Decals…
April 20, 2020Little something for the tank. Nothing fancy. Just some SportsterProject.com goodness for the ’88. Picked these up from StickerYou.com.
Almost there…
April 16, 2020Did a little work on the 1988 Sportster project last night and she is almost ready to take for a ride. Nowhere near finished, but almost to the point I should be able to hop on and take her for a spin.
Little bit of black paint…
April 13, 2020Hope everyone is staying safe and well. Got the front fender and tank painted over past week and weekend. Nothing fancy just rattle can satin black. Prepared the tank and fender, hit them with some self-etching primer, then a few coats of…
Shift linkage…
March 30, 2020Hope everyone is staying safe and well. Been doing a little work on the bike as well as some other small projects around the house and garage. I picked up a cheap forward control kit on eBay. The kit is for a…
DIY Sportster carburetor air cleaner…
March 13, 2020I have been trying to figure out what I was going to do for the air cleaner on the 1988 Sportster Project. There are a lot of options out there, and I am trying to keep the cost down. The intake manifold…
We have front brakes……
March 10, 2020On the 1988 Sportster project I am using a front brake caliper from a sportbike… I have the single piston Harley Davidson stock front brake caliper and was planning to just rebuild it and run it but I was watching some YouTube…
Garage Built Sissy Bar – Part I…
February 27, 2020I am building a sissy bar for the 1988 Sportster from some 1/2″ steel round stock I picked up from JR Enterprises in Chesapeake. A little bit of bending, a little bit of welding, and a lot of grinding. Worked on this…
Wheels…
February 17, 2020The 1988 Sportster Project got some tires this past weekend. I had ordered a set of Shinko 777s from Tidewater Motorcycles and picked them up earlier in the week. Front tire is a 100/90-19 and the rear tire is a 130/90-19.
Certified Iron Butt…
February 3, 2020Back in August 2019 Sandy and I rode just over 1000 miles in about 17 hours for the Iron Butt Saddle Sore 1000 Challenge. I submitted the documentation of the ride and the necessary paper work to the Iron Butt Association to…
Start Her Up…
February 1, 2020Friday night I finally had everything together to give starting the 1988 Sportster a go. Ignition in and static timing set, oil in the tank, primary oil in and primary chain adjusted, and the exhaust mounted. I wired up a temporary oil…