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    Blackheart
    Joined: 4 Mar 2011

    🙂 🙂 🙂

    last edited by 21 Nov 2012, 20:11 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      SpaceGnome
      Joined: 18 Apr 2012

      Monday, I dont know if NY offers a motorcycle safety/training course through the DMV, but if they do I recommend it.  I knew how to ride before I got my licence but they make you do a wacky driving course when you take the driving part of the MC licence test.  If you go through teh class here in Cali, you bypass that need, and only have to take the written test.  Plus, I did learn a thing or two:)

      I love old bikes, but the maintenance kills it for me when I dont have a garage.  As of now, I have to park on teh sidewalk in Oakland and lay down a towel to wrench, and that gets annoying when every crack head in the city wants to watch me from 4 feet away.

      last edited by 21 Nov 2012, 23:00 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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        injunjack
        見習いボス
        Joined: 19 Feb 2010

        aaahh… relief

        last edited by 22 Nov 2012, 07:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          BRGRKNG
          Joined: 20 Nov 2011

          Not a complete bike but some progress folks like Injun will probably be in to  😉

          Starting the trans. Found some oil from the beginning of time

          Got everything apart and blasted the cases

          Had the cases polished

          Back together

          Engine time;

          Got the heads off

          Generator cover open and pulling the oil pump

          Everything laid out

          Seats done and valves lapped

          Flywheels apart since they were off 8 thousandths

          Back together to begin the truing process

          Truing done… Zero on oil side and under half a thousandth on the other. Smooth as butter

          Polished the cases to match the trans

          Going back together

          Motor and trans together before I did the pushrods and external oiler lines

          last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 21:35 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            Finn666
            Joined: 20 Jan 2011

            wow…more than well done mate!
            how many hours have you put in this till today?

            last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 23:17 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              CLJ
              Raw and Unwashed
              Joined: 26 Feb 2012

              Older bikes are great, but new bikes are pretty wicked also.

              last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 23:42 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                natehate
                啓蒙家
                Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                Shiney pinhead mmmmm

                don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

                last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 23:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  joesaintjohn
                  啓蒙家
                  Joined: 9 Aug 2012

                  Yeah, those shiny pans look great.

                  Fat dudes need good clothes too.

                  last edited by 25 Nov 2012, 23:56 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    BRGRKNG
                    Joined: 20 Nov 2011

                    @Finn666:

                    wow…more than well done mate!
                    how many hours have you put in this till today?

                    Ugh, I dont even know. Waiting for other people holds you up (polishing and parts). Tearing down a motor and trans can done quickly, checking out a bike that has sat the better part of 20 years can't/shouldn't be done so quickly. Maybe 20 hours total.

                    @CLJ:

                    Older bikes are great, but new bikes are pretty wicked also.

                    Oh I know. My buddy's Super Duke was the most comfortable liter bike I've ever been on and the one in the vid looks amazing. I'm actually trying to buy a KTM of Husqvarna Super Moto after I finish this Panhead.

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                      TJ
                      Joined: 26 Jul 2012

                      Full-tilt genny-motor boner over here, Burger.  What's it going in?

                      last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 03:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        TJ
                        Joined: 26 Jul 2012

                        Next on the pile.  This is getting a full restoration once I get settled into my new place.

                        My Mom would kill me if she knew I was putting her 80's hair on the internet!

                        last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 04:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          joesaintjohn
                          啓蒙家
                          Joined: 9 Aug 2012

                          Oh shit, dude, I can't wait to see that!

                          Fat dudes need good clothes too.

                          last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 04:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                            TJ
                            Joined: 26 Jul 2012

                            You and me, both.

                            last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 04:19 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              natehate
                              啓蒙家
                              Joined: 18 Jun 2012

                              sick digger style
                              shovel or ironhead?

                              don't you know there ain't no devil? only god when he's drunk!

                              last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 04:38 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                BRGRKNG
                                Joined: 20 Nov 2011

                                @TJ:

                                Full-tilt genny-motor boner over here, Burger.  What's it going in?

                                It's going to go back into the original '63 swing arm frame I got with it.
                                I already have a chopper. This bike is going to be my "old man" all original Pan.

                                That shovel is going to be wild when its done. Get on that ASAP!

                                last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 04:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  TJ
                                  Joined: 26 Jul 2012

                                  Burger, I can dig that.  I'm putting some serious thought in to unloading my '09 to build a swing arm shovel, but I'm still a young man with kidneys and a back to ruin.  I'm so pumped to get my Dad's old chop back on the road, I'm just hoping I don't have to strip the molding to chase rust.

                                  Nate, it's a '76 shovelhead that my Dad and uncle built in the late '80s.

                                  last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 05:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    Finn666
                                    Joined: 20 Jan 2011

                                    my dad's Road King:

                                    Sent from iPhone 4GS using Tapatalk!

                                    last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 08:29 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                      davito
                                      Joined: 27 Oct 2011

                                      TJ i love it, thx for sharing such personal pics.

                                      Finn mate your dad's machine is indeed a king. Is that in LA?

                                      @TJ:

                                      Next on the pile.  This is getting a full restoration once I get settled into my new place.

                                      My Mom would kill me if she knew I was putting her 80's hair on the internet!

                                      Cheers,
                                      David

                                      last edited by 26 Nov 2012, 12:04 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        demonito
                                        Joined: 27 Apr 2010

                                        thats a nice pan motor you got there! if you have any thing parts or watever for sale let me know i might need it. got a 49 myself

                                        last edited by 27 Nov 2012, 04:24 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          MP
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 9 Apr 2012

                                          Anyone got any experience with the Kawasaki W400?  I need to pick something from an 'approved' list whilst learning in Australia, and of the options I've got it seems kinda decent with the capacity to make it look like a pretty nice cafe racer.  It seems like there's lots of aftermarket stuff around for it and the W650 too. Since it's a grey import for Australia I just want to know if it's pretty reliable etc. Other option is a Ducati Monster maybe.
                                          It's only for 12 months or so then I'd like to get a Harley 48 or a Triumph Scrambler once I get my full licence.
                                          Cheers, Matt

                                          last edited by 27 Nov 2012, 22:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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