Part 4: Cabana Dan’s Early Projects
1914 H-D Twin Engine Rebuild and the 1912 Single Venture
By Bandit with photos from Weed and Cabana Dan
I’m running behind on this episode because of a myriad of other projects and interruptions. I was able to sneak into the hills over-looking the Buffalo Chip and Dan’s shop recently to grab some shots and kick around the 1914 H-D twin engine rebuild.
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VLXAFL-5 Knucklehead Chop Part 4
Oil tank, Battery, kickstand, Transmission, gearing and...
By Bandit with photos by Wrench
Under a modicum of pressure, I escaped to my shop and attempted to shift my mind from treacherous doom and gloom over to mechanical freedom. Work proceeded on the transmission, kickstand, battery tray, oil tank and more...
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5-Ball VL,XA,FL Knucklehead build, Part 3
Struggled for a while, but am now making progress
by Bandit with photos by Weed
I’m facing a number of challenges. I’ve also faced some pressure lately and I don’t like to associate pressure or stress with building a motorcycle. Hell, I moved to motorcycle Nirvana in the Black Hills to duck the bullshit California riders face daily.
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5-Ball VL, XA, FL 2022-23 Build, Part 1
With a Knucklehead Engine from S&S
by Bandit with photos by the Redhead and Atomic Dice illustrations
For the first time in 20 years, I didn’t have a shop. I had to do something or chase women and drink whiskey. Irish Rich, from Shamrocks just moved to Sturgis from Denver and had a couple of rusting VL frames. At least I could find parts and start planning. I reached out to Matt Olsen. The last time I saw him he mentioned coming into some stock springers.
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The Little Red Chopper, Part 2
All the Players Step Forward
By Kent Weeks and Tom Young with photos by RFR and Sil
Harvey, the Veteran Owner, came to me by way of John Peek, who runs Full Throttle motorcycle shop in Houston, (one of the most successful, top-gas bike racers in Texas). Harvey recently moved back to this area and didn’t have anyone to help with the custom metal work he wanted to have done.
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Pandemic Panhead Project: Part 3 Tuning
It was a lesson in Frustration on Several Fronts
by Bandit with photos by Wrench
I’ve built a number of bikes and maybe I was just lucky. With the Pandemic not so lucky. Trouble getting it started in Sturgis, so we brought it home and sent the Magneto back to Deadwood Custom Cycles for a check-over.
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Pandemic Panhead Project, Part 2
Scrambling for Paint
By Bandit with photos by Wrench and Bandit
While waiting on the paint, I needed to install the Morris Mag, decide on a carb, install the front brake, finish a handful of welds, work with the guys at Bates on a clutch cable, make an old clutch lever work, hell, make the brake lever work and find a brake cable, take the springer apart and add Paughco inner springs, install the headlight and taillight, make a muffler bracket and mo’.
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Pandemic Project Panhead: Part 1
The Basket Case from Hell
By Bandit with photos by Wrench
It all started on a dark, foggy harbor day in 2018 when the Pandemic basket case arrived at the Bikernet Intergalactic World Headquarters in Wilmington, Califa.
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