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To keep the streak going I finished the clutch cap on the lathe today.  The first milling operation went smoothly but this lathe operation had a slight bump or two in my way.  I [...]

Ahh, peace and quiet to make bike parts.  As close to nirvana as I can get these days. Today was a low hanging fruit, the clutch cable actuator cover.  This is a cute little piece with [...]

As I mentioned in a previous post we had the guys from the Discovery Channel HD Theater over here shooting some footage for an upcoming episode.  It turns out that upcoming episode just came [...]

Wow, nothing like a lack of paid work to allow me to get more done on the bike!  Seeing that the clutch side is getting closer to completion I started on the clutch cap, the cover that also [...]

What a productive week for the bike!  I was able to get some more time in on the mill and complete the machining of the clutch cover.  The last operation on the part was machining the [...]

Now that I’m done with the pockets on the primary drive gear there is some empty space on the mill bed so I’ll get in come clutch cover machining in while the setup is available. [...]

After the two lathe operations to create the primary drive gear blank I need to do one mill operation to create the clutch basket mounting holes and various weight reduction features. Switching [...]

After a couple of weeks of turning these into a bunch of these and a lot of this the lathe is open and I am more than ready to make some bike parts! Today we’re making the blank for the [...]

Just letting the blog viewers know that there is a new thread on the project over on the ADV Rider Forum.  The forum is mainly focused on Adventure riding.  They describe their mission [...]