Seat is in

The seat has arrived. Here is to hoping that it will pair nicely with the tank.

Tank is on...sorta

Ran over to the garage today to drop off the tank and play a bit of mario kart 64. Well actually just to drop the tank off, but it turned in to beer and 64. quick placement of the tank, look pretty good to me. I'll have to come back and actually mount this guy for real.

Just not with the seat on, that shit looks crazy. Hopefully its just this seat, because I just ordered a seat with a similar look and shape. Well if I don't like the way it looks I'll have a seat for sale, and have to rethink my seating situation.

And of course, down with the reptilian agenda. Fuck those dudes.

Tank is in!

Picked up a new tank from Lowbrow Customs. It looks awesome, can't wait to clean it up and get this guy up on the bike! little by little, this bike is getting there. Also picked up a copy of what fits on harley-davidson motorcycles, pretty amped on this.

And you gotta love free stickers!
Tanks Lowbrow! (to much?)

Mach 2

I have been thinking oil tank and battery box for a few days now, and the previous thought has evolved to a 'floating' oil bag. Which will hold the battery, and all other electrics in a pocket in the center of the tank. Here was my sketch of this tank.

Time to mock this bad boy up, I hit up the garage and made some semi accurate measurements, and started cutting paper.

This is how it came out. I made a little battery, to pop in the center so i could design around it and some space for the electrics.

Its even better looking on the bike. It is currently being held by some spare wires I pulled from the bike earlier. When the time comes, I'll have to find a better way to mount this.

And just had to pop on the old seat to see how it looked together. I'll have to think about how the fender will align with the tank, I should probably decided on a fender first.

Mach 1

I was hoping to remove the engine last night, but it wasn't in the cards. However it worked out. I was able to to make a few plans for the bike. Mainly, placement of all the electrics, ignition, oil bag, and wiring. I don't plan on running turn signals so that will cut down half of the wires switches and relays I'll need. which is fine by me.

My first thought, was to keep the ignition between the cylinders in its current placement, and mount the coils beneath them. And figure out the rest of the electrics later.

I then mocked up a box that would be welded, or bolted to the frame just behind the neck.

I went this this approach for a bit, and decided I would be able to mount the rest of the electrics just below the generator in front of the engine, between the front engine mounts. Which might be okay, but I'm not sure how hot it will get, and would rather not rise all me electrics burning up. So I took a step back, and moved back. To the oil bag. I started thinking about this guy, Should I mount a round Moon oil tank? and then make a battery box? where to mount all that?

So it looks like no matter what I plan on doing, I'll have to weld something. So lets just make something awesome that can do it all. And I came up with oil box.*not a finished product. It will mount in the rear triangle above the wheel. And its going to be a split oil tank, and in the split, I will mount everything. Well everything except the ignition switch and hi/low switch.

My thought with this oil tank is that it should look like part of the bike, not in a stock way. I had mounted up a round oil tank, and it looked so stupid, and out of place. which, it was. This, isn't some elongated chopper build, that will never see actual pavement. I looked at the lines of the bike, and decided the rear rocked box, was a good line to base the oil tank off of. So i took it from there. Now, I just have to do it.

And on the way home, I got this sight. sorry for the poor photo, I was as obvious as I could be, short of getting up. One of the worst out fits I have seen. But this is ny that shit happens all day everyday, she topped it off with having her fly down. 

Color thought.

So I got to sketching and just went with it. Here is where I landed. For now. I'm not sold.

















I still have no idea what color I should paint this machine. I do need to at least repaint some of the frame, I could go all the way and paint the fucking thing. More color explorations to come.


I think I would like to include a few solid waves as a gentile nod AMF, but again, I'm not sold. I could always go all black everything, that always looks good, but if I'm going to go though the trouble of pulling the whole thing apart, why play it safe and go black? Hot pink and highlighter yellow have also crossed my mind, because why the fuck not? I doubt I could rock a bike those colors though. Lime green is pretty high on my list as well. Now I'm just listing colors, so I'll stop.

One might notice the carb situation I have sketched up in here. Its a dual Amal  system, I got the idea from the Panhead Tyler of Lowbrow recently did. Though his system looks like the intake manifold he uses doesn't keep the carbs and cylinders separate, which is how I would want to do it. My thought is, if you're going to go though the trouble of running a dual carb system, they both better control their own cylinder. So I might still run dual Amals, but it will take a bit more research, plus the Zenith carb on the bike currently is fine. Though I am fond of Amals, super simple, and minimal parts. Less is more (I realize the irony in this when talking about bring a single carb bike to two).

There are a few things I do know about what this bike will need. A badass sissy bar, and the ability to ride two up.  Everything else is wide open, which in all honesty, those two things don't really narrow much down.

Potential Speedo

At the end of last year there were some crazy deals, on seriously everything. I however was saving up to buy an ironhead. Which, *spoiler alert*, I bought. But I couldn't resist on a few deals. One was this 509 Sigma bicycle computer ($10). I have seen them used on a few builds, and have had a computer on every bicycle I have owned, I love them they are great ... for bicycles. I am a bit wary to put it on a motorcycle, though it can track speeds up to 199mph, according to at least 2 places on the internet. (here, and where ever I first read about it). I guess when it comes time to actually mount this fucker up, Ill speed test it with a someone and report back.

A keen eye might also notice some sketches on the notepad. I am starting to think more about the details of this project, rather than the bike as a whole. The possibilities are endless, though, I am going to have to relearn how to weld, and fast. Or else I think I wear out a few friendships pretty fast.

Sorry no actual peeks on the sketches until I have something a little more fleshed out. I haven't even decided on a color scheme for this machine.