kickin' brass

i bought this brass kicker pedal at laconia a year ago. i was so excited about putting it on. i wanted to install it at the camp site but decided to wait till i got home. when i did install it, it just didn't look right on my bike for some reason. so it sat at the bottom of my tool box for over a year. now i'm shipping it to a friend in australia. i hope it looks better on his bike.

nice night

sorry these pics are so blurry. we had a weekend of unseasonably warm and sunny weather so i went out for a nice evening ride. stopped at a stewart's to take a few pics.

AMF

I found these on Shovelhead.us.

bicentennial kid

when i first started looking to buy a motorcycle, i was hoping to score a 1976 honda cb550. the reason was two fold. one, my dad had one when i was little and would take me to school on it. two, that was the year i was born. instead, a buddy of mine sold me one of his yamaha xs650s. it was a 1975. i still have it, it's a great bike. my next bike was a 1975 shovelhead. i still have that as well and hope to have it forever. don't know why i wrote all that. the point of this post is to show this sticker. i don't have one of these. original ones go for a hefty amount on ebay right now. i like the slogan, "great american freedom machine". i always make my fiancé chuckle when i refer to my bike as my "freedom machine".

a little evel

two cool chops

standing side by side.

'48 pan

covered shocks

i finally zipped up my primary drive project. i replaced the compensator, and compensator nut. this greatly reduced the shiver feeling that my bike had when the rpms would hit 1200. since i was in there any way (and because i busted the chain oiler), i decided to seal the primary off as well. once all that technical stuff was done, i felt like doing something to the bike that would be visually noticeable as well. i've been wanting covered shocks for some time now. no time like the present.

old sporty

my dad wants to buy this. i think the guy is asking too much for it. looks sharp though.