look ma...

 cut 4.5" off the right side of the bars - fuck...

 deburr the weld inside bars...

 drill some holes - careful now ...

 hmmmm... fuck, too late...

 weld them up...

 now did I put it in the right way up? - its too late now you tosser...

just don't drop the bike and bend those bars cos that internal throttle is a permanent feature

its spring time for beakys and surrey...

 that man and his bike are there before me as usual

 johno's gen shovel or is it shovel/pan

 this seasons accessories in sky blue

 lots a bits, not so many punters 

 not so many punters, lots a bits

 tidy chop

 woodgrain effect 650

 nice to see alternative evo power

 Mr Joe Bloggs and his bike

 a 500 Vinnie

 big twuck

big chrome grill

 the knuck

 and well ridden too

bumped into LeeDog and Stevie from Wales

 Rowan arrived from Dorset, and later I met Toddy and Chubb from Grimbsy,

great to meet you all - I can put a face to the avatars!

 Two more non evos

 interesting S&S Shovel project

 a lorra lorra stuff 

 this man bought my mates springers and promptly put them for 

sale on his stall !

 four wheeled chop

My purchase, the supercycle mag that I remember buying new in the early eighties.

We had a good morning, Paul sold his springers and stuff and I even sold some rear progressive suspension units that I bought in Fred Warrs Jumble in '96 thinking were for a shovel.

And - more importantly met some nice people. 

gorgeous

LA Speedshops Knuck featured in the latest streetchopper

April first post

from Pete and Rowan

Thanks chaps

Beakys Sale @ Dorking in glorious Surrey

Be there or be square dude

Hey if you want to meet up 

hallo@arcadiacom.com

Head job...

 After 10 years stored in various sheds it wasn't looking too hot so while the barrels are being stripped and 'stove enameled' this time instead of that chipped powdercoat it seemed a good idea to freshen up the heads and polish the rocker covers. 

The rear cover just didn't want to come off. So after an hour or so of 'give me a fucking break, this fuckers fighting me all the way', it did at last without me damaging it. And this is why, the valve spring collar is tight against the wall of the rocker box and a groove worn in the inside wall. Not something an engineer would notice I suppose.

JT's shitty day

JT 

JT sent me a pic of his shov 

My ride: '76 Shovel in a '57 frame. 

Bought it and rode it home, got pulled over by the law for no tail light and broke down due to a questionable (at best) rear brake setup. 

Indeed a shitty day in paradise!

JT, Birmingham, Alabama

Thanks JT, stickers on their way mate!

she's got to have it...

Phoned Eltec a couple of weeks ago and spoke to Elliott 

(he has the disease too)

Finally got her in the car today

and left all the parts in Elliott's capable hands.

He knows his stuff.

Frame Metallic Graphite Grey (Gunmetal), Accessories Black 

...yeah baby

Swinger time

its going to be a swinging year

courtesy of bbucket

Don't try this at home children...

didn't like these huge rubber mount holes for the oil cooler

 

welder tan - make sure you cover up kids

that's better

 

a hot tig rod burns through clothing

and remember to put on your gloves, cos it can get a little warm in those mechanics gloves, haha

Oh, and when you see a white light it means your helmets up - you tosser

Back on target, onwards and upwards, eccetarra ecetarra

 look who got his engine out

 got a big f%@king rubber hammer and off those barrels popped

some welding to be finished and then...

off to powdercoat - yeeeeeee haaaaaa

not going to plan

Wanted to get the frame off for powdercoat this week

Decided to pull the top end as its looking tatty after 10 years storage, and makes it easier for me to get off the frame unless I lay it side ways.

Freaked when I saw this score mark, but when checked there's no perceptible depth to it, its been bored to .40 over from .20 over, 

was it that bad before the rebuild?

and these fresh looking dings in the front pot, its a bit like having your roof done, who's gonna see it

The powder coat had cracked in some parts and the head bolts had chewed it up as no washers were used. So I was going to fit some washers and maybe new powder coat.

But I can't shift the barrels, if I use anymore force the fins are going to break.

Fuck knows what they were stuck down with, now I know why the base nuts didn't seem too tight, they didn't have to be!

So what to do, its got to come out of the frame tomorrow.

spring clean

 Got the steam cleaner out might as well put it to some use as no fucking work

Circut breaker bracket clip fixing (return)

The glue bought at kempton didn't work, surprise surprise.

George (who worked in the aero industry and did the lathe work for me) said use an araldite, no problems with vibration, used in aero industry. So I used the Araldite Rapid steel already ordered and - bang - it worked straight off.

A Clean engine! I have no air compressor and the steam cleaner certainly got rid of all that grinder muck which seems have got everywhere. 

NOTE: there are less bits attached to the frame, next the engines out - haha.