VintageChop 47 knucklehead rebuild

[sumo]

so im rebuilding my knuck. i brought this in from the states last year. got it from a friend. needed odds n sods but basically all there n sound. well i ran it last year in rattle can paint and rust. looked good from a few paces but needed just making as i want, so its time to make it look pretty and sort the few niggles

here it is as i kind of ended up by the end of this summer [bit of styling changes / mechanical fixes as they year went by]



so complete strip n sort - a good day makes for a pull down, bits of frame repairs n cutting off of anything non stock




then on to the motor... the hunt for the missing compression [lowest compression thing i ever had but it starts good and runs well so i may regret this ha]




50 thou over, but both bores and pistons look nice


and a 33 thou ring gap.. [might have a compression culprit here, well at least some of it] need to find some +50 JCC rings from somewhere now


the extent of my chrome ha... not a big chrome lover


so thats this weeks work so far. everythings gone off for powder, ive got customer jobs i need to get out before xmas to do for a few days then ill get back onto it next week.

[RetroRob]

Love Knucks, gonna be nice

[pointdogg48]

this is what its all about Knuck owners getting down and dirty w/ what their momma gave them.

[sumo]

4 day turn round from my powder coater. well happy all the bike is powder including tins, no paint budget this time round. just waiting on chrome now. but starting re-assemble. theres a little sparkle in the pink so itll pop in the sunshine

going for art deco colour pallet. not to most peoples taste i understand but thats fine by me.

[sumo]

slow day making bushes etc but got some more stuff hung on

and yes - i will be keeping the leopard print seat from before, just getting it redone so its not got a black base

[paulw]

you are the man for doing this color scheme and that rad seat!

[sorethumb]

What color & brand powder is that on the frame? I like where this is going!

[pointdogg48]

[SinisterRouge]

+1

[jeremystephens]

^^^^^^hahahaha, +2

[RIPshitRIOT]

Hell, this is mellow compared to that green Honda you rode in Mexico or that Sportster with the huge tires. Weird as hell, but I dig it.

[Ramzilla]

I have to hand it to you. I would have rocked the shit out of it the way it was....happily! But the way you are building it well my balls just aren't big enough to ride that.

[RetroRob]

Gotta agree

[sumo]

il carry on here for a bit.

things coming together except that my chrome plater lost my rear drum so im stuck... bugger

its coming together now, starting to look like my bike. got my bars on [they are a set of the belly bars i make here at vintagechop with a little added bar]. im also getting onto sorting the box lid. i lost it somewhere between home and Cornwall last year. so started from scratch making it up out of glass. nearly there. more filler and then paint and im good again.

[BoothEatsBUGS]

Looks like the Pee-Wee Herman bike on roids! Fucking sick!

[jesseleeschneider]

Elvis would love this...

[sumo]

I'm lucky enough to be really busy at the workshop. But my knuck rebuild is getting neglected. I'm even more lucky that dad's offered to finish the motor off while I work on paying jobs. it was saturday so i split the work with dad yesterday morning. We got the top end all done. And primary nearly there too. Feels good to own a knuck again not a pile of parts.



and i got my seat back the other week too. white n leopard looks classy

[Bernie]

Looks great, thanks for posting

[imwastefull]

Fuck yes. keep it up

[sumo]

got the morning on it today. looking like a bike now