Back on the Street, er, temporarily...

Tail-Seat Frame Building

Bent some 3/16" x 1 1/4" stock into a hoop to support the tail/seat. Plan to drill and bolt it to the tire side of the upper shock mounts. Why not, they are already tapped?


The South end of a North bound chicken...and some free advert for Steve Storz.


Stop side line: Tank end looks a little low. Sledge hammer is keeping this pricey piece of glass from bouncing on the concrete.


Go side: yep, tank end is too low.


Focus you idiot. Might be time for a higher megapixel camera. Looks like it could stand to move towards the tank a couple of inches too.

The debut.

Well... tomorrow night caps 2 years of hard work (ok, maybe 10 practices in 2 years, 4 of 'em in the last 2 weeks). The Geniuses are unleashing the rock tomorrow night at the 3 Kings in Denver. 3 of the 59s, Kurt, Barry, and me, Gb, plus Rich from Boss 302 are gonna butcher some power pop classics. Wish us luck...

-Gb

Makin' Brackets

The linkage on my rearsets always bugged me, and what with Barry getting those fancy Sato units, I finally did something about mine.

Got a great deal on a Buell XB shifter and linkage, threw in some scrap aluminum, and voila!

Yellow tank makes the rounds.

The yellow tank is taking a turn on my bike. The sale of fenders (and tank) on eBay left me needing a temporary fuel cell. Thanks to Garrett for the pit stop fast swap out last night.

Happy Friday! Back in Black

A cool pic:


Plus my ride, now Back in Black!

Garrett gets a brake!

One-off stainless rotor carrier, Buell rotor and 6-piston caliper. Ooh... it stops!

Tank fix coming

Well, it ain't an XR750 tank, but thanks to Steve the Ohio Flamethrower, my bike's gonna look bitchin' again soon. He's an AWESOME painter.

Plus, I'll for sure be going longer on a tank of gas.

70s Superglide tank.

dangit

Bike took a step backwards. I've been fighting the effects of fuel additives on the fiberglass tank for awhile. Came out of work yesterday, and in the 90+ temps the little tank finally gave up the ghost. The top caved in like someone had punched it, and gas was bubbling out through a crack in the top of the tank. Back to stock, for now...

Sunday's Wrench

Up on the lift, ready to tear down the stock wheels and tires, whoo they are ugly.

Much better. The pipes sound great, but won't work with rear sets. That fender, tank and seat have got to go. Notice Garrett's bike in the background. That's the right stance. The "canned ham" air filter seems to get bigger ever photograph.

The stock kickstand was modified by the previous owner to work with the low shocks and small diameter rear wheel. That's why it's almost laying down. Gotta replace that too.

Thanks to Michelle for sending Garrett over to work Sunday afternoon.

And some of the little bike...

I need to take more recent pics... The tail light situation has been rectified, as well as a couple small issues.

Garrett in the Old Days

Haha! Check me out in all my '80s boot-gaitor glory! I know, boring, but nobody was doing backflips in '85!

Who Cares???

Garrett's '95 XL1200

The 59s are a loosely-defined group of motorcycle buffs. I started this little blog to pretty much just post pics of motorcycles, friends' bike builds, inspiration pics, etc...



Might be some random stuff, music, etc.