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I'll be away for the next couple of weeks, so wont be any progress till I get back home. Before that, I've been finishing off a couple of small...
After that, I went to my local machine shop to use their blasting cabinet on the carbs, having first spend a lot of time carefully sealing the...
Got a couple of small jobs done yesterday when I went round to see my mate Jeff and use his miller.. First, we milled the top yoke bar mounts down...
Also made a start on sorting out the engine breather hoses. There are three different sized hoses needed, only had one to hand that was left over...
Got the carbs back from their ultrasonic bath, cant say I'm too impressed, they don't look much different from before. I'll just clean and polish...
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After all the hassles of the broken gearbox bracket last week, this week the gearbox has been bolted back onto the engine, and the frame reunited...
Which brings things up to today. When it comes to the hubs the obvious solution is to have them powder coated, maybe silver, maybe black,...
The hubs were blasted, as were the disc mounts, and both came out well, then I moved on to the rims which were anodised, so I blasted the...
I took the now dismantled wheels to a local machine shop who let me use their bead blasting cabinet, at the cost of a packet of biscuits and me...
Not having one (for now at least), I'll change up when it feels good..
Talking of polishing, I finally got round to polishing the speedo mount and putting it together, it needs a couple of M5 button heads to bolt the...
Then I took the whole lot to the local welder, who did the job while I waited, just need to polish the arm and fit a shorter 8mm bolt to finish...
The gearbox was easy enough to remove so I could get the broken clutch arm mount welded. But first had to use heat to get the pivot pin out of the...
I guess there's only one way to find out if you could live with those girders, you've got to ride the thing. If you like them, then fine, if not...
On a positive note, my billet speedo cover is finished, I may spend a bit more time polishing it, when I polish the speedo bracket, it doesn't...
I took the wheels to my LBS, who removed the tyres for me, then it was off to my mates workshop to dismantle the wheels, shouldn't take long, just...
I decided the wheels weren't good enough, the anodised Akront rims were scuffed and scratched, while the hubs had been painted badly along with...
Despite the lack of space in the garage, I decided to press on and try to get the frame back onto the engine. But first I assembled the rear bevel...
For myself, the Billy bike is better than Captain America chop, more practical too and more suited to UK roads. That said I don't like Sportsters...
