Stick a fork in it...

...I finished up the plate mount that Slim and I
started on Friday.


It's secured to the passenger peg provision, and to keep
it from rotating it has a dowel rod that sits in a hole that
is drilled in the swingarm (Slim's idea).

This thing is so sturdy you could jack the bike up

from it.

Big thanks again to my friend Slim for helping

me out, early birthday celebrating, and garage

therapy in general.

Good friends and good timez por vida!

Seat pan "fini"...

...now I need to get some foam on it, and get
it over to the upholsters. It's going to be black
diamond tuck on the top, smooth sides with a
little kick in the back.

...and if your wondering, the round stock around
the edges serves two purposes. One- to make it
more rigid, and two- gives the edge a smooth
contour. When the material is wrapped tightly
it won't wear through as easy as it would with a
sharp edge.

A place for my ass.

I started (finally) the seat fab process last night by
making a template out of cardboard. Tonight I'll x-fer
the pattern to steel and cut it out. Slim will be by to
do any welding It might require.

We'll also be making a licence plate/tail light holder.
I'm going to design it in the same vein as the headlight
stanchion.

Happy Halloween.

Torn between two lovers...

Ribbed for her pleasure.

Got it mounted, now the front ties in
with the rear.

Say goodbye to modern good handling...

...and hello to crappy 4 ply non handling
vintage sexiness.

Mirrors Reflection Monday

You're number one! Actually I was pointing
at the risers I just scored.

These are a set of the made in the USA "originals"
probably not many left. They're being knocked off
by someone else now, and most likely in China.

Thanks for giving in man, they look tight.

Clarke's Swinger Hardtail...

...with help from Slim on the hard tail, bars and
other parts/mods, and Clarke's wife Rondi on the
sexy paint.

Kick ass job my friends!

Hellbilly Deluxe Goes Psycho...

...dellic.

Paint Plethora

To the "nay sayers"...

...who said I couldn't mate up 2000+ wheels with my
99 down rotors and pulley, and make them work on a
'95?

Kiss my hairy beanbag!

No, it wasn't a bolt on operation, and you'd better know
a machinist, or have a lathe, or an end mill. But it can
be done. So put that catalog down and make shit work!

Seen previously here...

...at the Asphalt Squadron. One of my favorite '76
Shovels of the Underworld.

Here's some new pix the new owner Allen Hayden
took of it.

Take care of it Man, and PLEASE don't change
a thing. Those who know me can vouch that those
words rarely come out of my mouth.

Flix Friday...

...comes to you from my buddy Mike's skate and apparel shop
"Monkeez"!

This You-Tube infomercial features his "shop deck", but he also
carries name brands like Element, Girl, Prolite, Plan B, Baker,
Flip, Blind, and DarkStar Brands. He's also got killer t's, hats, stickers
etc... www.monkeezcrap.net

Weather it's a skate shop, bike shop, resturant or bar, support your
independent mom-n-pops shops, and screw the shops that charge
more for the name of the store! Your city, state and country needs
you to do so!

Nuther Mooneyes car part turned...

...bike part.

Went to Mooneyes today and found their smallest drip-
rail mounted Peep Mirror, and figured I'd fab up a mount
for it to come off my top triple tree.

1st-I removed the mounting bracket from the mirror
and threw it in the trash. Then I took one of my old
LED blinker mounts and counter-bored it out to
accommodate the stem of the mirror.


Secured it together with star washers on both sides,
and a stainless steel machine screw...



...then mounted it to the triple tree.


It's sturdy and I can actually see out of it.


Just need to strip the black powdercoat off the
mount and polish it.

Twice onTuesday

If you like these...

...then go here http://motorcycleart.blogspot.com/ and
show your support.

This first one is his latest work, and if you are reading this
Chris, PLEASE make it available!
!

"Bad Temper"...

...I assume that's the translation?

Lazy Sunday afternoon.

No updates this weekend, I helped my Pops move. Unfortunately
he's going through a divorce...so, family before fun.

About 3 months ago I posted pix of my new shop buddy "Betty".
She's a 9 month old Pit/Lab mix, really smart, good watch dog,
and full of personality. Here's a pic I took of her today in front of
the Hellbilly Deluxe, then tweaked a little in Photo-Shop. While I
was at it, I tweaked another that my daughter Alex took of me
last weekend.

I'll have bike updates this week.

Flyer Friday

I'd really like to "ride" to this, but I don't think
I'll have it back on the road in time.

Sunday updates...

First off today, I installed a Push button starter switch. My
Ign/Key will stay under the battery.


Here's the pulley mounted. The time (and PBR's) spent
stripping the powdercoat, sanding, and hand polishing
really paid off.


Next, I centered the front wheel to determine how much I
need to trim off the hub. I held a straight edge from the
inside brake pad down to the outside edge of the hub.
Turns out it only needs 3/8" removed. I'll take to to my
buddy who has a lathe. Once done I'll bolt up the 2000+
rotor and make spacers.


Here's a few gratuitous shots.

My daughter Alexandra sent me this from her phone.

CTFS!

Me and 8 of the...

...Pabst Brothers finished up the pulley today.

It may not look like much work, but removing
three layers of powdercoat, wet sanding with 220,
400, 800, steel wool, fine Scotchbrite, and a quick
hand polish all by hand, is a LOT of work.

Tomorrow I'll have an update, and more pix to show,
stay tuned.

Why am I doing this Wednesday?

Big thanks to my Homey "Slim"!

He chucked my '95 pulley up in the lathe to open up the
middle a 1/4". It was too small to fit on the 2000+ Fat Boy
wheel.

So I get this bright idea to strip the powdercoat off prior to
bolting it up. I forgot that 3 years ago I had it powdercoated
twice, because the first coat looked like ass, I made the guy
do it again. I also forgot that HD powdercoats the center gray.

Why am I doing this.....?







It's almost finished, I ran out of 22o w/d sandpaper so
I'll finish it this weekend, and hand polish it.

Oh...and the reason why I'm spending so much time on a
pulley? Because the o-ring chain I want runs about $135.00
I'll eventually go to a chain, but I need to put what little coin
I have elsewhere to get it back on the road for now.

Paint Showcase Sunday

Talk Like a Pirate Day...

...is today, almost forgot Arghhhhhhhh!



..not to be confused with "Smelly Pirate Hooker Day"
that's a whole different thing.

"Other than Sportsters" Saturday

Friday Flix

Thanks Samuel.

This vid features a kick ass custom built, hand fabbed everything
Sportster, as well as some clever sound effect editing. Just wish I
understood French...you'll dig it anyway.

Almost forgot, mute the music player at the bottom of the page
BEFORE you watch the vid, unless you like the sound of a train wreck.

Changed the headlight...

...lamp. Not much of an update, but an update none the less...

As much as I liked the look of the vintage amber sealed beam fog
lamp in my Unity headlight, I knew I wouldn't be able to see much,
and I didn't need another reason to get pulled over.

Here was the dilemma. This Unity is only 4.5", try to find a lamp
that size that's not a sealed beam single filament. I found a Borg-
Warner, but it was a sealed beam, dual filament 30/30watt.

I had almost given up till I found this.






It's 4.5", has a replaceable H4 65/50 halogen lamp, and a tri-bar
reversing cone. The only problem now is the original toggle switch
won't fit anymore...fuck it, I'll just wire the high beam up constant.

Miscellaneous Monday

I have a friend who works at Starbucks, and I found out they
were selling the remastered Beatles collection. Here is the
first four they are offering. There is 13 all together, I hope they
will be selling the entire collection...because that means I will
own the entire collection.


My 10 year old Daughter Daniella Rio (yes, that's where her
middle name came from) said she wanted to try out for her
school newspaper as a photographer, and needed to borrow
my camera for some samples to provide for the instructor.

This was the coolest one of the bunch...


This one she asked me if she could photograph my bike, and
would I put it up on the blog. Like I'm going to tell her no.

Lazy Sunday Photo-CHOPPIN'

So, Slim posts this pic of his brother's 59 Triumph...

...well, nothing is sacred at the Asphalt Squadron.

Via Photoshop Fantasy Land, I moved the window

post back 4"-5", extended the front doors the same

distance, shaved the rear door handles, welded the

doors up, chopped the top about 10", and lowered

the body about 6". I wanted to slope the roof in the

rear, but I have just enough Photoshop skills to be

dangerous.

What cha' think Wes?

Now I need to get out of Fantasy Land, and into my

shop to work on the Hellbilly Deluxe. I lost an entire

day yesterday helping a buddy move his mother in-law.

Weber Close ups

I received a few messages requesting closer shots of the Weber.

I "borrowed" this one from Chopper Daves page.


I have a little clean-up left to do, otherwise it came
out pretty good. Just need to find another top for
it, or send it out to be re-chromed. Or I'll paint it...???