News From The Bike Front
Now that the helicopter work seems to be complete, there is a chance to get back to work on bikes.
My good friend and work colleague of more than 30 years, Harold Kie, came down from Idaho recently.
We got to hang out for a while over at the battleship Iowa, checking out the helicopter and of course the gift shop.
Harold made the Sheddington Logo shown above, such a talented man.
Thank you Harold for doing that and I hope to see you in So-Cal real soon.
You may think that due to the lack of posts about bikes, that we over in Sheddington motorcycles have been just sitting around with our thumbs up our butts.
Not true.
We have worked on the Moto Guzzi that my brother Jimmy bought.
New carburetors, new electronic ignition and most recently a small trip computer.
The trip computer needed a magnetic device installed on a wheel somewhere.
The thread on this thing is tiny,3 mm. Fortunately our local ACE hardware store had the tap we needed.
We drilled and tapped a hole in one of the lug bolts and inserted the magnetic device with a little Loctite to ensure that it stays in place.
The display was mounted on the handlebars.
The next step was calibration.
You need an accurate measurement of the wheel circumference.
I have my ideas regarding the circumferential measurement, and my brother Jimmy has his ideas.
Now I may be wrong, but it's highly unlikely. However, as it's his bike, we used his method!
A dab of ketchup on the tire, then roll the bike until you get the second dab then measure the distance between the two.
Except that by the time the second one appeared, Missy had licked the first on off the ground.
I bet Euclid wished that they had ketchup back in his day!
Nonetheless the method worked.
The Panther is finally coming along.
All the black bits are ready to install, the frame is attached to the engine and the gearbox is in place.
Next step, mount the swing arm and the primary.
A new project just appeared on the horizon yesterday, Friday 6/9/17.
A Triumph T140E showed up on Craigslist in Prescott Arizona, Jimmy couldn't resist.
More motorcycle fun in the near future once the bike is delivered.
Here's a historical bike picture, 1991.
Wow! who's that guy with the black hair?
Of course it's not all work when you are retired.
Ciao
Norm
