A lot going on, little bike progress

 Hello everyone,

I’ve been busy the last few weeks, just not on the bike. We had four concerts in three weeks, Santana, Chicago and Earth Wind and Fire, REO Speedwagon and Train, and finally Styx and Foreigner. All great show, by the way!

In between a short trip out east in Indiana to get some electrical adjustments made to the van’s 110 volt inverter side. Now i can plug the van in safely in a campground and it will charge the house batteries.

While i had to remove a seat we really didn’t use anymore we decided to add some more storage space in its place and make it a sort of seat.

Well, apparently they’ve changed something and now I can’t load photos!

Anyway, I finally did get all four wheels laced up and they do look pretty nice. I still have to get them all tightened and trued up, but at least they’re all laced up. Next step is to rebuild the wheel hubs and get them ready to mount on the front end of the bike, which I plan on using for a truing stand.

Next up is some wood replacement on the house. That starts this week.

Well, I think that’s all for now. 

Talk to you soon,

TVI

Again, slow progress

 Hello everyone,

I managed to get all the hubs sand blasted and painted up. This time i used Duplicilor, more of an automotive type paint. I’m hoping it’ll be a little more scratch resistance. I put on two coats of primer, three coats of color and two coats of clear. It doesn’t look like powder coating but ot turned out pretty good. I have to wait 7 days for a proper cure, so hopefully next week i can start trying to lace up the hubs.

Well, i think thats all for now.

Talk to you soon,

             TVI

Still alive and kicking

 Hello everyone

I’m sorry, I kind of dropped out of sight for a little bit after my health crisis last August. Just to let you know, I just had my last stress test and everything is good. I’m doing a little exercise regiment and a new diet and I’m hoping to go for a few more years! Woohoo!!

I am finally going to do what I actually started this blog to do, and that is finish the Harley! Yes, believe it or not.

So, I’m progressing slowly( as always!), but I’ve got some things accomplished and some more things in the works. Firstly, I managed to get all four of the rims powder coated. 

I’ve got four sets of stainless steel spokes and I’m going to lace up the wheels myself because I can’t find anyone in a one hundred mile radius that still does them!

Next, I’ve pulled out all the engine pieces and I found a guy that builds Harley engines and does all the machining, here pretty close. Just got off the phone with him and he says bring him up the parts and he’ll start checking everything over and do the machining .

I know it looks like a bunch of scrap, but when I’m done it absolutely won’t. 

I’m hoping to take all the parts up on Friday and drop them off, I told him I’m not in a huge hurry and that I’m just tying to line up things for this fall and winter. I’m hoping to be out riding by the first of March. I’ll keep you posted!

Well, I think that’s all for now. Talk to you soon,

TVI