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.
The foot controls I ordered from American Classic Motors showed up yesterday. The rear brake lines and rear brake light switch I ordered from J&P Cycles had showed up on Tuesday. I had plan to wait till the weekend to get them…
Hope everyone I had a great 4th of July weekend! Took the down time to clean up the garage a little. Just getting rid of all the parts boxes, sweeping the floor, wiping down the lift, putting tools away, organizing, and such….
Happy 4th!!! Man was it hot out in the garage yesterday afternoon. UPS showed up with the new, correct length, idle and throttle cables I ordered so after work I did a bit of tinkering on the project. The handlebars and controls…
I have been doing a lot of working on motorcycles lately and not nearly enough riding. I wanted to put a plan together for me and Sandy to do something cool over the summer. I did an Iron Butt SaddleSore 1000, 1000…
Had a busy weekend so only did a little tinkering on the 1992 project. The throttle cables and grips were delivered early last week and the hand controls were delivered on Friday. My granddaughter was with us over the weekend so she…
Had some time Friday after work to get things buttoned up and give starting her up a try. Wasn’t much left to do: connect the coil, add some oil, put some fuel in the tank, cross our fingers, and hope for the…
Had a couple of hours last night after work so I tinkered a bit and made some more progress towards making her run. Belt drive primary is on, exhaust is on, carburetor is on, transmission is buttoned up, most of the wiring…
This past weekend Sandy and I traveled up to New Hampshire to celebrate the wedding of some good friends of ours. It was a beautiful ceremony and a great time. On the way home we had time to take a slight detour…
Updated 06/19/2019 – Don’t know much about this, but putting it here so I can check into it later. The only info I have seen so far is on the Instagram page @peanut_city_chop_and_swap. The page says it’s going to be a Vintage…
For the EVO project I am using the Compu-Fire HDE-1 Digital Electronic Ignition. I used this same set up on the 1990 Sportster Project, it was easy to set up and so far it works well. I decided to do something a…