Saddle Bags

Well, I was going to have to resort to using the Ammo cans for saddle bags but I just found a great deal on Craigslist. Found a really cool guy in Dubuque that is selling me a set of Kawi bags with lights. I am going tomorrow night to pick them up... I think I am getting a pretty good deal, as you all know that have been following this, it has been tough coming up with money for this stuff. Everyone has been so generous to me on this bike and I really appreciate it. I'll show the bags when I get them.

Blasted Heads

Yesterday I was able to spend abou 5 hours out in the shop. I was able to get the gaskets all scraped off of the cylinders and get it blasted, Here is a photo of the finished blasting job.
Now all I have to do is tape it all off and spray paint it with High temp Engine Paint that I got from J&P Cycles. Part number 910-636 CLICK HERE .

Then I was able to get the head flattened from the blasting job I did on that. That was a whole lot easier than I thought it was going to be, this is the stone that Kody gave me and a can of WD40. It was as easy as wax on, wax off. Run it for awhile, clean it off and re-lube and rub some more. The seat where the gasket goes is now nice and shiny.

Here is a shot of me working on cleaning up those gaskets. That is definately a tedious job.

Kody's dad grabbed the camera and got yet another shot of me working on the bike.

Cool new Chair

Here is a chair that I am going to be getting soon.
This will be great for short or long trips. Expecially for fishing.
It's the Blue Max Saddle
CLICK HERE

Me Working

Ok, so cleaning this thing up is harder than I thought it would be but in the end it will be worth it.
Kody's Dad, Jerry, grabbed my camera up and got a shot of me working on my machine. This will be one for the scrap book, Me, working on a motorcycle. And my own at that.

Removing the Cylinders.

Ok, so tonight I had an hour in the shop, I finished up on some little spots of sandblasting the heads and got that all finished up. Then it was time to remove the cylinders. WOW,easy to do but how can there be so much sand and dirt surrounding the bolts down that far.


It looked like they had submerssed the engine in sand.
THIS IS BAD. Or so I thought, actually, it was just around the Head Bolts, that sand and dirt didn't actually make it inside the engine.



Anyway, now I have the cylinders soaking just as I did the head, I'll take a couple of days to scrub on them and get all of the grease and ---- off of them, then I'll blast them as well. Once they are blasted, I'll break out the Engine paint and turn them completely black.
After the black paint, I intend on sanding down the fins to reveal the aluminum underneath of the paint but just on the tips of the fins, this should be really pretty when it is done.
Anyway, I had a Boy Scout meeting tonight so that is all I had time for. Like I said, I'll get the photos of the cylinders removed tomorrow and show the photos.
As I go though all of that process, I'll take some photos and get them up here. When I actually start putting things together, I'll get out the video camera.

Wisner Cycles

Here is the new logo for Wisner Cycles.

Nothing happened

I didn't work on the bike last night, My son Tyler was fixing supper so I wanted to go home and see what he did. My Kids are still number one in my life, the bike can take a night off.
I'll go work on it for a bit tonight, I'll let you know tomorrow what is happening.