My SuperGlide project return

[Death Proof Nova Model]

A little bit more about the bike. As mentioned it had custom paint and a one off sissy-bar and highway pegs. It also had 4 inch extended forks (they looked great, not too much, but some, and the stock kick-stand was retained). It had six bend pull back handle bars . I have already made the extended tubes (if my math is correct they are a little over 5/8ths of an inch longer than the kit tubes). I made they from aluminum tubing.

The first kit pic shows one stock tube and the two extended ones I made. It also show some of the work I did to the oil tank as that is the way they look. There is a lot of plastic on the top as you can tell by the deep groove in it. It will help keep the oil line down. The 3 next pics show the bike sorta mocked up. I have made the highway pegs and sissy-bar. I have done a lot of work on the oil pump as I want to run the lines as they should be. The carb has had a lot of extra work done as has the tranny. I am a bit anal retentive and I sometimes wonder if simpler might be better? Nonetheless, we will see how I continue. I put the top end oil lines on and the frame has been painted. I just wanted to get some pics up.

[Death Proof Nova Model]

Hmmm, I did have a couple pics of the other side. They are not really in focus and yes, that is me "back in the day". I had gotten these pics along with the ones posted, they were just lost on my computer. One thing you may notice, the paint on the tank does not come down from the top as it did on the other side. The second pic is a good shot of the "Look".

[Death Proof Nova Model]

Here are a few more build pics.The shifter linkage will work.

[Death Proof Nova Model]

As mentioned above, the linkage will move. The linkage is one of the differences between my bike and the kit. The shifter for the kit bike goes thru the primary cover. Mine was like the FL/FLH. Fortunately, the kit had the pieces I needed. It took some work on the round piece that attaches the linkage to the trans as this part was just a pin to be glued. It needed redone so it would swivel.

I am going to have to cast the rear brake caliper/pad as mine used the same unit. The kit has a smaller version. The pics showing the inner primary show where I made a block-off for the electric starter.

As an aside, I am using a Tamiya 1/6 scale FXE 1200 kit. I should have mentioned that sooner, just in case you were wondering.

[Harleybuilder]

Hi Jim,
nice to see that you are back and that you have fixed the little problems with the extra parts that you need for your 1973 custom version of your harley.

[Death Proof Nova Model]

Thanks Harleybuilder. I'm not sure all the problems are taken care of but it was nice that the kit had the parts I needed. They must have used the same sprue as the ElectraGlide.

I am putting up some pics of the carb that I have done some work on. The butterfly should not be red, I made it that color to show it better. My plan is to have the choke knob open and close the choke. I also added a piece for the throttle cable to attach to.

The pic reminds me that I need to install the push-rods.

[Death Proof Nova Model]

Sometimes it' the SMALL things. (If this doesn't prove my AR trait it should add to the notion). I cut the kick-start pedal off, grooved the arm, formed a piece of plastic to adapt so the kick-start lever will swivel in and out.
I have been kind of afraid to do some of this stuff as I have been away from it so long that I figure I'd screw something up. This was one of those parts. It's to the point if mess up-Oh Well, deal with it if it happens. I gotta get this project moving forward. There have been quite a few parts that I have painted and need to paint. I paint outside and the weather has been really crappy for painting.

[krow113]

Good work , keep going!

[Don Garrett]

Cool.

[chassisdude]

Hey Jim..Is the bike going to be a replica of your avatar? Great work man..looking forward to watching this thread... Duh I guess if had looked further I would have known that ...

[Death Proof Nova Model]

Thanks for the encouragement guys!! Much appreciated. It ain't gonna build itself. Kinda glad I took some time. I realized I needed to add a part to the tranny. It would have been difficult if it was installed.

I'm building it in sub-assemblies. Once I get all the little parts ready I will put it together. Started on the clutch and front brake parts. For whatever reason the switch units and master cylinder are from a black tree . They are, in reality, aluminum. Need to paint 'em. Here's the rub with that, the way they assemble you need install the levers first (they have pins). I cut the pins off and I'll drill thru the lever and make my own pins. That way I can assemble the other parts and install the levers later. This may be convoluted (even to explain) but I it will be a better system for what I have in mind.

I stripped the chrome from the kick-start and brake/clutch levers. I HAVE to remove the mold parting lines (they bother me on finished models) and I don't know how to do that with-out removing the chrome. The levers are aluminum so paint will work there.

Oh, and Mike. Yes it is my avatar pic. That's why I asked you to keep an eye out for one of these in 1/12th, cheap.

[chassisdude]

Im looking man ...got your back

[Death Proof Nova Model]

Sorry it's taken so long to put these up. I spent the better part of Saturday/Sunday night/morning cutting the stock mount off the speedo unit. I used the back of my hobby knife and an X-Acto saw (very carefully) to cut them apart. Stock pics are on page one.

I am including a pic I took off feeBay of what the part actually is. I've added plastic sides (the white). The pic of the bottom shows a wire that I will use as the odometer reset cable. It will be black, but of course, I can't find my thin black wire right now.

I will need to make this piece chrome and I'd like to throw out a question: I have been thinking of using Dupli-Color Chrome paint (their Chrome Metallic # CS101). Has anyone used this? I do most of my priming/painting in Dupli-Color lacquer (or fingernail polish) and I would like to use it for the chrome I need to put on this build. One thing I do know about the paint is it takes longer to dry. Anyone know if it's lacquer or enamel ? Do you need to prime first? Any help here would be appreciated. I do know about AllClad, never used it and other than feeBay I wouldn't know where to buy it. Thanks for any info you have.

[Death Proof Nova Model]

Duh, It seems I didn't put the pics up of the before. Here they are:



Maybe someday I will learn to pay attention!!! I will be using the same mount. Still needs glued but it is in the after pics.