I'll sleep better at night knowing they let you have guns now...
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Mustang to Alien part 1.
This tank has been passed around more than a turnout at an angels party. It came on a real shitty triumph chop someone had attempted to build and ended up on the '52. Till I convinced Robby to let me get my hands on it again so we could make something out of it.
It was nice to see no bondo under the layer of black spray paint. The thing wasn't to shitty inside either....
Out comes the gas cap bung....
Got the tunnel all chopped out....
Robby thought best to measure bottom up to get a proper line...The man is a thinker.
Have another go 'round with the grinder...
Put it together and see what ya got...Looks about right. We called it a night right around there. Decided to leave all the fun stuff for another day.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Lowering Ceriani Forks....
After getting the BSA frame back and throwing the 18" on the back, the forks were kicking up quite bit so I figured I'd lower them a few inches to make the stance look right.
Well after checking the Nazi (Jockey) journal for any tips. I kept getting the same response. Why would you lower Cerianis, they are rare, I'll take 'em and more shit like this.
Long story short. You want to lower them here's how you do it.
Anything shorter than 2" will require a slug to make up the difference.
They are little more complicated that a brit or Harley front end, but use the same principals. The only difference is the preload spring is at the top of the forks not the bottom.
This works out to your benefit. slide out your springs and cut that 2" off, slide the springs back in, and drop in the preloads, and you should end up with the preloads sitting at about 1/4" on the threads, giving you a 1/4" of preload still. All this and no slop.
Now if you want to go more than 2" you have to take your forks apart cut your springs, match the length of your spacers to your chop, and fit those spacers over the bottom of the actuator cup and Bob's your uncle.
I would however recommend measuring the depth of the actuator cup and adding it to the amount of spring you have cut off, and making a set of spacers that will be a smaller diameter on the bottom to fit into the cup and a bigger diameter on the upper half for the difference in the spring length . This will completely eliminate the chance that over time your Bojang spacer might fall into your actuator cup and cause a nasty slop.
Now go lower some expensively rare forks and have all the purists bitch at you....
1965 impala
A good friend of mine is building a 65 impala. Frame off restoration, that he has been working on for the better part of 4 years.He has this thing bagged, painted and chromed. He has countless amounts of dollars invested, and more blood and sweat than a Texas slaughter house. This car will be hitting the streets of Vancouver this summer, and personally i cant wait to go for a ride. This car is going to be one hell of a ride! Look forward to it Adam........cant wait to see it finally roll out.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Canadian export, california influence...
You need parts, free shipping for the month of February, providing you live in N. America.
Visit Rogue and get your parts. Shit thats cheaper than the source. Throw 'em your bones...
Monday, February 1, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Bates, Wassell, Flanders, etc....
You will never come across anything as close to being as rare as this, no matter what the part or bike. This trumps everything out there hands down. And the price is right
Monday, January 25, 2010
Contextually out of context, put back into context
This sticker made me laugh because I had never thought of using it thais way.....
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
POOR GUY
Tyler Dewaal weighs what to do next after fire fighters extinguished his burning motorcycle. The fire consumed the bike, which burst into flames on River Road, during Dewaal's ride back from the Papermill Dam. - by Quintin Winks, a local writer/photojournalist
who doesn't love 69
Kris' triumph in the eternal mock up stage....Looks like someones going to owe Owen that case of beer after all. What was the dat above the door Feb 23?
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
On the other side of town.....
Stopped by Jer's shop on Friday night to check things out, ended up giving him a hand pulling the top end on an Suzuki motor. While there spotted some things going on, and some things tucked away in a corner not to be spoken about in public....
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
What might these be.....
Was hoping someone knew what make or kind of pipes these are. They came off an old A65 racer. Never seen anything like 'em before on a BSA.....
Monday, January 18, 2010
Bobby's Bobber
Went by the shack last night to help, hang out, drink some beers and see if we could fire the BSA for the first time. It kicked over a few solid times but refused to stay running. Seems like a bad coil....
Sunday, January 17, 2010
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