Decided I would soup up the Raleigh moped with
a little Motobecane...
a little Motobecane...
Monday, 26 September 2016
Sunday, 25 September 2016
YL1 progress
Finally finished assembling the motor and painting the battery box cover...
..have to tackle the wiring next (including some lights)
..have to tackle the wiring next (including some lights)
Sunday, 18 September 2016
How to build a motorcycle
I dont often do free advertising for someone HOWEVER this would be a excellent book to get for your kiddos...
...or get it to read to the cat...
ISBN 9781633220577
...or get it to read to the cat...
ISBN 9781633220577
Saturday, 30 July 2016
Yankee 1555 Ratchet Breast Drill...
That is what the drill is called..
YANKEE Ratchet Breast Drill...
Purchased from a vendor at the Ormstown CVMG rally....
YANKEE Ratchet Breast Drill...
Purchased from a vendor at the Ormstown CVMG rally....
Has a 5 setting device on the inside of the gearing...
Has a low speed - high speed lever on the side of the handle...
Quite an amazing engineered tool from the early 1900s...
Sunday, 24 July 2016
Sunday, 17 July 2016
Remanufactured seat for YL1
I had a old seat from a Honda Express
...which was a little beat...
...which was a little beat...
...okay...
...maybe A LOT BEAT...
...maybe A LOT BEAT...
Stripped off the old cover and foam...
...had to straighten out the seat pan...
a wee bit...
...had to straighten out the seat pan...
a wee bit...
Seems folks can afford to buy a lot of furniture
and just throw out the old stuff.
Nice 'bonded leather' chair at the side of the
road yielded its back panel in order for me to
reupholster the seat for the YL1
Simplified instruction would be to carefully
duplicate the panels from the old cover,
duplicate the panels from the old cover,
minus the rips...
...and just sew them together inside out...
...then just flip it the right side out...
Remanufactured seat for YL1
I had a old seat from a Honda Express
...which was a little beat...
...which was a little beat...
...okay...
...maybe A LOT BEAT...
...maybe A LOT BEAT...
Stripped off the old cover and foam...
...had to straighten out the seat pan...
a wee bit...
...had to straighten out the seat pan...
a wee bit...
Seems folks can afford to buy a lot of furniture
and just throw out the old stuff.
Nice 'bonded leather' chair at the side of the
road yielded its back panel in order for me to
reupholster the seat for the YL1
Simplified instruction would be to carefully
duplicate the panels from the old cover,
duplicate the panels from the old cover,
minus the rips...
...and just sew them together inside out...
...then just flip it the right side out...
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