Just realized I didn't have a pic of the engine yet. Well, that's pretty much it.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
There it is
Got it out relatively smooth. Had to open one left handed bolt holding the wheel of the secondary drive. This because there was a chain guide so close to drive that I couldn't pull the chain off from the wheel. Could have broken the chain as well but I'm actually glad I opened the bolt because it was way easier than trying to do it now that the whole thing is not attached to anything.
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Eagle fly free
Bird is the word - or at least it used to be somewhere in time. As a not American I think I see it in a very different way than maybe many of the US born or raised people do. I do know what it represents but it doesn't represent the same thing to me - to me it represents something foreign. And bikes.
I don't remember seeing many of these logos in modern bikes but older bikes used to have plenty of these. I think I'll do some digging and let you know if I can find something about when they became popular and when they ceased to be the standard decoration.
Saturday, January 24, 2015
Feeling it
It's not that hard to strip it to skeleton piece by piece. As always it's getting the djinn back into the bottle that's difficult. Next thing after taking the loose parts out is to dismantle the transmission. There is something weird about it. There is a washer between the two halves of the cover making sure that they don't fit right, why the hell? Probably it has been opened and the cover has just been put loosely back together but I still have on idea what's the point of the washer there in between.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Trying to picture what it could become
Friend here got an extra pair of these. The height seems right. It's definitely along the lines I had in mind. The oil tank was cool also so maybe I'm able to use many of the parts I didn't come to think I can recycle. Of course it's too early to tell - I just have to keep on going and I believe the plan will reveal itself.
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
I've had a bike that I bought as a new for some years. I really haven't done modifications to it and I have no experience in building bikes at all. But it just so happened, that yesterday I bought couple of boxes full of parts and a rolling frame. Together, what is in the boxes and the frame should make up -73 shovelhead.
I've no idea what I'm doing here but exactly for that reason I decided to share the story. I'm expecting some embarrassing wtf moments but hoping for end where I can ride to sunset with a bike that looks like me.
I've no idea what I'm doing here but exactly for that reason I decided to share the story. I'm expecting some embarrassing wtf moments but hoping for end where I can ride to sunset with a bike that looks like me.
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