The Triumph and KZ1000P build

Been a while since we posted, but here is what we have been up to.

 

 

Distinguished Gentlemen's Ride 2014 Richmond, VA

We headed to Richmond for the DGR, had a great time and we will definitely be attending next year!!  Pics on the FB page and thanks to a fellow rider for this video.  Great rides and people!!

Budget Goldwing Seat build

Phil docked the rear fender on the Goldwing and started a new seat to replace the god awful stock "couch".

Keeping to a budget, Phil layered 1/2 inch carpet padding and started shaping it with a knife and the sander.

The shop is blessed to have an expert seamstress just a couple steps away, she is also the person that feeds us and keeps us out of jail!!  Thanks Jenny!!

Made a template out of parchment paper and created 3 pieces to sew together.  Sewed batting under the pleats to give them a little shape in the middle.

Phil has about 30 bucks in this seat to include the fiberglass, pad and vinyl.  Looks pretty good for his first time.

Weekend chopper spottings

Christian stopped by with a friend who was riding a chopped yami 650. The bike has great lines but could use a day on the lift to sort out a few quirks. We grafted a section into he rear brake linkage and cleaned up a little wiring. Cool dude, cool chop. Hope to see them again.

The bike has a great rear profile with the narrowed tank.

Hard to believe this is a 2012!. Christian has done all mods himself. Young guy with a good eye for style.

Foot clutch /Jockey shift.

Scott's bike is now into roller mode. It is exciting to have such a blank canvas in the shop to start from. Next decision is oil tank.

Christians paint job was one of those beautiful mistakes. He had preciously scuffed and painted the bike. When he decided to strip it again durring sanding the original HD started to show through the layers of paint. I dig how it turned out.

Weekend update

Scott got his frame fitted back together. This was pre-weld, but it is encouraging to see it moving along, fairly, trouble free.

This happened last month but I do not think it made it to the blog. Chris's newest yami chop was jumping out of gear. He flipped it over and worked on it like a kid would put a chain back on. He upened the guts of the trany and pulled out the gears then filed them back into shape.

Jens threw some new pipes on chop-nasty prior to making a run to Chicago. He departed on Friday. Hopefully he will be back next week.

This was the last spotting prior to his run

I am very happy to say, all bikes are up and running....knock on wood

FXR got some new bars, thanks to a bucket of pull offs Jens donated to the shop.

Triumph bratt is coming along as well. we are still in swing arm building mode, but decision have been made and progess is being seen.

Tubing End Caps

Needed the right fuel for the design process to start!!

Chris continues to chop on the XS and wanted an ultra clean area where the fender mounts and the frame ends.  Phil turned out a couple end caps on the lathe out of aluminum.

One down, one to go.

We cut them tight enough, tapped them in and they aren't going anywhere.

Scott hard tails the ironhead

I met my neighbor Scott a few months back. Turns out he has an old ironhead project laid up in his garage for year. After a night of two of introductions and beer drinking the decision was made to chop it. Scott went ahead and picked up a weld in hard tail from Led Sled. It took a month plus to arrive and it was a bit pricey but the qulity looks good and will cut down on hours of bending grinding and missed measurements.

Unfortuatly we junped right in and started cutting. This is moments before I cut the bottom tubes about 3/4" too short.

Scott mocking in the motor to install the tail.



Jens stopped in on chop nasty. Check out that ugly red wire loom. We gave him a a hard time until he fianlly removed it. Unfortuanalty this was a fatal step which later that night when he went to leave resulted in the wireing harness completely melting down.



The top tub on the iron head had been recessed above the motor mount, possibly for wiring. This bump in the frame made it impossible to install the plug so an attempt was made to head and straighten the tube from the inside. It was not a complete sucess but did close out the night.