Symphony of Shrapnel

I've been riding the BMW like crazy this month and have been neglecting the Aermacchi a little. I went to go for a ride the other day an...

When I bought this bike it had a broken tach cable (I think I mentioned that way back), I replaced it with a NOS one with the sheath from eB...

How cool is this? Love the gestures and expressions (and the racing), reminds me of old Sunday dinners

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...