picturesque riding pictures

My dad and I took the 47 and 42 into the Palm Garden for lunch. The bikes ran great.

My dad took Andy's 47. This bike is stellar. I love black 47 knuckleheads.

I had to adjust the clutch push rod and I chose to just leave the derby cover off until later.

I am pretty happy with this bike. There are still some growing pains to sort out. I should have it ready to roll in the next week or so.

Maiden Voyage

My dad took Andy's 47 for its first spin today. This bike runs and works so nicely. I love black knuckleheads!!!!

more 36 frame pics and good news.

Here is a neat detail on the 36 frame that I noticed. It is a DIF marking. I have seen these on some loops, but not all of them. The right/upside loop does not have this marking on this frame.


Here is a good shot that shows lots of damage that is expensive and difficult to repair. You can see where the tubes snapped off and were re welded. Also check out the neat fix for the seat post, they welded a gusset tube around the cracked and disfigured original post. You can also see where someone torch welded so many joints on this frame. The motor/trans mount and the foot board tabs are pretty obvious as is all of the extra welding on the tubes.




We fired up Andy's 47 today. I side kicked it for a bit and did not have much luck. SO we rolled it off of the lift, and it fired right up once it was straddle kicked.






This bike is Choice. I can't wait to ride it when the weather gets better.

knucklehead pics

I put the vent and return lines on Andy's 47 last night. They look great.


I spent two hours last night trying to get some original horns to work. No matter what I did, I couldn't make them work. My dad came out this morning and spent a half hour on it and it was fixed. He is so damn sharp. I am very lucky to have him for helping me out on projects.



Here is a repro 41 and 42 front brake lever perch. I looked for an original one for the last two years and could not find one, so I pulled the original one off my dad's 41 and made some copies. This is a terrible business decision, because at the most I will probably sell two of them, but I have them for the bikes that need them. I have to look at the big picture in cases like this.



here is the side profile. I still have to sand down the parting line and polish it, but this piece is almost done.

neat bike photos

Here is a neat pic of my dads original paint 37 knucklehead after we first put 18 inch wheels on it. I love this bike it is probably the nicest one that we have. the crown jewel so to speak. It is super fast. We bought it from the original owner's son.


This is my dad's 53 panhead before we put the orange sheet metal on it. I never rode it in this configuration. we were asked by mike lichter to make a replica of the chino bike from the wild one movie, so we did, then we put it back to stock and then my dad and Mike rode it across the country for the cannonball.



Here is a great pic of Bob's 47 I love this motorcycle it turned out so great and he actually rides it, which is a huge bonus for my dad and i. Anyways, I did not work in the shop today as i have been with our website designer working on updating our products section on www.carlscyclesupply.com Go check it out and let me know what you think. I would like any and all input. thanks and have a nice day

some more 47 wiring shots

Here is the pic that tim requested a couple days ago.


I installed the rebuilt 32e generator from Dale Cashman this morning. Here is a neat pic of it all wired up. 47 was the first year for a green gen to relay wire.



and a shot from the other side. this all looks nice. I will be setting up handlebar controls shortly.

47 wiring details.

1947 was the first year for a green wire to the oil pressure switch. It is also the last year of this fancy nickle plated push on terminal. I made these up a few years ago and Love them. Here it is crimped and soldered into place. I have a bunch of nos panhead ones, but eventually they will run out and I will have to make those ones too.


I buttoned up a bunch of the wiring on Andy's 47. Here is a good front business shot of the horn



OOOO AAAAAHHHH sterile.




That red wire is the positive wire. It loops around from the right side frame terminal, goes through a little clip, then back to the battery.

Man o man I love having the right stuff on our bikes. This is a great pic. I hope these pics help some of you guys out that are putting your bikes together.

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.