Chris and his FXR

Ran into this guy about a month ago coming home from work. We got to talking and had similar interests so I gave him a card and invited him over to the shop. Well tonight was his first official visit to the shop and he brought his daughter Haven. Chris has a spotless white Harley FXR. 

Bike night at the tavern, fredericksburg va

 went to Dougherty's Tavern to check out thier bike nights and see if I could spot any chop action. It is good place, and from what I am told have some good eats. The bike scene was ok. About 20 bikes in attendance but mostly stocker and baggers. Most bikes were they when I arrived at 6:30 and the mob broke up around 9:00.

Always feels good to bump into Bible dave and Gabby

Not my style but I respect the time put into it and I really dig the pipes!

This scoot was piloted by a retired MGySgt. I have never seen one. He informed me it was a factory special edition and only 3 were produced.

New Allstate Tank

I picked up this tank from a guy in Colorado.  Saw it on the ChopCult classifieds and had to have it.  He said it came off an oil-in-frame BSA that he picked up.  I got the tank and loved the embossed logo on the side.  I had no idea why an Allstate logo would be on a BSA tank but I went with it.  I did a little research and found out it was a tank from 1960\70 bikes that were sold through Sears overseas made by Allstate.

Pulled the knee guards off and removed the side panels.  I wanted to check the tank for leaks and get rid of the cracked bondo.

I really dig the big cap, reminds me of an old radiator cap.

Going a different direction with my bike and getting rid of the Cole Foster tank with the pinup girl. I think this will make a nice replacement.

I picked up two petcocks off eBay that are british straight pipe thread (BSP).  Installed them so we could check the integrity of the tank.  Only one tiny pinhole to fix so we drained it to figure out the capacity. 

Yep still draining.....  Turns out to be about 2 3/4 gallon which is ideal because my current tank holds less than 2 and its a little over 100 miles roundtrip to work almost everyday.  Lets just say I am tired of stopping for fuel on the way home. 

Deuce and his flops

Flip flops and welding/cutting don't really mix. 

Roller Derby

Lagniappe BBQ

Biker Mike and Barfight Sarah showed up with the gift of booze as usual.  Deuce cooked up some badass clam chowder from the clams we all harvested at the river earlier that day.  He cooked up some chicken and sausage on the grill as well.

After dinner, the ladies retired to outside the shop and talked about whatever ladies talk about.

Shady showed up on this beast of a Rocker.

He changed the seat and fabricated the cover below the seat.  Custom paint on a trophy holding bike.

Barfight Sarah, Val, April and Jenny.  The peanut gallery for the evening.

Shady, Biker Mike and Deuce talking about the Chop.

Frame time

The progress on the 82 Virago continues. We finalized the timing, chain tension and valve adjustments. Now that she is sealed up it is time to move on to the frame.

Since we are going for a cleaner look, it is important to grind off all the extra mounts. This is also a good time to clean up some of the factory welds.

Used the sawzall to remove the vent tubes

Plasma cut off the carb intake tubes.