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I did build a sidecar just before Christmas. Smaller scale though. Grand kids love it.

Yes it's an all too common story, motor in my Jeep went, stator in my Triumph stranded me in Ohio, and the wife likes for my "just for fun" projects to be self funded. Not meaning I can pay for them out of my paychecks but I can pay for them with money I make on my other projects.

Ran out of $$$. I'll get back at it soon, well, enough to get it going but the sidecar will have to wait.

Ok, back from vacation and the spring yard work is done so back at it. Starting to do a lot of the little stuff so it may not look like much work. Got the wiring pretty much figured out except this blue and yellow set coming off of the ignition box. Can anyone tell me what version DYNA box...

Cam seals came in, made a little progress today. I getting nervous about hitting my end of may date. Sidecar might not get done but I hope to have it running.

Absolutely, we call that a "race ready" finish. Lol

Patience Dan, patience. The wheel is pretty much as far down as its going to go. I'll pop it up on the center stand soon and check it then. It wouldn't be a big deal to kick it out a bit if it does hit.

Exhaust is done. I would've liked to have a little more room to sweep the pipes together but I doubt I'll notice any performance loss. Shameless plug.

Couldn't go much farther with the heads because my "head gasket kit" didn't come with cam seals. :Awe: So I took the opportunity to start on the exhaust. Doing a 4 into 1 dumping on the left side. Right side. Left side. This nice new and clean stainless sure welds better than the...

Thanks guys.

I may have goofed. I thought there would be a top dead center mark on the crank pulley. I don't see one on there or in the manual. How are you guys verifying TDC with the head on?

Thanks for the offer Dean, can you hold on to them for a bit longer till I see what kind of shape mine are in. I should be to that point in a week or two. Meanwhile, I haven't found a manifold for what I would consider a good deal so I decided to try and make this work. Its pretty ugly...

It rolls. Took the opportunity to clean up a little.

Thanks for the tip KYWinger, I'll look into it. Meanwhile, WD and scotchbrite got the wheels looking as good as they're going to get right now. If I have time near the end of this build I'll do more with them when I have them off to swap the tires. Starting to look like something. BTW...

Forks look like someone had been in there before. Seals were wrong, thinner one on the left was in there one on the right is correct. Got the tank shell back on and some of the wiring back on. Started cleaning the wheels.... :Awe: This is going to take a while.

Parts washer thawed out and the frozen pipes/leaks at 3 different houses have been fixed. Finally getting back into the garage. :salute:

Beautiful day here too. Got out for a bit on my bike before working on Dads. Finished the day with a fire and a beverage.

It all depends on your goals, my first cross country trip I decided to get off the east coast as fast as possible so by the afternoon of the third day I was in the Badlands SD. Stuck to the side roads through to Salt Lake City UT then slab city until I hit Cali. PCH is not one I'll trade for an...

Not much to see lately, got the tank cleaned, painted, and put back in. Serviced the swing arm bearings and got that back in. The neck bearings looked like they had seen better days. I upgraded from the ball bearings to the newer tapered bearing.

Highway to the sun was on of my favorite spots out there. Wish I could make this one, I will someday.