Final assembly...

Well we finally got to start putting this bike back together. We got the tedious process of pulling strings through the inside of the frame to pull the wiring done. I have never been happier to have a ShopVac. After that mind numbing experience we had enough time to get the entire springer front end back together. I am happy to report that Merlin and I both still have two eyes in our heads...



Powder coated parts..


A sneak peek at some of the brass that had the patina work done..

Brass Tax...

So I finally got everything back from Metal Masters that they stripped and/or plated in brass. The stripped goods got handled nicely by the boys at Powder Extreme Coatings.
The brass however got turned over to the talented hands of Nathan Bennett. This is one talented kid. He patinas all the bronze work for artists like Jeff Decker and Gary Price. Not only that but he currently creates his own paintings on bronze plate "canvases" using only chemicals to patina the artwork on to the bronze. He did an awesome job turning my bright shiny polished brass into a look that I haven't ever seen on a bike before. This is going to be one crazy antiqued knucklehead...

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!