It's Monday - yippie?

The start of a new work week, and the start of a new project at the shop for me. Hmm, I haven't been talking much about what has been going on at the shop lately, quick update.

1. Hired a new guy, fresh outta MMI two weeks ago. He's doing great, him and the boss get along great and he actually knows enough to be past the danger point. Best thing he knows is when to ask for help or advice on how things are done in the real world as opposed to the classroom world.

2. Hiring the new guy has let me get back to build projects, namely Victor's chopper, since he was complaing the most. LOL. It's a sky high monster, I can barely see over the fuel tank and I'm 6'1". We finished the mock up and most everything a couple a months back, but without a third guy at the shop, it's been a pain to work on it, since hiring the new guy, I've been able to devote the last week and a half to getting it finshed and on the road. It's about 90% done, but I had to stop because I ran outta parts, gotta love backorders.

3. The Smoke Out is this weekend, so we all have been spending a lot of time helping guys get thier bikes ready for that, mostly little things that they can't take care of themselves. Most of the guys that go to the Smoke Out tend to work on thier own rides and usually only come to us if it's beyond thier abilities.

4. Started a new project this morning, an OLD shovelhead FLH, it's not excatlly the kind of job I like to do, but I'll do my best on it. The owner was rebuilding it himself, kinda of a long term project for him, unfortunally he passed on before he could finish it and his family asked us to finish it for him. I imaging that once it's finished, they will probally want to sell it. Personnaly, I think that if that's the case, they should just sell it as is. Basicly though, all I'm doing is getting it running, doing what's needed to be able to show it does run. I figure if there are no major setbacks, I'll have it finished by friday and hopefully the rest of Victor's parts will be in and I can finish his next week.

Ok, that should bring everyone up to date on the shop work. As for the personal rides, I'm planning on finishing the oil tank/battery box for mine on thursday night, hopefully have it mounted as well, I'd like to be able to spend this weekend tying up a lot of the little loose ends so that I can spend next week wiring the bike. I've decided to get the bike running as a rat chopper for now, I'm still not 100% sure I'm gonna like the sucide clutch / jocky shift setup, plus I need to see how the Amen suspention will need to be tweaked for the best ride, so it's just gonna be a rattle can paint job for now, I figure by this fall I should have all the bugs worked out and then I'll finish it up completely. That will let me get to work on Sweety's trike project sooner, gotta keep her happy, so I'll be happy.

Well, that's all for now. Asta

it's been awhile

Yep, it's been awhile since I've been here. Life is like that. It's mostly been the usual crazed pace of life that's been keeping me occupied lately. A big project that's been going on is research, Sweets has decided that she would like a trike. So I've been researching them, looking at different kits, convertions, and of course the costs. Let me tell ya, there not cheap, no matter how you do it. The photo above is the one I like the best so far, it's made by a local outfit www.eztrikekits.com . We drove over there last wensenday to check them out and we both got to take the one in the picture for a test ride. You can't tell it by the photo, but this one has been raked out to 40 deg and was set up as a drag bike, not excatlly a streetable setup. But it did ride nice for the most part, it had a bit of a shake in the front end taking off, I'm figuring is due to a improperly balanced front tire, but other than that I liked it. Of course like most, it's not cheap, but at about half the cost of most, it's an option we're discussing a lot.

Well, I'll try to get back later, time to get ready for work now. Catch ya all on the flip side, asta.