shovel 24hr makeunder.

stopped myself just short of pulling the front end.

new bars

new (old) lights, new wiring, new (old) horn, new throttle cable, fix exhaust, fix rocker cover oil leaks, fix paintwork with wet and dry sandpaper, fix seat mount, fix loose battery terminal, fix front fender by cutting half of it off, fix inlet manifold leaks, install new (old) e shorty,

rossi modelling the latest in shovelbars

and yes it made it to town for a full tank of gas. ready for 2000kms this weekend?.....not with that busted brake cylinder on the way home...... quote..."shovels.....ride a bit.....tinker a bit".

oil stained brain

im heading down to the show with two other hippys.....if my shovel makes it......so tap me on the shoulder and say hello if you recognise my ugly mug.

shovel love

couldn't find any good original 74 calipers for the front end i have....so i thought i'd use some period ducati brembo calipers instead......i milled about 3mm off each fork leg mounting lug. i will make up a plate to pick up the other mount point.

matched with a new brembo master cyl it will probably stop a lot better anyway.

when it works aesthetically...

...when it just looks perfect.

last weekends ride....

should have been named the tighten your nuts and plug in your wires run... sportster wires loose..no spark, shovel chainguard nuts loose and chain digging flapping guard bouncy bouncy, and no bouncy bouncy on mark IV le mans guzzi when rear shock bolt backs out....

got to see the 50 pan again and fit one of Kims (BCM) sexy filters in tumbled finish...matches the bead blasted fork legs beautifully....

....then rode home and stopped to see the Tianjara Falls....some beautiful country

ps i love my shovel....ugly but good

check him out.

*****craftsman***** t bone

tim weir from dirtnap cycles....

...asked me to post this up and spread the word for his run on Dec 1st.......

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all stripped, bits sent to chromers, powdercoaters, ceramic coating the exhaust .... cant wait to ride this one....get ready mike.

looking for a set of calipers.....

new repro ones or good working set (left and right) for this front end. Was originally fitted to my 74 FX shovel and i'm gonna reinstate it......let me know if anyone has a set...thanks.

Ducati GT For Sale.....

...my mate steve is selling his Ducati GT that he just totally restored.....if you want some more info then send me an email at machineshed@bigpond.com

itsanice.........

the little stuff... all afternoon....

....never done a brake setup like this before but ive had multiple ducatis with a cable set up so it should work here too....

....i used a couple of old lever perches to mount adjusters etc off frame rails....seem to work really well so ill just clean them up and send them for chroming.....

...and an old alloy lever cut up and welded to the foot control for pulling action.

but earlier in the day i did do this....early morning fun.

sunday afternoon in the shed...

...... nothing compares to miles ..... and ESP just flips my lid.

machine wall photos 7

mike the bike 1960 on a 250 ducati......not sure if that trophy is the right size?...photo taken from DUCATI 50 GOLDEN YEARS.

and...always wondered about this shot....mike picking up a manx.....did he really do that?....maybe someone knows for certain....shot taken from church of choppers years ago.

adam nickel....you have seen his drawings before...

.....go and check out his stuff........i especially love this print....which tank????

polishing on mikes wl.....

mikes been working his fingers to the bone with the wet and dry polishing the oil tank primary cover and stainless bars...nice work mike...

some before and after shots and my beast of a polishing wheel....4.5 hp of general electric three phase wonderfulness.

Response to the possible ride / get together...

...thing was pretty good...had about 30 yesses...so stay tuned....we have to do some checks...(including when buzz' run is on in march...

speaking of runs here are two shots from troys last run out to monument valley....go to chico moto and read the story if that aint enough to motivate you for some long distance run on your bike then i dont know what...