolds.
i bought the donor like this:
the build was planned soon, but i wanted to ride it some before tearing it apart, but i just can't ride a almost stock bike so i changed a few things.
the digger frame was waiting for his new engine and parts.
as soon as the winter came the build started..
i'd made a lot of parts and did a lot to the frame. i will post some of these parts of the build on the blog.
now i am at the point of bondo molding and paint prepping.
before i pulled the digger apart again it looked like this as final mock up.
Daddy Cool will be white with copper leaf or gold leaf and green outlines and pinstripes.
i guess it will be cool!
It is a somewhat hybride, it uses the engine of the '79 donor XL1000 in a Arlen Ness Digger frame from around '75.
other parts will be used from the '79 to,the front end (3" over), wheels, discbrakes and exhaust manifolds.
i bought the donor like this:
the build was planned soon, but i wanted to ride it some before tearing it apart, but i just can't ride a almost stock bike so i changed a few things.
the digger frame was waiting for his new engine and parts.
as soon as the winter came the build started..
i'd made a lot of parts and did a lot to the frame. i will post some of these parts of the build on the blog.
now i am at the point of bondo molding and paint prepping.
before i pulled the digger apart again it looked like this as final mock up.
Daddy Cool will be white with copper leaf or gold leaf and green outlines and pinstripes.
i guess it will be cool!
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