Random-ass Inspiration

ShineFest 2 Madison, NC

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Inside of an early model modified. Click to see larger.

Making my Santa list early this year. Please please please?

I swear these guys have a mind reading machine with a direct line to my grape.

Needs tires, bmx stem, and bmx bars. Good to go. Light as a feather.

Some detail shots of the frame Im painting for my mountain/bmx hybrid bike. Should be fully dried and assembled by tomorrow night. Then I can get back to building stuff thats powered by gasoline instead of some drunk asshole.

Im back

Well I never left but I had to do some automotive side work to pay the bills. Now that the Jeep is back in action.. well mostly, it has a dead miss in cyl #3 at idle but smooths out above idle. Checked plugs, wires, cap, rotor, swapped these components for know good ones. Nothing. Its not detrimental, but it sure is annoying. It does have more power and about 90k less miles than the old 2.5 banger. Or wheezer rather. The weber makes a nice bit of pep. Overall, minus a few little things, Im pretty happy with my jalopy 4x4. NOW I can get back to the bikes.

The TY175 pissed me off. Wont shift. Took the cover off to see if I could adjust the shift mechanism but it still wont click into gears normally. It will go into a gear (dunno which) and halfway to another and thats it. Ill come back to it later.

El Bastardo needs: a seatpan, seat, custom rear sprocket, and a chain to start with. Need to make a call to get a rear sprocket made that will take #50 chain to match the Honda motor. After that: wiring, turn signals, brake light, keyswitch box, front fork w/ hydraulic disc brake and reservoir, new front wheel, tires/tubes, and an inspection for registration. Whew.

And like I need one more friggin' project, Im converting Rock Hopper mountain bike to single speed. Ive been building a BMX style fork for it over the past few days.




Took a wee kids bike fork and extended it to fit a 26" wheel. Im going for something like the bike in the last pic. Back to work.

Effin' JEEP

So there are motorcycles in the kitchen


because there's a JEEP in the garage


with its transmission on the floor


because it had a bad clutch


that came with this new lump I put in


to replace this wasted old lump.
Thats why I haven't got anything done on the bikes.

Foot pegs...

...done.

New Gear

Needed some new offroad boots and some old school bomber goggles. Theres an awesome shop I love to check out on a regular basis called Ace Motorcycle Gear. They sell stuff on consignment. New and used so the inventory is always changing. If you're in Albuquerque drop in and chances are you'll always find something you need at an excellent price.

ALIVE!

So this weekend I hooked up all the ignition wiring and coils, put half a gallon of gas in the tank and kicked it over about 3 times and it lit up. Sounds tough for a little 400. The straight pipes have a nice deep bark. These honda 360 deg. twins have a ton of counterbalance so it actually runs pretty smooth. Carb is pretty close as is. I might lift the needle a bit more. I need a road test to be certain. I am stoked! Still a lot of things to finish. Back to work.

Carburetor...

...is a funny word. When I'm really bored I like to see how many spelling variations of the word I can find on Craigslist accross the country.

Made some new runners into the intake ports since the boots were shot.


Should work fine. Cross my fingers. I would like to do a full metal piece. It aint pretty, but neither is the rest of the bike. So its perfect.


Opened up the Mik to find a broken float hinge. Fixed that right up. I might go with an Amal in the future. Not sure yet. Need to do more research. Back to work.

Cramped

Footpegs for contortionists. Need to come up with something else.


Lookin' good. Awkward from some angles, but good.

Removable

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