Some days are great and everything goes just how you want it to. Other days are like today and nothing goes as planned. I woke up full of enthusiasm to get on with the exhausts, the first side went quite…
Despair shop 22 – Feelin’ hot, hot, hot This week in the despair shop I have mainly been playing with a 2002 Honda Vigor 650. It’s a strange old beast – single cylinder 650 single overhead cam, 4 valves, twin…
Yes, it’s time to mount the sissy bar that I made in the last part. I think it came out quite well and it’s a big part of the character of the bike, well worth the three quids worth of…
The rear wheel stay didn’t work out quite as I had planned as it didn’t give me enough clearance from the wheel without looking a bit crap. I decided to still use the rear part from the bandit bit but…
Life can be a funny old thing. I was stood looking at the dog the other day and was going through the MoT regs in my head. The sort of seat that it is going to have is like a…
I hate Scott and Ian. I’m not sure which one I hate the most, Scottie probably has the edge. In the last exciting episode you may remember we had a discussion about paintwork when I was reminded firmly but politely…
Last time I went to see Scott and Ian the latter told me of some rather decent tail lights he had found. Both were very nice heavy chrome, proper quality stuff. One would be perfect for fitting to a full…
With the engine now in place it was time to make the spacers for the wheels, bit tricky to measure with everything flopping about but I got there in the end. I have a 1950’s Henry Milnes lathe that used…
Despair Shop 16 Holey Crap Batman. So last week’s episode told of a CBR1000f that I had acquired that had looked to be a bit of a bargain. This week I discovered why it wasn’t. I had sorted all the…
I have never built a chopper before. I have built a cafe racer from a Triumph 900 triple and I have built a couple of cars but never a chopper. I’m struggling to think why I haven’t really, I guess…
