Barn Chopper

Oh and I was able to put the Z bars on 

It works and aint too ugly

I had to make a new stop, it might as well look decent 

A long night out in the garage but I got some needed stuff done on the Pan. It had no fork stops except for the gas tank. I fired up the old lathe and turned out a new stop. I scrounged some parts out of my dad's stash and came up with a old pair of Z bars, they worked perfectly just the right patina. 

the tank was the fork stop 

Barn Chopper

Headed out to tinker with the pan. I have to change the risers and maybe the bars, they are hitting the tank. I took it for a short ride yesterday and it ran really rough. I have to tune the carb a little more.

vintage

which one is faster?

Barn Chopper

My wife wasn't impressed but she hasn't gone for a ride yet 

So a while back I wandered into our local bike shop Kick  Bak and while picking up some parts to get a evo running I was told in passing about a rat pan for sale. The horror stories about how rough this bike was almost turned me off but I had to see it, the price could not be beat. A couple of phone calls and a week or two passed.  Dad, Sofia and I went to check it out. How could I resist, could you? We bough it and took it back to my folks place. We where told it ran but you never know. So when it fired up in the drive way I was stoked, it needs some work on the carb but I rode it home.

Vintage

1967 B.S.A. add

Makes you want to order a B.S.A. right now.

labor day weekend

Mann's idea of a good time, wait we are going to do this on the Coast Run

hello September