Marina-Ann
This is one of my favorite pics of my friend Marina. She's versatile and has a great bush. Cant wait to get some pics of her on one of my bikes.
Barker and his 1969 shovel.
To make a long story short, this is my friend Matt Barker and his shovel. I was looking on the web at pics of some older custom shovel exhaust systems and my googling ended up showing me my friend and his bike. These pics are from Streetchopper magazine, they did an article on Matt and his bike- be sure to check it out.
Project Repop a shovel
My friend Jamie has brought me his 1968 magneto powered shovelhead to bring back to life. I am more than sure he could build this bike himself but the one thing that he cant seem to find is TIME to do it! His metal crafting skills are second to none and I can only imagine the time that gets consumed to make the things he comes up with. He is a super cool guy and he makes some incredible art and trinkets @ his company Repop Mfg., make sure to check out his blog asap . . www.repopmfg.com
the bare bones start of something cool . Photo Erik Brunetti
Keep your peepers open for the next time you see this chopper, it will look neat !
Rumble in Ramona 3 – Oct 9th 2010 – The Last Stand
Choppers. Hot Rods. Rat Rods. Chicks. Skateboarding. Bands and a shit ton of fun. Come witness a little bit of history being made.
A practical guide to the next genreation of cool
A few days ago I got a box from Marlin @ Nash Motorcycles. He hooked up my new pudgy midget gimp handlebars which are solid as solid can be. They make my bike feel like it can curb jump and do power slide doughnuts again! Inside the box was the 2nd edition of the Limpnickie builders manual . What is that you ask ... It is a small, 100 page lil book that is stuffed with all kinds of information and goodies that Harley people cant seem to understand due to the fact that most of the parts arent chrome or dumb and most of all the stuff in the book from a majority of mfg's , is full functional and has a place on every bike that gets ridden. Get yourself this little ditty asap, it will make your bike builds cooler than then next guy and some of the tech tips are educational ... I have posted a basic wiring diagram for people who cant seem to figure it out or are just having issues, just one of the many things in this little book of surprises . FTW .
BAKER DD7 – 7 speed transmission for new era HD’s
I found this article written by Cyril Huze. I found it to be interesting .
The Baker Direct Drive 7-Speed was developed as a direct replacement of the Cruise Drive Harley-Davidson factory 6-speed to improve it in many ways besides just adding another gear. The DD7 is all about gear ratio management. The gear ratios leave you the rider, with the experience of smooth, crisp, continuously pulling acceleration from 1st all the way through 4th gear. Then you are able to start getting into the cruising portion of the program in gears 5th to-7th. No big drops in RPM from one gear to the next or lugging the motorcycle off of a stop light, just smooth, uninhibited acceleration.
Baker Drivetrain did not make this DD7 transmission just a deep overdrive. The 1st gear is shorter (numerically larger) for easier launches off the line. They improved the smoothness and crispness of the shifting by reducing the mainshaft mass by only having 1st gear be a part of the shaft, rather than 1st to 4th gear like on the stock unit. The factory 6-speed incorporates 1st through 4th gears as an integral part of the mainshaft and weighs 5.58 lbs. The DD7 incorporates 1st gear only and weighs 2.98 lbs. This is a 2.6 lbs weight difference at 3000 rpm and translates into a huge difference in inertia, which is what makes the factory 6-speed go CLUNK every time a shift is made
For shift smoothness, Baker sets a new standard in shift quality by borrowing the linear roller ball detent technology from their TorqueBox transmission. This premium detent system is part of the top cover assembly that is included in the kit. To eliminate gear noise they designed the DD7 with a 5 degree helical 1st gear pair, straight cut 2nd and 3rd for strength, and 18 degree helicals for 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th for noise control. Baker DD7 fitment: 2007-2009 Softail, 2006-2009 DYNA, 2007-2009 FLT-FLH. Baker Drivetrain.