Improvisation and using old skills for new tricks
A lot of motorcycle building for me is learning to lean on other skills. You know, improvisation. I have learned...
My dad, aluminum, and motorcycle building.
I am pretty sure that working with my hands is a gift I inherited from my dad. All of...
Polishing off your vegetables and aluminum parts…
My winter projects this year have multiplied. I am trying to finish up the next build primarily. And I’m giving the...
First Order of Business: A Working Brake Light…
New turn signals and working brake light added to this 1999 Triumph Thunderbird sport motorcycle A moto friend recently asked...
Bringing a knife to a gun fight.
I am a sucker for three things at a car show: split window Stingray Corvettes, cars so weird they’re cool...
One friend in a zillion.
There are about a zillion Bikes and Coffee events around the country on the weekends. With my friend Kacey Close,...
Exhausting your reach…
A good friend of mine once said, “The best way to grow is to over-obligate your abilities.” Having talked to...
First run of the engine…
Engine math is easy. There are three variables in the equation needed to getting an engine to run, no more no...
Day one of moto building
Midday my phone rang. It was the guy delivering this motorcycle to us from Minnesota. He was close by and...