welding

 I do enjoy it!

Monday's Score

In the world of motorcycles, you end up meeting a LOT of interesting folks.... i have had the good fortune of meeting many, many great of them  One of those great people is one of my customers turned friend, Guy.  Guy is an unassuming dude, who just happens to have a seriously bad-ass antique motorcycle collection, and a passion for collecting general.  Yesterday he bestowed upon me a decent pile of parts for a very fair price,  which on its own would have been rad... but to add to is all, while moving all the stuff out of his garage and into my truck, i noticed an Anvil buried under a  bunch of crap, obviously forgotten...
When i asked him what was was going on with that, and if it was for sale.... he simply said, "why don't you take that too, and if i ever need it, ill know where it is."
So i now have a pretty rad "loner" anvil.... that just happened to turn out to be a Pete Wright anvil.
Life is good.

-Barnstorm

OG XR1000

Just another reason i love my job.... one of our customers brought his almost 100% original XR1000 by the shop today.  The first thing he said was, "Jake, you gotta ride this!"  I didn't want to be rude, so I took it for a short rip around town, and i gotta say, it was fun, and fast as hell for a bike made over 30 years ago!

-Barnstorm

lil' seat pan action

Got the Scotchster seat pan fitted up today... just need to install the front location pin and then its foam and upholstery.

-Barnstorm

Brake Mount modifications on the Scotchster

Trim off stock ears

 Re-shaped bracket.  Tuned up .875 diam stud, drilled and tapped for 3/8" bolt, and turned down on backside to 1/2" diam and pressed into corresponding hole in bracket.

 Welded in stud

 Machined .25" thick Steel slotted bracket for frame, mounted and welded.

pocket

 the over complicated way to mill a set of handlebars for internal wiring.....

-Barnstorm

Scotchster Exhuast

Making some good progress on the exhaust for the Scotchster.  Going a little crazy with it, but i think it fits the bike perfectly.  And its also proving to be a blast to make.

Its all 304 Stainless, including the canister.  Still have to finish weld it all and make the rest of the canister, but at least it looks like something now.

- Barnstorm