Get's the Red out Plus Changes...47 Flathead

Time to lose the red rockers and star...

Disassemble...

One down...

One to go...

That's better...

Loose the red star...

Pop on a chrome one...

Put the wheel on temp...Installed a Ride control...

Ride Control assembly and install complete...

Stand back and take a look...good...Next...

Front Brake! Found a nice old chrome set up complete...

Cleaned up the drum and popped it on with some old chrome lugs...

Backing plate cleaned up and installed...

Wheel mounted with old chrome axle and spacer...

Spins like a dream...

All good to go on this side...

Need a few parts yet for this side

Another look at the Ride Control...

Now it's time to remove the Thoro Speed Shift...and here's why...It works, but I didn't like the way it had to be set up around the carb on the Flathead...also with the addition of the front brake there would be too much stuff on the Apehangers...levers and cables everywhere...and this way the brake lever can be installed on the left side where it belongs on a springer bike...Not to mention I have a '50 pan project that I want to run the Thoro on...so off it goes...

Complete Thoro Speed Shift deinstalled...

Now to install the tank shift and foot clutch...

But here's the catch...these old chrome 47 Knuckle tanks that I used on this bike had the shifter gate holes leaded over prior to chrome...So I'm gonna try it out without a gate and see how it works... Oh and I used an old Shmidts Phila PA beer tap handle as a shift knob...

If the gate-less approach is found to be ineffective I will gingerly grind out the lead and install the gate...that will be a bit hairy but what the hell...

Dug up a nice Old Chrome foot clutch assembly...

Popped it on and hooked it all up..

I took a spin down the road and went right through second into third...this gate-less approach might take a minute to get used to...next I need to get a front brake cable and lever installed...