Dickin Around in Doug's Garage

[rtwdoug]

today I decided to replace the leaky mainshaft seal on the knuck, wanna get it ready to ride to key west in a couple weeks.
Figured this wouldnt take long.
yeah right.
I got it all apart, went to the drawer with the seals......
and I didnt have the right one!
dammit! I guess I sent em in the crate of stuff to Bulgaria this summer, to have as spares over there.
I had also sent all of my special clutch tools also, and forgot to replace em when I got back. oops!
someone had tried to fix the seal with silicone in the past. I'll get a seal this week & stick it back together.

Everyone thinks all old HD's leak, so I like to keep mine drip free.
well, drip reduced, anyhow.



Then the UPS guy came by, & brought me the lights I got from a guy here on ADV (thanks Joe!)
I think they are gonna look good on it, and they are BRIGHT!







another handy thing with the KTM forks, the spacing of the risers is the same as on HD forks. So that will make things easier for that also!
I wanna keep the stock switches, just because of less headaches, so Im gonna run 1" bars.
Of course no one makes motocross bars in 1".......

Doug

[Dorzok]

Originally Posted by rtwdoug

Doug

you know that dent is going to reduce fuel capacity.

[rtwdoug]

not using that tank, its just there for test fitment. I'm gettin a 4.2 gallon from Paughco

Doug

[ironslede68]

transplant, motocross inner, harley ends, slug from your lathe and weld

or just bend up your own in 1 inch stuff

[DesmoDog]

Originally Posted by GSBS

...is still getting out plenty. And loved by a couple of dogs, Bailey here being one. Last Friday:

That picture is fantastic, I wonder if my youngest retriever would tolerate the doggles though...

Doug - thanks for the thread. My "Sportster Based Projects" list has one more entry on it now.

[GSBS]

Originally Posted by DesmoDog

That picture is fantastic, I wonder if my youngest retriever would tolerate the doggles though...

Both of my goldies at first tried to rake the Doggles off their heads. But after a few miles riding in them I guess they realized what they're for and liked not having the wind in their eyes, because now they'll nose into the straps when we're getting ready for a ride.

[roadracer]

Is that a Toller or a small Golden?

I've got a side-car friendly toller myself...

Originally Posted by GSBS

...is still getting out plenty. And loved by a couple of dogs, Bailey here being one. Last Friday:

[GSBS]

Originally Posted by roadracer

Is that a Toller or a small Golden?

I've got a side-car friendly toller myself...

Actually I have two... both Goldies. Bailey is the one pictured above. The camera's wide angle lens makes her head appear larger than it really is relative to her body.
She is around 55 pounds. My other pup, Roscoe, is about 80 pounds. They're both about two years old and hopelessly in love.

There's just no way for them to comfortably ride in the Velorex cockpit at the same time.

[camgregus]

I have dreamt of such a sporty. But I figured mine would start out with an old ironhead of some sort...

[rtwdoug]

Well, Im waitin on some parts for the sporty.
So, I figured it was time to start puttin the Indian back together. its only been on the stand for over a year, but still, its time.

Motor is all redone, just gotta install the tranny, primary, etc.

get everything ready for the clutch



Now for most stuff, I prefer Indian over HD, but the clutch setup sorta sucks. The basket is threaded, & goes inside the trans, where a big nut holds it in place. You gotta take alot of stuff off to get to the clutch. taint a 5 minute job.

I still have the clutch removal tools the guy made for me in Siberia in 06. They still work pretty good.



the wrench was cut out from a metric wrench to fit, & the other piece with the bar goes into the clutch hub to turn it.

The guy was a friggin genius. Not many people in the US could repair an Indian trans case, let alone someone with old soviet era machines, russian bearings, etc, & had never seen anything that wasnt metric.

but they work fine!





when we had the bike all done, & he charged me a whopping 60usd for 14 hours of work, he gave me the tools he made. He said 'when am I gonna work on another Indian?'
good point.

As Im working, the cats are hangin out watchin each other.
The big one is Shitty (short for shop kitty) He is king of the house, & the whole world if you ask him.

the little one on the seat is a stray that showed up last week. its real cold here, so I'm lettin him sleep in the garage. Shitty does not approve, & smacks him whenever he gets too close. Tough, Im not gonna let him freeze....



so the primary is all in, maybe I'll get a bit more done on it tomorrow.

[norton73]

Both strays a couple years ago

[indianscout]

Be good to see the old chief back on the road again Doug. You got another adventure planned with her in the future?

[hardwaregrrl]

I'm so glad my favorite show is back on!!!! Looking good, Doug. All the stuff I hear about Russian fix-it guys makes me feel like a total slob.

[BobLoblaw]

Originally Posted by rtwdoug

when we had the bike all done, & he charged me a whopping 60usd for 14 hours of work, he gave me the tools he made. He said 'when am I gonna work on another Indian?'
good point.

As Im working, the cats are hangin out watchin each other.
The big one is Shitty (short for shop kitty) He is king of the house, & the whole world if you ask him.

the little one on the seat is a stray that showed up last week. its real cold here, so I'm lettin him sleep in the garage. Shitty does not approve, & smacks him whenever he gets too close. Tough, Im not gonna let him freeze....



so the primary is all in, maybe I'll get a bit more done on it tomorrow.

Now this is why I like hangin out in your garage

[ducnut]

Originally Posted by rtwdoug

Educate me:

What's the chain for? I thought clutch, but, the clutch is in the primary case. Then, I thought shifting, but, there's an obvious shift lever on the tranny.

I'd never make it working on a Harley or Indian.