Tearing Down the Sportster..
April 26, 2021The 88 Sportster has been in the garage for about a week now and it is pretty much tore down as far as I want/need to tear it down. Getting all the gasket material cleaned off of her and working to figure…
Month: April 2021
The things you find…
April 20, 2021Working on tearing down and cleaning the grim off the new Sportster project. Pulled off the chrome cover on the oil bag and found this sweet pinstripe painting of the Aerosmith logo. Sweet Emotion, why would you cover that up with an…
Picked up a new Sportster project…
April 19, 2021I picked up a new project this weekend… a 1988 Harley Davidson Sportster with a custom swedish style frame. Jon, the previous owner, reached out to me in a comment on SportsterProject.com to see if I was interested in it. I was…
Stop with the Stopping and Starting and Stopping and Starting…
April 16, 2021I love my 2020 Jeep Wrangler JL! It’s comfortable, fun to drive, and looks great. However, there is one thing I dislike about my Jeep, it has this stupid Auto Stop-Start or Engine Stop-Start (ESS) “feature”. This is where when you stop…
How Fast is Fast…
April 12, 2021I know a speedometer is not very chopper, but… I thought I was going to be ok with out knowing how fast I was going. After a few rides I am just not that badass. I picked up a basic mini speedometer…
Garage Built Sissy Bar – Part II
April 8, 2021Started building this sissy bar for the 1988 Sportster a while ago and it has been on the bike for a bit now. Added the license plate bracket and finally got the tail light wired up.
Added a Vent and Fan to the Greenhouse…
April 2, 2021Happy Friday! Looking forward to getting out on the bikes and also excited about getting my garden going. With longer days and temperatures warming up I was having some trouble controlling the temperature in my greenhouse. I decided to add an automatic…