Noot

The Harley 45" Simplicity at it's finest, and most likely the longest running H-D design now and forever.  From the late 1930s a...

I can see it now....I'm gonna end up with an S&S air cleaner on everything.  I made up another "B" series backing plate ...

He looks tiny on this thing.  Not a real big guy anyway, just stocky and strong.  Looks like it's got aluminum rims?   Anyone know wha...

Iron XR  

Every bike I've had pretty much started out like this.  A box of stuff, missing about everything.  Many of you have done the same thin...

I got a deep, dry basement.  It's got neat rustic walls.  I run a dehumidifier all summer so it stays dry. There's not much down ...

I've had these awhile.  They were rusted, needed a bore job, a base was broken, and cooling fins were missing.  One has now been sleeved...

When you crank this thing open, the motor gains revs, and likes to hold the revs, even after you back off the throttle.  A leaky manifold ...

These original 1948 heads had been "upgraded" to o-ring style.  It wasn't a nice "upgrade" (if you get my drift?) ...

It's always a good idea to mock up these motors before you get too carried away with assembling parts for good.  The cylinders didn...

I'm building a 1956 KHK for my buddy Dave.  I get boxes of parts in the mail from him.  Sometimes I open the box, and the parts are to...

When I go to a swap meet and I see original Harley-Davidson boxes, I always have to check 'em out.  If the part number ends in -52, -54,...

Not mine...but most of my bikes looked like this when I got 'em - mostly worse.

. . . to look like this.  Every guy needs one.  If it's a big city, or a small little town.  For a quick flick through town, up the hi...

We rode to the drag strip one Saturday, and all these older Harleys rode in right after us.  It was cool, since most times it's a sea ...

    Manufactured by: Rinck McIlwaine Company.  I can test valve springs for pressure at installed spring height, and cam-open positio...

Ol' Noot's still workin' on bikes in his garage.  Wall to wall sissy bars.  He got me one for my 20" Murray. 

I like these valves available from Eastern Motorcycle Parts.  They have nitrite coating which allows you to set-up your valve/guide clearanc...

Nice pass . . .

 . . . I want to be back in Florida instead.  

Last night I got on the roof to get the leaves from the gutters....and they were frozen in there.  Hopefully 45F on Thursday . . .

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 . .  on some Fiberglass !

I believe this is a real one???  The top end seems short...

I remember seeing Wico magnetos for sale in my earliest memories of swap meets.  A vendor had an entire box of H-D Wicos at a swap in Roc...

I've never "sleeved" a cylinder before - but I figure it's a good skill to have.  You can buy cylinders a lo...

 A local guy's bike that was a real rat.  Almost everything was wrong with it - very cobbled and completely wore out.  Dad auction b...

ISSUE #1: Bad sounding/performing muffler.  I keep taking the muffler off this thing and beatin' the shit out of it (internally).  It ...

Imagination "workin' overtime"   Morty says, "Let's work on the chopper !"   Current Mood     ...