Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Brown Boy Ironhead Chopper


Swiped this from Chopcult. This is my idea of an Ironhead Chop! Love the spool front end with the JR Cycle Products trees! Built to split lanes! I can only hope my Sporty turns out half as clean as this one!

Friday, April 23, 2010

Thursday, April 22, 2010

More polishing

Getting there. I'm going to get me a motor and buffing wheels shortly to speed things up.
Hand polishing is tedious and takes forever with sand paper!

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Friday, April 9, 2010

Hand polishing is a pain!

Plugged up the holes used for grounding. Filed down most of the casting marks. I worked up the 400 grit wet sanding and decided to see what a little Mother's Polish would do for it. Doesn't look too bad. But I might continue sanding and work my way up to 1000 grit and call it ready for more polish. I still have the bottom tree to do!

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Hand Polishing

My pushrod covers showed some road grime and exposure to the elements. This is what I started with. I used a little PB Blaster and aluminum foil then some Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish and 100% cotton tee shirts I had laying around.


The next pic are the hand polished tubes! Not bad if I do say so myself. They look almost brand new! This is kind of fun even though it takes a little work. The satisfaction you get from doing your own work is priceless! Next on the list are my triple trees.