With the RZ350 off to paint. The BSA is up on the lift getting worked on. One of the problems that was always going to have to get sorted was the original stock swingarm was bent. This apparently is a common problem with these bikes. Top on the list to replace the stock swingarm was … Continue reading 1967 BSA 441 Victor Special – A&A Swingarm
In the long absence of posts and updates, the RZ350 is finally off to paint. Here's a recap of how I got here: 2006 Suzuki GSXR1000 Front End w/ LSL clipons Motor: 421cc, +5mm stroked crank, bored athena cylinders, Wicked ATV Cylinder Head and Chambers and porting, +10mm offset countershaft sprocket Front Fairing by Fiberman … Continue reading RZ350 off to paint
A few weeks back Adam's SR250 was wrapped up. I think it turned out pretty awesome and its a ton of fun to beat around on. BIKEBOUND picked it up on their blog after seeing it on instagram. You can check it out here. Alot of the process has already been captured, but I'll hit … Continue reading 1982 Yamaha SR250 Scrambler
Recently wrapped up a new beer tap. I have a few Harley Davidson Sprint motors laying around the garage. This one had seen some damage from a catastrophic failure of the starter. It did have a good 5 speed transmission, which has been pulled for one of the other motor builds. This motor has been … Continue reading Harley Davidson Beer Dispenser
A few months ago, a good friend of mine picked up his first motorcycle, a 1982 Yamaha SR250 called 'The Exciter'. I had the good fortune of riding it the 45 minutes from Varina, VA back to my shop. It was quite fun to ride considering it is only a 250cc -- WOT the entire … Continue reading 1982 Yamaha SR250 – The Exciter
It seems that I have lost many of my disassembly photos of the 1967 BSA 441 when I transferred over to the new iPhone X. On the plus side though, most of what was on there is not going back. I finally settled on the route for restoration for this bike. I have always liked … Continue reading BSA Repli-racer Beginning
A while ago, a good motorcycling friend of mine gave me some leftover parts from builds he has done over the years. I have always thought that the BMW Speedos with the speedos in the bucket would make the coolest desk lamp. Well this isn't a bmw headlight and speedo, so the BMW purists can … Continue reading Motorcycle Desk Lamp
I am finally getting around to update another post. Since I finally got the Suzuki RGV250 (VJ23) swingarm for the RZ project in, I can finally move forward with making the parts and modifying the bike to receive it. It doesn't appear to be too daunting of a task. This post is only about the … Continue reading RZ350 Swingarm Swap
I know it has been quite a bit since the last post. It seems that a 9-5 really limits my shop time. But over the last couple weeks, I have been working on a bit of a fun project. Several years ago, I bought a 1984 Moto Guzzi V65C with the expectation of trying to … Continue reading HOORAY BEER!
