FXRP progress

Had some time to work on the FXRP this weekend. Got it most of the way back together after some suspension/powdercoat. When I pulled the bars and the wiring that was routed through them, I figured I would NEVER get the wires pulled back through. Planned on changing bars anyway. Decided instead to just get it back together! Used the ol' fishing line/weight trick to get the wires pulled. Worked flawlessly, and theres a LOT of wires to pull through the bars on an RP'. Bikes all wired back up, a few more things to do then it's on.

Thought choo new

This goes with the last post...Don't even trip.

Why Not

Grabbed this '65 Scout 80 the other day. Half cab set up is sweet, slant 4, 3 speed. I need a plow for the driveway and I think I know where I can find a blade for this thing. If I don't? Oh well, everything works, runs REALLY good. Should be a fun little valley cruiser for me and the lady.

FXR Diet

 Stock solo seat. Comfy but overstuffed, too much meat on it's bones.

 Take seat apart, easy.

 Seat pan, fits pretty much perfect, shouldn't need much trimming.

Seat foam. Too much material here. The area that the sharpie is pointing to is removed. I would have just shaved some off the top or bottom, but top is already shaped perfectly, and bottom is molded to fit pan, SO I'll try some out of the middle. Goal is to slim this seat down, and re-cover using the stock cover. Sneaky sneaky like. I'm going to cut the fat just a bit on the sides to match the frame/fender spear line... more later

Check it

Finally, back at it

Got the shop mostly set-up. After over a year without being able to weld I'm back in action! Gotta lay off the coffee though, trying to tig with the shakes doesn't work.

This is how the morning starts at Pastime...

Progress

New Year

Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013. Get out and enjoy the world, ride motorcycles more, get all the powder you can, create something. Pics taken by my lovely lady Monika.

Stoked these guys are still around, with all their talented limbs intact.

Prints

My girl sent some of my photo's to art.com and had these prints made on canvas. They turned out killer! I had NO idea what they were under the tree either, good job! Hope everyone had a good Holiday. --DB

Deer

self explanatory

Random shots from the week

 Hauler smilin' this afternoon...Yep, winter is here

 fuck yes

 Toecutters' 750 2 stroke... NOT restored, just cleaned up. This thing will scream! Should be fully assembled soon?

 Buried conduit, will provide power to shop. Had to get creative...

Power finally. Been living in this place for almost a year with no power to shop! Will be back to welding etc soon!

Progress at the compound...

Not bad for a stock 2-up seat?

Cadillac

Im finding myself wanting another one of these....badly...I have a suspicion this one is being ridden in Japan, although I never found out for sure.

Front end fresh

Spent the afternoon rebuilding the forks on the FXR. New seals, Racetech springs and emulators. The old seals gave up the ghost pretty bad, and were super leaky. Figured while I'm in there might as well do the whole damn deal...These 39mm front-ends are super easy to work on, simple.

 Modified dampener.

 Extra hole's added to let the fork oil escape/emulator do it's job.

 Clean out the shavings from drilling extra holes. Nice and clean in there.

 Test fit the emulator...yep, looks good

 Fit new fork seals

 Carefully pound em in with fancy pants fork seal driver

Cut spacers for new springs...no they weren't that long. The Racetech springs are significantly shorter than the Progressives that were in there, was a little surprised how much. Ended up running with 25mm of pre-load. This little mod combined with the adjustable Progressive 418's out back should work out nicely, and be a huge improvement over stock...Or it will totally suck who knows, gotta wait for spring to find out!

Perfect.

 Proud hunter. Fuck birds Ginger hunts big game!

What hides behind FXR fairings...

lost and found

Was moving some stuff around the shop and found this gem... I know I have some old Thrasher's around here somewhere. I love finding stuff like this!

Finally

Get some time to work on the FXRP. Will be replacing fork seals, and throwing in some Racetech springs/ cartridges. Should work nicely. Rocker box gasket, primary gasket, cam cover gasket change as well. Progressive 418's on rear. 'RP front fender switched out for stock FXR/Sportster. Had some free stock sporty bars laying around I just mocked up to see...hmmm, actually kinda like. Its tempting to slim this thing down a bit, but I'll probably roll in mostly stock cop set-up. I hate the stock 'RP handlebars, but I'm a bit limited with that damn fairing. Footboards or mids?

So its been awhile

Been busy....