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.
Hope everyone had a great Father’s Day weekend. I got a lot of stuff done around the yard, the grand babies came over to swim, and I spent some time tinkering in the garage. Spent a little time organizing some things and…
Was searching around the Internets for rebuild kit for my Tokico brake caliper that I put on the 1988 Sportster and found BrakeCrafters.com. Looks like they stock a lot of caliper and master cylinder seal and rebuild kits, especially for metric bikes….
On 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…
Did a little tinkering on the EVO project this weekend. I ordered the rear sprocket, brake rotor, and rear brake caliper last weekend and all of them were delivered late last week. I had everything to get the rear wheel mocked up,…
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…