Symphony of Shrapnel

Well... I'm still without my tank back from powdercoating, so I threw the old one on to test out some things. The video is short be...

well the stripped banjo bolt threads on the cylinder head got fixed. I actually disassembled the head the morning after I found the problem ...

Called the powdercoating place and found out that they haven't even started the tank. I was pissed until I put the old tank on the bike,...

I noticed some fraying on the brake cable so I wound up replacing it with a NOS one. Upon adjusting the front brake to the proper tension (w...

Attached header and new Dunstall replica muffler Typical of this project, looks like I'm going to need to modify some more. First o...

It's been a good few days of progress with the bike. First and foremost, I got the last wheel back from truing and got the tires mounted...

Still waiting for the gas tank to come back from powdercoat, but the decals for it did come in, and more importantly so did the fork seals. ...

forks were way off on the y-plane, like a good 1.5" or so... figured I'd give the old-timer BMW method of y-plane fork alignment a ...

Woke up alone in the house today after coming home from a night shift. Figured I'd take advantage of the "me" time and get the...

After about 2 weeks of debating, I decided to drop off the gas tank for powdercoating. My rationale was that this way the color would match ...

The planets must have aligned as I had a day off, beautiful weather, and a motorcycle event all on the same day. Total riding amounted to 17...

Laced and going out for truing. Pretty soon I'll have a rolling frame again.  Also expecting a box of goodies from MotoMacchi, main...

In the last post I mentioned that I'd ordered some new bearings for the steering head. Well, I decided instead of waiting to replace eve...

Love it.