Making Progress...

What am I looking at?! L-R: Cylinder, Piston, Wrist pin, Connecting Rod

I finally got a large enough block of time to install the newly worked piston, cylinders and heads onto the salt bike…

R65 Heads update...

The heads just came back from Peter Bombar, all clean and spiffy, and holding perfect vacuum:

Refurbed head from the R65 - ready to install

These absolutely look great, and hold perfect vacuum. Ready to rock n' roll!

Like clockwork?

Two early memories involving any mechanical aptitude I have involve my perpetual job of being the flashlight holder for my Dad, (once while he destroyed a Holley carburetor with a ball-peen hammer because it assumedly wasn't installing itself correctly)...and a mantle clock...

Bing Carbs, Part 2

We put it all back together - after disassembling and cleaning the enrichener circuit, that is...photos after the break:

We're headed to Bonneville!

Famous photo of Rollie Free making a land speed record on the Salt Flats in 1948

My ShutterPilot Racing Team is planning to head to the Bonneville Salt Flats in August 2014 for the BUB Speed Trials in an attempt to capture a National Land Speed Record - and now we have the bike we'll make that attempt with! Here are first photos: