Progress is progress

My dad finished up Vern's 46 motor. This thing is perfect. This bike was pretty original and low mileage, so we were able to use a lot of the hardware over again. It has .010 over fl cylinders which is soooooo cool. It is pretty risky to sleeve original fl cylinders and we usually try to avoid it. Anyways this bike is going to be blue with cream emblems. I am excited about it. I should be putting the motor and trans in the frame pretty soon.


Ray tore down the shocks for the 65 this morning. I have never taken these things apart before, so I was pretty excited to see how it works.



HEre are all the pieces laid out.




I spent the morning sorting out plating for 16 carburetors. Lots of sorting and organizational skills haha.





HEre is the list, I am almost done. Then I will get all the parts for the remaining transmissions done.

Vern's bottom end

My dad is making good progress on vern's 46. this was a pretty complete nice original machine. It is 46fl20xx and had silver lifter blocks and oil pump. so I guess hd made the switch pretty early in 46.


OOOOO AAAAAA



Here is a neat pic of him torqueing the lifter block screws down. Each one is set at 75 to 100 inch pounds. This motor should be done this weekend. This bike is going to be so nice!!!!!

parts, bottom ends and hiked up pants

I shipped this small order out to my friend in South carolina yesterday. The springs are 1936 to 1938 inner fork springs. I think that this might be the first set that I have sold. I had them made up six years ago and dumped a ton of money into the minimum order of 200 springs. I will probably have them until I am ninety.


I have spent most of the day photographing parts for our parts list and web page. This is something that I have been avoiding for a long time. I love figuring out how to make parts and making them or having them made, but despise working on lists and taking pictures. anyways we have over 130 parts and the complete list will be available soon.



Here is a neat pic of the seam on our 41 to 49 mufflers. Let me know if you need one for your bike, they are pretty much identical to oem ones.




My dad is putt ting Vern's 46 motor together. My dad told me that the flywheels were a real challenge to true up, but he got them with in .0015 on each side. This is how we check endplay on the bottom end. This bike is going to be so nice.





My dad found a magazine rack to use as a walker and wanted to do a staged photo of him acting like an old man. I always threaten to throw him in a retirement home and change the name on the sign to Matt's Dad Cycle Supply lol. Honestly though, he is still pretty sharp and always seems to pull some neat old trick out of his sleeve when I least expect it.

More sad news

Earlier this week my friend and fellow AMCA board member Raymond Dhue passed away, and now I just got an email informing me that my friend Frank De Genaro got hit by a car while he was walking around town. He cracked his hip, broke some ribs and has other injuries. Put him in your thoughts and prayers. Here is an address to send flowers and cards to. He is a great guy.

Banner Boswell Rehabilitation
10601 W Santa Fe Dr, Sun City, AZ 85351
att: Frank DeGenero rm103 bed 2

trim, lights and busted up parts

It is Ray's birthday today, so we got him a cake.


I mounted up the tail light on andy's 47. I love these blacked out bikes.



The inside is painted white to help reflect light better.




Check out the trim on the front fender ooooohhhhh aahhhhh. This makes such a difference.





I got this neat wr case in to weld up for my friend in North Carolina. This bike raced daytona in 50 and 51. I am not sure when the motor mount got busted off, but it did. I have a 42 wr bike to restore for a friend of mine. I am so excited about it.

shiny stuff and fender trim

I went up to my parents attack to get some sheet metal for Randy's 52 today and couldn't help but take a pic. I love seeing all of this shiny bright stuff.





My dad spent most of the day putting the trim on Andy's 47 fenders. Most people think that they should just clip right on and slap the strips on fresh out of the package. They do not fit very well and require a lot of tweaking twisting and fitting.




Here is how they should fit, notice that they are not bulging out anywhere on the sides and fit tight against the fender. Check out the strips on the next bike you see at an event or a meet.