Powerplus or Bust, Eh?

[Steve Swan]

Bravissimo !

[painterdale]

Hot Damn! Congratulations! Sounds great. Sure got the attention of the cats, too. Dale

[Shaky Jake]

You guys CRACK ME UP. Keep guessing. I promise I'll fill you in in a later post, but for now I'm feeling the need to skip ahead to what happened this afternoon:







Kevin

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[pisten-bully]

Through the tank rod for that fancy-schmancy Hendee Extended Range Tank?

[frichie68]

Manual afterburner igniter.

[BigLakeBob]

A spring loaded detent, what for I don't know? But to continue the humorous theme, maybe to put under your seat so when you hit a bump it releases and checks your butt numbness!

[Jim]

No No... it's a wooden bench!

[painterdale]

I made this today, for the Indian. Anybody want to guess what it is?







Kevin

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I think it's a Sharpie. Dale

[painterdale]

Very nice. They will look good on the bike! Dale

[TechNoir]

These came yesterday.

How exciting!

Also, I bet that makes it suddenly seem very "real" if you get what I mean.

John

[Shaky Jake]

These came yesterday.








Kevin


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[EricOlson]

An Indian peace pipe?

[Shaky Jake]

Quiz

I made this today, for the Indian. Anybody want to guess what it is?






Kevin

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[Shaky Jake]

The gas tank mounts to the frame with these little nickel plated clamps. Someone told me once that they originally had a piece of leather under them that was sort of shaped like the Chevy bow-tie emblem, but rounded on the ends. I've never seen one, but I cut out a cardboard template based on that description and what I think they may have looked like:








I cut some out of a piece of leather and punched holes for the screws to go through:










The cuts around the outside aren't as smooth as they should be, but I figure once they get oily and dirty, they'll look fine:








The other thing that worried me was the bottom of the tabk wearing against the top of the shifter, where it clamps to the frame. I decided to glue a piece of leather to the top of the clamp, but the piece of leather I'd bought for the bow-ties was a little too thick to fit in that location. I have a stash of old left-hand leather gloves, because my right hand (chain-saw hand) glove always wears out first. The glove leather was just the right thickness, so I cut a chunk out of one and glued it to the shifter clamp with Barge Cement:












Before I installed the tank and clamps, I wrapped the frame with friction tape in those locations, to isolate the clamps from the frame tube. That would be a typical 'period' thing to do. the extra pieces of friction tape are for the auxiliary gas tank, which will be mounted there at a later time:










Little by little...

Kevin


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[Shaky Jake]

Thanks for all the compliments on the paint. I'll tell you that the tank turned out way better than I ever expected. The whole time I was doing it I was saying to myself "I'll just do this, how bad can it be?" Then, when I took it out and saw it in the sun, I just sat there on the deck with a big cigar and a scotch, and I just looked at it and laughed for a long time.


Kevin


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