matches my bike perfectly, too bad it sold for $366
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Hood Thursdays
This oil barrel is directly across the alley from our new place, as far as I can tell the fat dudes that live there have no interest in MX. So I'm assuming it was left there by previous owners.....
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Nothing new to share
Since I don't have shit to post today, and no one else seems to be alive anymore, enjoy Natas' classic part skating to a classic song.
Then head over to Rogue and buy some parts so those boys can eat, even tho they took us off the links list. Shipping is still free for another 12 days...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Giant Killer
Got some time this weekend away from the BSA to start buttoning up the re-build on Rach's RD350. We sat until 4am plugging away and got up until the point where the pistons can go back in and the jugs back on
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Morning's work...
The queen's cowboy wanted a triumph 'friscoed - well he gets one... but on a harley? definitely different...
Friday, February 12, 2010
Ribbed for her pleasure
Much like the shitty mustang tank, no one really had use for this fender. Mostly because it was beat to shit after 52 years of faithful rear wheel service. I wish I had a before picture to show how fucked up it was. Well its back from the dead and ready to get run on the BSA.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Hood thursdays
Me and Rach moved recently and there is all sorts of strange shit in the new area. This German "firestation" van is right up the alley from our place. It just showed up one day. Now I see the thing all the time when I'm ripping around the East Side. Not sure if it has something to do with the olympics or not....
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
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