Breakdown

So once again it has been a while since I have updated this. Sorry...

This is the condition that my bike has been in for the last month or so. I took everything we have been working on for the last 5 months and tore it all apart in 1 day. It just doesn't feel right to be able to break something down so fast that took so long to put together. Since that time I have had a lot of these parts stripped down and either brass plated or powder coated. I will post new pics soon of what it all looks like now.

Some before and afters...

A few shots of the old and new knucks...

Ho Ho Holy S&S...

Ok so it has been a little while...

On Christmas eve we got a little holiday surprise when my new motor showed up a month early. The new motor is an S&S kn93 93" Knucklehead. I can't say enough about the job that S&S has done with this motor. Wow! It is a night and day difference from the Exotica we had in before. This bike is going to be one mean machine...



I didn't know Santa Clause was a smart ass...





Like kids at Christmas, oh wait, it was...

The detail is incredible

The new power plant.

Slacking.

I know I am a great big slacker but a new post with pictures will be coming soon with one hell of a Christmas surprise...

The sissy way out...

So it has been a while... Not tons to report. We are kind of at that stage where big substantial "visual" things aren't happening on the bike. I did hack off the rear fender and we machined some spacers to get it mounted. Then we took our twisted hex stock and after much deliberation about a sissy bar, came up with the low-pro wrap around design. Going to look sweet all brassed out and antiqued. The boys wanted the big 60's sissy bar but it just didn't look right to me on this bike. We got the headlight/taillight design figured out, and ordered the front brake master cylinder and grips. Merlin is working on our suicide foot clutch conversion and I am trying to design a seat pan. 

Got a call from S&S. The new knucklehead should be here next week!

Twisted Steel

So we moved on to designing the rear end. After reshaping the rear fender on the English wheel we moved on to rear fender struts. Came up with an idea to twist up some solid stock and try to make something gnarly. Merlin had seen some hexagon stock so we tracked some down and started trying different ideas. We welded one end of the rod to the table and tacked a handle on to the other end. We heated up about an inch and a half at a time and twisted it in opposite directions. Came out pretty rad. Going to use it for struts and maybe a sissy bar....?

Gas Tank Magic

So Merlin is definitely more of a magician than a wizard. We got the new tank in from V-Twin and decided to give a super clean look. We hacked it apart with the plasma cutter (my new favorite toy on Earth) and got rid of the stock mounting tabs. We decided to cut out the entire bottom of the tank and the tunnel and fabricate an all new set up to give it a clean finished look. Merlin worked his magic, and rubber mounted the tank to the frame so it looks like it is floating on the back bone. Pretty sweet set up. That boy has some tricks up his sleeves. The new gas cap and mounting plate came in as well, so we slapped them on and our gas bucket is now done....