The House of Heavy Horsepower

Lessons in: Makin' This Fit That

Work continues here and the timing of things is still on pace. There are 33 days remaining to complete this transformation and so far, I think we are on pace to complete.

There has been some delays regarding materials, but nothing I think is unmanageable.

My niece has done an exemplary job of securing sponsorship for some very high-end parts, and she was also in possession of an existing front wheel of the Lowery variety, which will go nicely with the Lowery rear she has ordered.

We kicked out the first variable, getting the 20mm ID bearing adapters in the Lowery wheel fit the S&S 18mm OD axle. So we made some bushings out of 4130 Chrome-Moly with a light press fit into the titanium Lowery bearing adapters.

Then we spun out some aluminum spacers to compliment a quick-change front axle, and some steering stops to integrate to the features of the RE headstock.

We spent the day discussing the finer points of commercial off-the-shelf things like bearings, the objective of measurements, planning and more lathe work.

S&S was selected for the exhaust (came with the bike as a freebie), the triple clamps, and some front axle hardware.

Ohlins fronts and rears (rears still on B/O)

She and I recently got after getting the front tubes in the new trees and then making the front wheel fit.

Little anodize action (hopefully) will get done this week, and then the front will go on final and we can start focusing on everything else.

It was a great day.