I'll start a new post here to show all the stuff I'm doing. Lots of welding, grinding, bending, sawing, grinding, cleaning, casting, thinking, drinking Beer, grinding, sanding going on here. A little cussing at times also

I built the frame from scratch. I went off some pictures of sidecars and old cars to inspire me on my project.

Here is the frame right before I painted it.



One of my TIG welds. I'm pretty proud of these. I just learned how to TIG a couple months ago.



A action shot that I like.



One of the mounts that I machined



A shot from the rear The springs are off of an old Snowmobile.



I'm building my own tail light. Here is the housing. I'm farther along than in this picture. I'll update that.



I made my own Axle. Solid 4340 shaft!!! tough stuff:o)



More later......

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Wesley P

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it

1984 GL1200, 1977 KZ650, 1977 CB360, 1978 KZ1000

That's going to be one of a kind.

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Enjoy life,
Cookie


A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad.
Owner of 4.4 76s and one lone 75 Wings (does a spare engine make .2?)

I'm adding Cherry bombs to the Tug. They sound great!!!



I won these on EBay. Saved nearly $100 I'm going to try and get them installed this week.



I saw a old add for some wheels.



I liked the spinner.



I traced the spinner into Auto Cad. Then machined one out of brass.



I still need to finish this. Lots of Filing I think to finish it up. I'm also making a aluminum adaptor so I can bolt it to the wheel.

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Wesley P

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it

1984 GL1200, 1977 KZ650, 1977 CB360, 1978 KZ1000

Lookin good Wes!!! Good to see you over here!!

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You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
Galileo
'78 GL1000, '77 KZ650 Cafe Racer

No problems with the Cherry bombs? I'm currently messing about with how I'm going to do the exhaust on the project I'm working on now. I have three sets of mufflers, Harley, long fishtails, and stock of course.
since I've changed my ideas this weekend I thought I might try very short car mufflers.

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Enjoy life,
Cookie


A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad.
Owner of 4.4 76s and one lone 75 Wings (does a spare engine make .2?)

I tried some fishtails just straight back. I didn't like the sound. There was a kind of hollow pop that was annoying. The bombs have a nice low rumple. I'm welding up the tips now. Everything was just stuck on there for the first trials. I'm making hangers and will have it all welded up in a day or so. I've hd several friends over and so far everyone likes the sound. Even my wife

Later, Wes

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Wesley P

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it

1984 GL1200, 1977 KZ650, 1977 CB360, 1978 KZ1000

ooh, that's purty! good flow, man.

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bulldogged 1978 GL1000 - "geekster" - daily rider
full dress 1979 GL1000 - SteamPunk Barge - daily rider
"found" a 1978 for $100
got another "new" 1978 from a member here
and my original '79 parts basket case.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Wish i could be in the shop with ya!

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I found the end of the internet

---- Bradshaw Bikes offers polishing and upholstering for your Wing!

Nice TIG weld!

My AC Stick welder, at least in my hands, rarely does that well.

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TomE
Big Red, a '75 Wing
Black Beauty, a '99 Valkyrie

I had never had any schooling as far as welding goes. Last semester I took a night class at the local college. Man you cant believe how much that changed my welding! Before it looked like some big Bird pooped near where I was welding I mainly focused on Arc and Tig. I have a big Miller two fifty Twin and I have a tig torch that fits on it. I don't have a high frequency box yet, so, no aluminum But, I can weld Stainless and Steel just great!!!

Tig is great for what I like to call table welding. Where you can position the part then weld it. I welded the frame for my sidecar up. Lot of out of position welding there. Remember, you have to hold the torch with one hand and the fill rod with another. All this while not falling over Pretty much everything is round. Lots of tubes that are birdmouthed. You have to constantly move around to get into a position where you can do these three things. You also have to have room for the torch head and your fill rod to maneuver.

I'll have some pictures later today

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Wesley P

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it

1984 GL1200, 1977 KZ650, 1977 CB360, 1978 KZ1000

I started working on the exhaust tips. Here are some pieces tacked together.





Here are a couple of caps I made for the the end.



A little grinding and they fit pretty good



All welded up. I need to clean up the welds with a poly fan and then I can start on making the hangers.

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Wesley P

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it

1984 GL1200, 1977 KZ650, 1977 CB360, 1978 KZ1000

Beautiful work there Wngnut!

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Mike
So many interests, so little time...



'76 GL1000: "The Super Bee" - finished.
'75 GL1000: Basket Case, Next project in queue

I was working on my exhaust today. While it was cooling from being welded I thought I'd start on taking off the old shocks. Looking things over, you have to take off all of the chrome off the back of the bike. After it was off, I realized that I needed the rack on to make the hangers for the exhaust. D'oh . Since I had it off, I thought I'd clean it up. I used Steel wool to clean up the little rust and road grime. I then used some Turtle Wax chrome polish and sealer on them. I installed my Progressive suspension shocks and reinstalled the rack. Now I'm redy to make the exhaust hangers

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Wesley P

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it

1984 GL1200, 1977 KZ650, 1977 CB360, 1978 KZ1000

Nice work and good looking welds ... envious here

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"5 year survivor bi-lateral lung transplant"
"Live Long, Ride Free"
"Life is too short to work all the time ... get out and ride"
"Integrity is doing the right thing when no one else is watching"

1982 GL 1100

1972 CB 750 K2 SOHC
1973 CB 450 K6 DOHC
Member AMA

Thanks for the compliments guys.

I got a little sidetracked today Hey, it happens A budy wanted to help and said that if I pulled the timing covers off, He would polish them for me Sounded like a hellova deal to me So this morning I pulled them.



I used some Aircraft stripper to get the coating the rest of the way off. Just spray on and wait about 2 min.



Then wash off.



More later....

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Wesley P

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it

1984 GL1200, 1977 KZ650, 1977 CB360, 1978 KZ1000