I've been working on straightening out springer forks all week. They are pretty much all done. There were four front legs that didn't make the cut And will end up having to be replaced. Thankfully we make new legs and it's pretty easy to switch them when they are beat up. I'll post some photos when I do the repair

Tonight I put all the tabs in place on Kurt's 36 frame. Tomorrow I'll do the brazing on them so that it looks just like the 36 frames should.

The pictures of the cut apart frame are of grants 38 frame. This is the last 25° frame I have to do for a while so that'll be really nice. It only needs down tubes and bottom cradles and amazingly the seatpost is never been cracked and is in perfect condition. It needs some extra Holes filled but overall it should be pretty easy.

I can't wait to move on to 27° necks

 My dad had a busy weekend sorting out all of the parts for doing bottom ends.  He got it all sorted out, now he is removing metal from the flywheels and starting the balancing process.
 we got these awesome buco saddlebags from Chuck and Jo today.   They are copies of old original ones.  These are going to go on the op 55 that we are working on.  We have to dull them down to match the rest of the bike, but that is ok.
 here is the set that they used as patterns.  These saddlebags were on the first bike that my dad ever bought, a 1953 panhead in north dakota.  We have had them on several bikes over the years. they were pretty tattered and rough.  chuck took them apart and rebuilt them as best as he could.  I think they turned outreally well.

 we got a bunch of Jacks 36 parts in the mail today.  Here is his original 36 only seat t!!!  its been ground on a little in the front, but that should be an easy fix.
 this is the rear brake backing plate that was on the  bike. I think its a vl one thats been modified but I am not sure?
 check out the dust cup on the inside?  Can any of you guys confirm what this fits???
 here is an original early 36 outer primary! its so nice and straight.  somebody soldered the drain shut, but it should be a relatively easy fix
 boing
 the inside feature.
 here is his dash, its an original base and oil gauge with a repro amp gauge and switch.
 this is the tool box taht was on it, it is for a vl
 see the notch and the different hole pattern
 here is the three rivet chain guard.  It had an extension put on the front of it. and a bolt on extension on the back.
 here is a close up of the chain guard repair.  it is very professionally done.  This is the same bike that had the weird shift gate on it
 i sanded the paint of the headlight and discovered that it had the correct cursive script, but it has the wrong terminal block, so that means that this headlight probably came on a 45 to 51 ir 52 bike.  I will use the headlight shell, but find a new terminal block
and Craig and Jesse mounted Scott\s 38 wheels.   They look huge

Jesse and I went over ti Paul's place and helped finish up the wheel ring project. The blanks have been spun up for a year, he's just been super bust doing horizontal milling projects that he couldn't get to them. So Jesse and I went and played shop. It was fun. Jesse cut them down tot he exact o d and sanded out the spinning marks and I ran the okada and milled out the four holes and circular interpolated out te centers. These are exactly like originals. Let me know if you need a set for your bike. I have a few that are not spoken for. Harley and indian sold them through their accessory catalogs before world war two.

I also pulled out the aircleaner die and will punch out a few of those. Paul was thinking about getting rid of the table in the pics and we were able to work out a deal. It's from the thirties and is six feet Lon by two and a half feet wide and three feet tall. It is really cool and was originally used for multiple drill press heads. It probably weighs six hundred pounds!!!

Jesse started cleaning up some of bobs thirty nine parts for parkerizing today. When he brought in one of the totes I noticed the tool box. There seems to be some speculation over whether not 1939 knuckleheads and big-time flatheads had a latch on the tool toolbox. I've seen them both ways --with and without the latch. Bob's toolbox doesn't have a latch and as a mid serial number bike. I was hoping that I would be able to count the number of patents on the decal after we removed the paint because it would tell me if it was the correct decal for 39 or a later replacement decal which would've came out on toolbox made after 1939

We're just about finished with Kurts 36 frame I got the loops tacked on as well as a front motormount and they're ready for brazing.

I also spent a couple hours fitting the oil filter bracket and oil lines on Ed's 55 today. I'll have to re-parkerize the oil filter Mounting bracket and put the restored oil filter on the bike, but at least the hard work is finished.

And lastly I'm posting a picture of the late teens to early 20's Harley JD they belong to one of my dads friends father. I don't know when the photo was taken or the exact date of the bike but the friend of my father wants to know what year the bike is if any of you guys out there can Pinpoint it and give me a description why I would really appreciate it. thanks have a great day

And it will probably continue all night

Wow. There is a lot of info to try to fit in this post. Well let's start with tires. My friend taxi from Japan went through the effort to make Goodyear Eagle style tires last year , this year he started making Allstate tires which is a cool old tire from the 40s and 50s. Both style of tires are perfectly made, have hardly any flash marks from being injection molded and mount up and balance perfectly. We are working together on making a 23 and style Avon speed master tread tire for choppers and antique bikes. Anyways taxi is putting together a catalog for this year and asked for a couple of pictures of different bikes that we had with his tires on them so the two jesses that work in the shop put the wheels and tires on the thirty seven and forty one. We will take some pics for the catalog this weekend.

Jesse and I made some good progress on curts frame today. I machined up the slugs and a few tubes and Jesse cut the downtubes to length and put it together on the fixture. this frame is ready to weld together and we should start on it tomorrow and have it finished up this weekend. Then it's onto a 38 and 42 which are all prepped up and will go together easily

Craig is working on prepping a bunch of transmission base plates we've been out of stock on these for quite a while and I'll be happy to get some more ready to go and parkerize. He's grinding the edges and the sides where you see them so they look like they're stamped out of Gaured metal just like the original.

Brittney and I went over to our friend Loren's shop tonight and checked out a dirtbike that he has for sale. we made a deal and next week Brittney should be out riding it in the ice and snow to get practice for Her flat track racing this summer.

and lastly we got a awesome box from our friend Janus in Canada with a bunch of speedometer parts

Yesterday was brittneys 24th birthday I took her out for a mystery dinner date and gave her a seat for her race bike. It was a fun day

So we looked through some old family photos. Here are some cool mc ones and my favorite young photo of me in a red suit next to a couple girls and an awesome wall

Jesse and I started putting the kc thirty six frame together today. This one didn't need as much tubing replacement as the last one, but it is still been a ton of work. We got the neck and backbone in plae and start on the downtubes tomorrow.

Also we riveted some brake shoes onto Jim's thirty right shoes and on Ed's fifty five shoes. The newspaper that the linings were in was from December 1985. I was six months old when these were made. That's awesome!!!