Bench parts

These are patiently awaiting reinstall.  Heads go out after the 1st of the year.

Deep Throat

Open wide and say ahhhhh.

Ragin' Points Cover

Sweetness of the early 70's.

Fender work

Never got above the teens outside yesterday so I decided to tear into the FC's rear fender.  Most likely the cause of my front cylinder melt down.

This fender started life as a stock HD fender that came with the pile of parts when I got the FC.  It had been modded before and I modded it again making it a bastard-bastard fender.  I didn't want to dump cash into a new fender so I made it work.  It is a complete hack job but it did its duty.
 

Here is a lesson as to why you need to properly space the tire from the fender.

The PBR-fueled ride that killed the motor also managed to do this to the fender.  Yes, that is heat discoloration from the tire and busted bondo. 

Oliver came out for a little shop help last night.

Parts

Fuck yeah!!  New (to me) jugs came in today.  0.040" over with pistons and rings to match.  Be nice to have two stock cylinders back on the FC.  With the way I blow through motor parts on this thing, it will be nice to have spares.

NEW JUGS!!

Scored a set of 0.040" over jugs and pistons off ebay for the FC.  Pretty stoked on the price, we'll see on quality once they get here.  It will be nice to have a matched set again and gain a little on the cube side.

Shit canned motor

Looks like the FC is down for the winter.  On my way home from the Scooter Trash show last night, she was acting like the tire was rubbing on the fender again.  I pushed it and turns out it wasn't the tire.  The front cylinder had a melt down.

Pulled the plug to find this.

So tore the top end apart to see what I knew was the inevitable.

FC chain

So my fucked fender design allows me about a pube hair width of adjustment in my chain.  I sprung for a Troy Fab bolt-on unit.  Apparently the cross tube on the hardtail isn't quite one inch.  I had to do some customizing with file to get it to clamp down.  Overall, I like it.  I keeps me from having to move the axle. 

We'll see if it flies off going down the road and launches me to a (hopefully) fiery death.