changes for my 48...

...on the way...new taillight and plate holder and bars....also after my long last ride i found she was running lean and just a bit too clean...so intermediate jet change too...i always think about bikes i have and updating them and changing bits.,,,trying new stuff...like the bars on the 48. Its not that i dont like the ones that are on it, i love them, they were off my 1926 norton when i got it, i had changed those for a set of bars i got with my 29 rudge. its just that ive been thinking about a slightly higher arm position, also i want to see what i come up with for mounting off a traditional top springer clamp.

for me...there is none better...

...i come home...tired...put it on and im somewhere good...

GKM issue 19...

go to my link at RIGHT------->

and get it...

machine anvil...

...so the storey goes along these lines...the town where we live was founded in the mid 19th century ...gold was the thing...a town grew and a bootmaker came to town. He started a little shop and bought himself an anvil in 1860. That anvil got passed on through a few generations and then arrived at a property on which i reside now...about half a mile from where the bootmaker had his shop....the man who owned that property sat that anvil in the yard and there it sat for years...a bloke who still lives in this town worked for the anvil owner for some time and asked that his payment be the anvil....the anvil owner said if you can carry it to your car we are square....he picked it up and carried it half way....about ten years later he did some more work for the anvil owner and when asked how much he was owed he simply said "the anvil". except this time he parked much closer and he took it home.

this man...is one of those men that you know has the power of god and the devil within...can make anything with steel, and wood, and lives life in the australian way in the bush, barefoot and with the smarts of only a man like he could have...yesterday he brought the anvil to me and picked it up out of the back of his ute and like the man he is put it on the spot i had reserved for an anvil for the last 4 years....

the anvil came home and sometimes i cant help but feel like i am just a very small man in this world.

knuckle front end...

...this is where im going...recycling parts as usual..

fuel tank...

online magazine from the straight up blokes at fuel mag....check it...

http://www.fuelzine.com/the-fuel-tank/beta-issue/

mikes wl...

...will sit nice and low and tight...we chopped up his old bantam tank and are gonna sit it split on each side of the top tube..i think its almost perfect in shape...

mikes wl...

i got this aussie mate mike...we have been piecing together his wl project for a couple of years now....(well he has been doing most of it)...and we just finished up the frame to take a 4 speed triumph box....a few more lugs to put on but its pretty well there...its the project in the shed for the next few months...its going to be his daily rider to town with just enough fuel in the split bantam tanks to get him there and home...looking forward to seeing you waiting at the front gate for me mike when i pass your place in the morning as you peel out and try to catch me up boppings hill on an early morning blat to town....

totally beautiful 40...

via hop up..

hollies....

for my caption to this post you better check t's chico moto....

model a ...

there has been a project on the back back back burners for a few years now but a recent little push from joycy has spurred me on...i pulled apart the flatmotor the other day and a rebuild is on the way for the motor..., fourspeed borg warner, centura diff, 32 rails and a steel five window coupe that came out of death valley about 6 years ago are the basis for the build...

its gonna be a slow one judging by the speed that ive hit it so far....

le mans...

almost done...off to get wired next week....then i will finish the exhaust, cables, fuel lines, levers and all the rest of the bits and pieces.

le mans dashboard....

...or lack thereof...i got rid of all the crap and just left the essentials...no idiot lights here...watch me try to start it in gear first ride.

straight leg.....

...thought id post some shots of the new vtwin straight leg thats in the shed...i could have used some shots as a reference when making a decision to recommend this frame or not...anyhow, it looks great...there were two straight leg frames to choose from.....apparently one made in the US and one off shore. (maybe someone can confirm that)..this was the more expensive of the two but extremely well priced. cheap even.

le mans paint...

done.

50 pan inlet manifold...

...as requested by some blokes on the jj....nothing new i spose...

le mans paint

...like this...

there is only one way to do it...

...or so it always seems...the long hard way...im usually happy at the end though feeling like ive learned just that little bit more...the le mans tail is ready for paint....yep...paint....just a little bit.

48..

i fell in love with my 48 again....

48 pan and merry xmas

just got home from a few days away with my girl, the 48, and the dog. i hit the road the other day and did a flat out ride through the highlands to the coast for a day...just near home i broke the clutch cable so i just hopped gears to the place we were staying ...a place i designed a few years back for my mate joe....my girl met me there in the car with the dog so i just waited til we were leaving and loaded her up for a cross country drive home....i didnt take any shots on the ride cause i was too busy enjoying myself but heres one today...i love that bike. anyways, thought id take this opportunity to thank everyone for tuning in and following my stuff here....i hope you all have a safe christmas and a good start to the next year....peace.