Symphony of Shrapnel

Just finished up a photo shoot with my buddy Pat. I guess you could consider him a semi-pro photographer. Took a total of 113 pics, of which...

until I decide to hot rod the engine... Photo: P. Ivanitski

Took the bike into work today and had my first official test run exceeding 2 miles. Put about 10 on today and the bike performed brilliantl...

With the tank cured, it was time to mount it to the bike. I removed the fabric bumper on the tank when it was powdercoated, and I wasn't...

Yesterday I got around to applying the Caswell Epoxy Tank Sealer to the tank innards. Like I mentioned before, the tank was solid, but v...

I think I got to the bottom of why the generator wasn't charging. Having read on an Aermacchi yahoo group that the most common cause of ...

I disassembled the generator today as the armature I got off eBay arrived. Still waiting for the field coils, but I had the house to myself ...

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. ...