I think I just had one of the most productive Monday nights I've had this year! My buddy Drew and Greg really lent a hand and threw back a few with me. Having good help can really speed up the process.

 Brackets for the rear fender that were welded to the frame and screwed to the fender.

 More brackets to go over the top of the fender brace.

 Bracket and brace all tightened down and looking pretty good. I think we must have spent an hour just on lining things up and trying to make the fender spacing and centering look decent.

Final product looking pretty good on the bike if I do say so myself :D

Birthday Gifts w00t

I love my wife.

Engine ON!

Progress feels good. Especially when you have two of your buds help lift a "heavier than it looked" engine off a stand and slap it into a frame. Well it didn't quite get slapped in, but the entire feat was accomplished one Monday night with the help of a few beverages. :)

I also created a bracket for the headlight and I think it may be smaller than what I had envisioned. I like the look though.

I'm also working on the rear fender brace. No sissy bars for this bike, just a nice fender with a bracket.

Crafting a Battery Box

Another budget saving task at hand: the battery box. These things retail online for 50 clams, can't afford that so screw it, I'll build one. A nice neighbor scrounged some scrap 1/8 flat stock and diamond plate for me. So I used my grinder to make slow but somewhat square cuts...


My metal working skills are quite limited, but I was left with a sense of accomplishment at the end of the night.

 Torch. Bend. Repeat.

 Not the prettiest looking thing, but it'l do!

Daytona 200: Rare and Unpublished LIFE Magazine photos

For years, from its inception in 1937 until the early ’60s, the prestigious Daytona 200 motorcycle race wasn’t merely run at Daytona Beach. Along with other high-speed, high-risk clashes, the 200 was run on Daytona Beach.
In 1948, LIFE magazine covered the races, both amateur and pro, at Daytona (the Road Course opened in 1936) and reported, in its April 19 issue, that “for four days last month the resort city of Daytona Beach could hardly have been noisier — or in more danger — if it had been under bombardment.”

Read more: http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/#ixzz1r6ab2ZdB