Billy Applegate - Picks up a couple more in FLA

Billy Applegate Dirt Trackin' in GA on the '50 Pan

Billy Applegate scores two Second Place Trophys in Georgia Flat Track on Marty's '50 Pan TT while on his way down to Daytona to race...more to come on Daytona...

Progress...

Got the front fender, wheel, brake, headlight and horn bracket back together...I ended up having to rework the fender due to the fact that it was on a bent front end and required some tweaking to fit the straight one...no big deal. I still have to mount the horn and hook up some wires...

Oh yeah... and install the transmission, inner primary, clutch, chain, motor sprocket, outer primary, floor board, rear chain and seat.

I can already tell that the new fork and springs will make a huge difference. Just the way it sits, I can see the extra ground clearance. 

Never Ending Story...The more I...well, you get it...

The '46 always pulled hard to one side...bent rear leg...

I have a freshly straightened off set rear leg...more work....

Off with the entire fork...existing rear leg bent...

The more I try to get done...the more comes off...

Straightened off set rear leg becoming a complete fork...

Cleaning up the parts...

Damn, the rockers on the '46 were early...

Early Rockers...with brass rings? 

I don't think I've ever seen this before...

Huh? Shit now I gotta get a set of later rockers....

Got 'em...cleaned 'em up replaced some parts and ready to go....

Putting together a completely different offset springer for the '46...

C-clamp spring install....

Rockers installed... top covers installed...

Headlight bracket and Ride Control installed...

Fork installed...

Flanders installed...

So here's how yesterday went:

I started to replace the springs on the '46 and noticed my front fork leg was early...Cast #5...OK, I have it off, so I may as well put the right (later) front fork leg on...searched and found one. I slid it in without springs to check the fit with rockers and upper bushings in place. The distance between the front and rear legs on either side had an appreciable difference (I could stick my finger between them on one side and not the other...Hi-Tech Finger Caliper). I then checked it using a freshly straightened front leg (a #4 I'm using for my 39 project)...same thing. The rear leg is bent. I had a freshly straightened rear Off Set Leg that I was gonna use on my 50 Panhead (long story) and it was sitting right there. Fuck it...I'll use it on the '46. So the work began.

I also noticed that the rockers were pre-1942 so I dug up a set of later ones with the grease fitting bosses. I replaced some parts and greased 'em up. I assembled the "new" straight fork, removed the old one and installed the straight one. The '46 did always pull to one side. I thought maybe it was a bent frame...hopefully this will correct that...but you know how that goes!

Well time to get the brake and front wheel on...

The more I try to put it together...The more it comes apart...

Put the 16 back on the rear...

Decided to change out the springs while I had the front wheel off...

Front End Tear Down...

Side Car/Servi-Car lower inner springs

I have to get this fucker back on the road! All the Beach Racin' and Flat Trackin' is fun but this thing is my "bread and butter" on the street...I was gonna swap the wheels back and install the trans on Monday but I figured I'd mess with the fork whilst I was at it...I think I'm gonna install some inner Side Car / Servi Car springs inside the lowers to help out during wheelies and such...

Random Shots...March 1

Hydra-Bob waitin' on the weather...

Still haven't installed the trans...

Pan Project...

Airin' out the Dirty Nine...

1950's Motorcycle Home Movies- Races, Hillclimbs, Drunks, Crashes, Butt shots, Police etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8zeXnryRno

This is great! I love the drunks, crashes, girls butts, etc. 
At about 25:15 mins into it is some video of Mt. Garfield Hill Climb in Muskegon Mich.There are some great shots of my old friend Charlie Jacob number 58 and his bike. I have his old Ice Racer and use his motor in my WLDR Flat track bike. It was fantastic to see him shoot up the hill!

You would think by now I would Know how to post stuff properly...I don't...