Frank flut for that clutch sorted and adjusted I have gears!

soon be back...

in the garage! The DIY is all but done a nice shiny sheet of ally turned up this week for a couple of brackets and a electric box for under the seat so once I finished the grouting and the sealing...........

Censorship

Well to the few that might have a look at this site in passing I feel the need to comment on something that started a good few months ago, this is my opinion and no offence is aimed at the good people that looked after the forum except that I think someone somewhere lost the plot!
When I decided to finally get on with what I had thought about and dreamed of for years and that was to build myself a custom Harley. So I scoured the internet and found Chopperbuilder, I joined, read and learned from many people on there and it gave me the confidence to make the start, a lot of friendly non judgemental advice and ideas along with a laugh or two.
Then for no reason one night I went on the forum and it had been changed it was now The Boardtracker and the design had changed. There then ensued great debate! some liked some didn't but mostly people were pissed off because none of us were told about it beforehand, not even a poll. It became a bit nasty and people were getting fed up, the annual meet was cancelled which caused even more annoyance. People voted with there feet and the forum became quiet and almost to a halt, a few of us I suppose partly through loyalty kept posting answering the odd post etc.
Then a few months ago one kindly soul (cheers for trying Tricky!) found a pub with a field and suggested a get together, many said yes including me as I missed last years through all sorts of reasons and one or two on the forum I owed a pint or three for the help they offered over and above the bike building requests, a shite time in my life which they rallied around and offered friendship. Which will not be forgotten.
Well the pub was sorted, weekend was booked off, it would be a 500 mile round trip for me but I could visit me mum and sister on the way so it was worth it!
But, in life shit happens many started to pull out, fuck, it ended up  with just 3 people, me included, had said we would go! Well, it was cancelled a pain but not the end of the world.
So I posted a reply, saying "no worries shit happens" when it was posted the shit was shown "s**t" so built in censorship? tried to post again by editing the post and adding another shit! again bleeped out.
well for fuck sake, since when was having a shit a problem there are far worse words. I was tempted to add as many "naughty" words and see what was or wasn't "bleeped" but in an attempt to be grown up I changed my mind and tonight removed "the Boardtracker" from my favourites.
I know that most if not all people have either always been on Britchopper or like myself migrated over and a great bunch of nutters would be hard to find!
But it is a shame that it went that way and perhaps we will never know the whys etc. and I fully understand the need to for censorship but for goodness sake shit?

secret building!

Just to prove all is not lost!
I managed to sneak into the garage to (shush!) make some clandestine pipework for the oil lines, first time for everything never used a pipe bender before not to bad just a cheapy from ebay but done the job the tool could do with a couple of mods to make the bends cleaner but it's the bike I am modifying so that can wait! even got to sit on it and go brum brum :O) I even fitted another clutch lever having decided to go with alloy look over black!

Dont tell the missus!

Taking the Rise!

New 3" Risers arrived today quick swop and more than happy, except having took the picture it shows up the dust on the bike.

As things have come to a halt, waiting for the risers as the poor bloke who sells them got took into hospital with chest pains, and the bathroom needs tiling (been putting it of for several years!!) and having spent the weekend tiling and now me back has had it. I had a rummage through the pictures on the computer and thought I would stun you with some previous rides!

No particular order:
Transalp with our faithful old Westie in her custom topbox! She went everywhere with us doing a thousand miles in a week the length and breadth of UK! The Transalp was a comfy tourer but 1st gear was too high and it was plagued with silly little faults that were too annoying so I got rid about 8 months after buying it new shame but couldn't be arsed with the hassles

CB900- Now that was a bike, had a yank CB paint job and Yoshi tuned exhausts and other things, brutal in those days about 1983 ish did me first ton on it and learnt the art of going around bends I think it had 19" wheels front and back, you got the bend wrong you fell off or ended up in the hedge. None of the point and squirt of todays bikes were anyone with half a brain can ride them and cock up a bend and the bike almost sorts itself out!

Yamaha FJ1200- It was what I got after the Transalp it was the only transport we had at the time. It was happy to trundle around town and do the shopping as it was doing 150mph down the motorway, least that was what the clock said so there abouts! 

The XV750 bought it when it was only 6 months old with bugger all mileage on it, but a bit of a change from the CB900 but loved it and there she is all loaded up for a weeks holiday down in Cornwall! No hassles got 50 to the gallon no matter how it was ridden,  made the back rest and she had 4" overs on. The back rest was put on through necessity having already been down to Cornwall on a previous occasion and we stopped at Tintagel had a pint and a pie before setting off home, wife being slight tipsy nearly fell off several times nodding off to sleep! In those days there were not any bolt on custom stuff. we went to the HA kent custom show in 1984 on it had a wail of a time, remember going down the Mway and hearing a rumble behind looked in the mirrors and saw a massive dark blob and cars moving over left and right, as it got closer realised it was bikes so moved over myself and slowed down to get a better look, as they past I saw it was the Swedish chapter of HA's. as the last few past one of them waved us to join them at the back. Who am I to refuse that lot! Wife sat pillion giggling and I pretended to be tough haha! I think that was when I realised I had to have a Harley the rumble going right through your bones as they passed was a feeling I had to have.

Fitted new rear brake line with brake light banjo bolt, thought about mechanical brake light switch but looks a bit messy. Also when moving the bike noticed the risers seemed to move, on investigation threads knackered on one of them! Still good excuse to buy a new set of shiny risers (better that happened in the garage tho!)