resurrection, part 2

The build continues at secret Zombie Apocalypse Workshop...

The oil return line from the turbocharger must go "downhill". I turned down the threads of an NPT brass elbow fitting. Left a lip so a hose clamp can seal it properly. Drilled and tapped the centrifugal lockup clutch's housing at a suitably low height.


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A larger fitting mounted in the oil filler cap to vent crankcase pressure... same treatment on a lathe: smooth the threads, leave a lip. Why not just buy existing elbows with one threaded side and one barbed side? Because Home Cheap-o has a limited selection, and I don't feel like searching all over creation for stuff. Get it done!


Now to fabricate something that a clamp-on K&N filter can mount onto. This 2 inch diameter barbed conduit thing-ey was laying about the shop unused. It is heavy, but I'll be hacking about an inch off of each end.


The carburetor end has been cut and turned flat on the lathe. Tomorrow I'll tack on some mounting tabs.


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resurrection

Emerging from its storage boxes in the Zombie Apocalypse Workshop secret location near the docks, the GS1100 Special claws its way back to life.

Updates will appear here at Motorcyclicio.us

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Works Engineering / Brand X 2009 motorcycle picture gallery

The spread of machinery at the 14th street vintage bike block party in Greenpoint was pretty f*ckin epic.

Just so's you know - Brooklyn rules.

Dig the iron:


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Got Mid-life-crisis?

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Well then. This will cure your ills when a suitcase full of Viagra and Roofies fall short. The 2009 V-Max.

Even guys like me, who aren't into the whole "Boulevard Cruiser" muscle-bike thing, give a nod of respect to the balls-out insanity of such machines.

210 horsepower? TWO-hundred-ten... HOLYJEEZZUZGAWD!

Thank you Yanaha. I'm sure your attorneys are NOT pleased.

Yeah, I can picture myself aboard a V-Max with a broadsword slung on my back... wandering the post apocalypse urban wastelands - foraging for food and slaying vampire-zombies in my spare time.

What? It could happen.

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