Build. Tinker. Ride. Trials and Tribulations (and good times) of my motorcycle projects and other garage tinkering. Learning and building things. Building, wrenching on, and riding Harley Davidson Evolution Sportsters, Big Twins, and anything else with two wheels. Currently working on restoring and preserving a 1988 Harley Davidson Sportster chopper. I also post information on other DIY projects I tinker on.
Yeah, I know this is not a Sportster but this is my next project. This 1992 Harley Davidson 80″ Evolution motor was replaced with a 96″ S&S motor in my 1992 Heritage Softail many years ago. It has been sitting on the…
Mounted the sissy bar on the Sportster this weekend. The pad is new, but the other parts are swap meet finds. I may paint the support brackets at some point but it doesn’t look too bad as it is.
There is always something… Everything is put back together. Thought we were ready to ride. Before we left for Biketoberfest I noticed a leak up front. Thought it might be fork oil but it was brake fluid. The front brake caliper was…
Headed down to Daytona Beach for the week to enjoy the sun and the Biketoberfest debauchery. Not a trip for the Sportster, at least not yet, so Sandy and I will be riding down on the Street Glide. Looking forward to the…
Installed a cheap tachometer on the 1990 Sportster. I’ll upgrade it to something nicer one day, or not. Really only installed it cause the wiring was already there and it was cheap.