Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
I needed to remove the old brake disc so I can get my wheel powdercoated. The previous owner that ran the wheel used red locktite. I used my trusty Mig welder and welded a bolt to the first bolt in the disc. The heat and bolt did the trick. Once I got the first bolt out, I welded them in a sort of daisy chain. Now I can powdercoat the wheel!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Jiffy stand
Taking care of the little things like the jiffy stand. I took the stocker and cut off the foot of the stand then I went over to a friend's to use his Oxy/Acetylene torch to heat the stand where I had it marked and gently persuaded it to bend in a vise with my trusty 4 lb. hammer. It came out perfect.
Friday, November 12, 2010
Klubfoot's 650 Chopper
Welding
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Our new family member!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Gas Tank Progress
I removed the Triumph style filler neck from its stock location on my gas tank by filing down the weld on the inside of the filler. This left me with a clean hole to patch. I used Fredo's drill press and hole saw to cut a new hole at the top of the tank, Frisco style. I just need to cut out a new patch from sheet metal, weld that in and weld in the filler in its new location. I also need to relocate the petcock to the rear of the tank. I'll post pics when its all welded up.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Gas Tank
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Finised legs
Bugeye and CV carb adapter
I picked up this simple but cool looking Bugeye Air Cleaner at the Long Beach Swap meet last month. I'm running the stock CV carb that came with my Sportster. The A/C is drilled for a bendix carb. I kindly asked my freind DJ, from the great state of Washington, to see if he could machine an adapter for the A/C.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Bars Gratis
Monday, August 23, 2010
Leg polishing
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Rocker boxes buttoned up
Sig Sauer
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Friday, August 6, 2010
Bad Mother Scratcher!
Friday, July 30, 2010
1200 Conversion
Completed the 1200 conversion this afternoon. New Cometic gaskets. 2004 HD 1200 cylinders, Wiseco 1200 dished Pistons for 2001 883 heads. The bore and stroke for the 2004 1200 jugs is the same as the bore and stroke for the 2000-2003 1200 Sportsters, 88.8 mm bore x 96.8 mm stroke (3.5" bore x 3.8" stroke), thanks for the info Crazy Horse Frank! I scored the SLIGHTLY used 04 jugs at the Long Beach Swap Meet for 40 bones! My freind JonnyRottn hooked me up with Wiseco pistons, used but barely. To me it looks unique with the bigger fins which means better cooling. Definately a budget 1200 conversion that should work well. Not a drag motor but enough to rapidly get out in front of the bus!
Honda Chopper
I needed to borrow a torque wrench and my freind Randy happened to have one. So he rides over with the wrench strapped to his Z-Bars on his cool Honda CB750 chopper in a garage built hardtail married to a stock CB750 frame. Foot clutch/Jockey shift, quick, nimble, dual front Tokico brakes, dual Tokico rear brakes, and loud enough to get a cager's attention when splitting lanes!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Front Brakes!
Friday, July 23, 2010
Work smarter, not harder!
When rebuilding your engine you need the proper tools to do the job right. Don't listen to your friends when they tell you that you can use your fingers to compress piston rings, get a piston ring compressor. If you have any old baked on gasket material get some good gasket remover spray to make it a little easier scraping off the old gasket. And don't forget a good torque wrench when putting that engine back together. Save time, save headaches, use the right tools!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Cool Tool
Found this on a the internet on a gent's build thread for his Ironhead sporty! Looks pretty self explanatory!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Gaskets
Ordered my gasket kit for my Sporty top end this morning. The name that kept coming up was Cometic! A little pricey but I don't think you should skimp on gaskets! I lucked out at the last LB Swap meet and scored a set of 1200cc Sportster cylinders that were hardly used (cross hatching from the factory hone is still visibly apparent!) for 40 bones! A woman had purchased a used 1200 Sporty but told the shop she wanted everything on the engine to be new so the shop removed some good parts for brand new ones! Little did she know that her motor was barely used. Hey, the customer is always right! Once the gaskets come in my motor is going back together!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Polished cam cover
Reworked my old cam cover and decided to polish it so it matches my primary and rocker covers. Its alot of work as I've already mentioned. 80 grit to knock down and big scratches and nicks in the aluminum, 120 grit to knock down the swirls left by the 80 grit, 220 directional wet sanding, 400, 600, then 1000 grit to get a smooth finish. Then a couple of cotton tee shirts and Mother's Polish. Voila, polished cam cover!
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Friday, July 2, 2010
Creeper for Sale!
Built by Kutty Noteboom of Hippykiller Customs. Owner needs cash for a new Dyna! Asking $7K O.B.O.
Contact James
Email: ferreirajames@yahoo.com
Cell: 702-328-9316
Shop:702-458-7770
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Polished Primary
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Scar removal
I decided to try to file down an old scar on my motor's clutch cover. The bike was laid down when a lady in a cage cut off my younger brother several years ago in Old Town San Diego. A Harbor Freight file and some elbow grease does the trick. I need to do more sanding and need to work up to 600 grit then polish on a buffing wheel and it will look like new!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
New polisher
Stopped over to visit my mom and dad this morning. My dad says he's cleaning out his garage. I spy this old grinder and plug it in to see if it works. Works better then most of the new machines being sold at Home Depot. My dad says, "Get that thing out of here!". I hardly ever disobey my dad. So grab the thing and throw in the back of my Honda. I'm going to replace the stone and wire wheel with buffing wheels! Thanks pops!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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