Friday, May 21, 2010

...Small Victories...


Sleeves and down tube extensions in. Need to fit them a little tighter and they're gold, Pony Boy.



Touch up on some of the 50+ year old welds, plus split sleeves made for supporting severely pitted lower frame tubes.


Tannis, TCB, baby...


Every Pan likes to go for a ride to see it's next life.


Monday, May 17, 2010

...Change 2012...


Churchill/Watson for 2012

Sunday, May 9, 2010

...Oh, .45, why do I love thee..?


Cinematic awesomeness of the mid-nineties

...The Glory Belle...

I like this bike. Just time to true up the wheels. The rear hops worse than a one-legged man playing double dutch.


Making use of the adjustable trees



Old foot peg to kicker peg, from the used/junk cache



...Randoms From Above Ground...

Some rockers I got from a used parts and junk cache I bought





Moribund


Ahh, yes... The bootleg Body Count silk screen I bought while at a huge flea market in Madrid is finally hanging up again.
Kiss my ass, Tipper Gore.


It creeps in me like heroin


Neat old fiberglass tank


SX 175 tank


I really dig the Mothers Choppers sticker


Snap-On Mugs before the PC po-leese had to ruin it



...The Life of the Violet Fire...



The Heart, manufactured in 1959
What was once a breathing, moving machine has laid dormant; and soon awaits a new home.


Reseal with some James Steel Core Gaskets and a new Colony engine sprocket seal.
Tanny's spinning up a new spacer at .336"


Upper end was done four years ago, and is spotless. Damn nice to see.



Assuring murderous movement forward in all four gears since sometime in the mid to late 1940's.
The tails were purchased in a load of used and junk parts a few years back.