I miss riding really I do, and usually I welcome the winter months to get in the shop, tear down, rebuild or start a new project. As of late I seem to be suffering a bit of the ole builders block. I have 3 projects on the bench right now along with my daily rider to attend to and nothing seems to be getting done. Wah! Wah! Wah!
Today I barricaded myself in the shop and flipped a coin deciding what to tear into...
Of course like everyone else I flipped until I got the outcome I desired most...My Shop My Rules! Landing on heads for the fifth time I decided to pick up on the FlatTracker Engine Swap and ReDeux:
I picked up this 66 TR6 FlatTracker a few years ago after following an classified I'd seen somewhere. It was 4hrs away in Wilkes Barre PA. So I hopped in the truck, jammed over to my buddy Allens house kicked him awake and away we went.
As I pull up to the address, I noticed a huge plate glass window caved in with a Harley Sprint hanging out onto the sidewalk...and the buildings facade crumbling. WTF!
As it turns out a drunk driver had lost control of his Ford Taurus and careened into the building that morning.
Nevertherless I mosey inside to see the owner and after helping to box up the broken glass he pulls the tarp off this gem. I bought it right there on the spot for $1250.oo.
Sometime later I came up on the T140v Motor, which I was told was built and raced with trick parts and blah blah blah...just like every other deal where someones trying to sell you a 2000 dollar story and a 50 dollar part...."oh this was built by Joe Blow and he was the best it has a Flux Capacitor and Reverse Rocket Propulsion Torque Thrusters."
Well the guy I bought the motor from wasnt far off... As soon as I popped the head off I knew there was something different about this motor, more then the ARD Mag, mikuni Carbs and Torque tubes... the more I tore it down the more HotRod bits I found.. crazy one off trick parts, everything has either been drilled, lightened, grooved, machined, or shortened... I guess I needed this type of excitement to get my head back in the game. Here's hoping spring doesn't come to quick and I get to finish up on everything Im getting a later start on.
To Be Continued.....
3 comments:
I have magneto envy Marco! I feel you though I can't wait to move into our new building so I can have the time to get to work on my race bike agaiin!
nice tracker, always loved there looks, maybe I'll get to building my own someday
Nice, dude; sweet! It's really the garage stories like this that keep me hanging around moto-blogs anyway; thanks!
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