BSA 441 Board tracker the oil tank

I made up a tear dropped oil tank, instead of rubber bushings I thought Id try something a bit older feeling. The springs will be not red when done. I scored a nice old back support belt, worn in perfectly, it will be the battery hold down and keep it out of site a bit.

BSA 441 Board tracker, rear seat/rack

Ive trying to decide how to do the rear seat. I had made the basic rack/seat a while back, but trying to mount it with out leaving much sign of it when removed was getting me, then I decided the rear foot pegs should be part of it as well, so the whole rear passenger area is one.

There is one main pin to pul in the front under the main seat. then lift strait up and off. The pegs will be wrapped in leather same as the frt pegs and grips.

BSA 441 Board tracker ,bits and pieces.

I got the front mount for the rear rack made, Itl will have a removable pin in the front for releasing it from the bike. The side supports Im working on, they include the passenger foot pegs as well, all in one unit, so when the racks removed, the rear pegs are gone with it.

I started to play with the exhaust, we are tring to retain some original BSAness on the bike, & I think the BSA muffler & heat shield goes well with the bike. Need to massage a couple things, and change to tail on the muffler, but itll be perfect i think.

Also made the seat stops that sit under the spring cups.. Now Im back up front on the bars, again. The one set I liked mounted to the side of the front end, but there was not enough strength one the sheetmetal fork sides to support them, then I made some that went over the top of front end & down and out, like clubman style, that look horrible, but now I have a solution, itll be neat.

The compound.

Im thinking, Im ready for Summer. Its been cold for a week, then a warm day or two, so winters over, right?

Matt Came over this morning.

And left the gate open, like old times. Bethany yelled at him & called him names, likes old times. It used to be so fun when Matt was around more, for me. Could the dog be any more limp? Not very Husky like.

The 2112 Timonium Bike show. Come upstairs.

We last year at the show, they opened a second huge building up top, for swap meet, & more homegrown stuff. Lowside Magazine & friends had the back wall. It was so great, that this year Lowside has been given the back 1/2 of that building that was curtained off last year. This is a hugenormous flippin space.

There will be cafe bikes, choppers, bobbers, metric bikes, art, sculpture, photography, Q-Ball, Debbie Fitch, Dime city & cafe racer TV, comphy chairs to take a load off & relax & BS with people.....the Lowside of the Timonium bike show will be the magical spot this year I do believe.

Last Year I had entered the Green Ural (Pictured in the header above) as a joke, and by some freak of nature won First Place in Metric Full Custom. People want simpler it seems, and the Baltimore guy always get First in the more traditional fields with well built simple clean HD builds. This year Im going to enter something so out there, just to see what people think. Ill be a Love/Hate type deal Im sure. And totally just for fun, what this should be about .

THE LOWSIDE at the Timonium Bike Show

Given our strong grassroots following and the current rise in DIY culture and appreciation for vintage aesthetic, Lowside was asked to take the reigns of this enormous and previously well attended event ensuring the four pillars of vintage motorcycling are represented, Choppers/Bobbers, Cafe Racers, Drag Bikes and Vintage Antiques creating the draw needed to break the 50,000 attendee mark.

The 35,000 square foot facility will play host to the first ever of it's kind 3 day long indoor event showcasing everything from vintage choppers to Vincents and everything in between. Paying homage to the history and raw value found in motorcycling, Lowside is bringing together the entire array of motorcycle enthusiasts which creates the ultimate captive audience for you to market your brand and products over this three day period.

Below are a few photos from last years event. 

Lamps. That's right, I said Lamps.

I collect a lot of old bits and pieces from antique stores, and have a lot of left over stuff from projects. Ive been trying to get back in the groove since mid December and my creativity has just been bleak. I spent a couple days looking thru my stuff & made some lamps. It felt good , made me think a bit, and got me back in the state mind I needed.

Have a look, let me know what you think. They are in the store for purchase as well.

BSA 441 Board tracker the neck

Previously I had used a couple bushings and spacers on the neck & bearing cups, it worked well, but its been eating me. I removed the upper & lower neck/bearing cup parts from the Honda Dream that the front end is from & added them to the BSA neck this gave it the correct neck length from top to bottom , & allowed me to just use the stock Honda Races, Balls, and cups. Much better I think. I also installed the steering stop.

Now onto handler bar set 3.0.

Lil dark to see the bottom well.

BSA 441 Board tracker Front end

Well Im back from the Holiday break and some other things that needed done.
First on the list was to make the front wheel work with the Fork. Originally I was going to use the Honda Dream front hub & lace the 21" rim to it. That way it would bold right on the the Dream Front end. I decided last minute I wasnt liking the less stopping power factor, or the none matching hub sizes, so I gave Matt the BSA front hub to lace to the rim, and threw caution to the wind.

Well today was figure out how to make that work day. I reduced the axle size on one end, then the wheel hub didnt want to clear the Dreams sheet metal fork leg on one side, so I trimmed it a bit, then took apart the shock to flip the lower section to clear a nut , and finally got room for things to work, a little cleaning up on the cuts, and itll be good.

Then I was looking for the BSA axle nut, I looked through every place it should have been, and then all the other places. Then I went to get the nut off another 441 here, and WHAT?!  I slapped myself in the forehead. The lower fork leg on the BSA is threaded & there is no nut. I kill me sometimes. Of course its a reverse British thread on the axle, so theres no finding one of those around anytime soon, so I cut off the lower tip of the bsa tube. Its a big chunk of metal, so at least I can shape it into something cool looking.

Not much to see, but its all I got picture wise for tonite.

Merry Christmas everybody!

A few pictures from today here at the homestead.

BSA 441 Board tracker

Ow, they nice with tires..

Heres a horrible picture. Its blurry since I was falling over when I took it, this means its time to retire for the night normally.

Kinda like when John Wayne was drunk riding his horse & fell off, and says "We camp here".

You can kind of make out the rack, it will be level with the seat and it looks pretty slick. And the seat I just made about 2" longer in the front. Much better.

BSA 441 Board tracker the wheels

Well Matt has been really really busy, so he told his son to lace the wheels, or no dinner.

Good job little one.

Of course I gave him rewards licks for such a great job. Taste like chicken.

BSA 441 Board tracker, the Last Air Bender ...sort of

OK, there is to be a removable seat arrangement of some sort on the rear of the bike for an occasional passenger. It will be in the form of a rack that will remove, with a P Pad on it.

For this bike Im trying to be a tad on the subtle, but unusual side in the little things. This part I think the fellow will get a kick out. A coupe years ago in Greenland and Pennsylvania a Movie called the Last Airbender Based on the Avatar was filmed. The bad guy soldiers had grey boots, the higher ups wore black leather boots with embossing on the sides. Weeeell, one day lurking in a strange antique (kind of) store, in the back I saw racks of outfits that looked like old asian warrior kinda deals. The sign said they where the soilder outfits used in the filming of the movie, and then they had some of the boots. The leather was thick. I saw the embossing and knew I could do something with these. This particular pair was wore by stunt guy, H. Minami apparently. What does this all mean, not Jack really, just entertains me.

So I wacked up the one boot to use some of it for the rear P Pad on the rack, on the BSA. So, this bit of boot has seen Greenland, PA, MD. and soon the Florida Keys.

Theres a lot goes into some simple little details on these bikes, these are the parts I have the most fun with.

So far on this bike, stuff I gathered and reused or wacked and tweeked parts from to use are.

• stage coach step , head light holder now
• harley davidson hummer head light
• Honda Dream front end modified
• levers from Chang Jang CJ750
• military  waist belt flag holder socket, now the brass thing that is the front of seat.
• foot brake lever, early 1900's crank hankle for something I forgot
• Brass Pump fire extinisher, now electrics container
• boot from Last Airbender, now rear seat, check.

Zee boot.

Das boot bottom, kinda neat.

The old stunt guy owner

And the part Ill use. Modeled by Red Cat for the, Puss in Boot look.

Look closely....