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Speakin` of the Harley,hows it progressing?Got any pics?

Really like the dragon.How did you gauge forge heat on the aluminum,or did your just cold forge it and anneal as needed?



Rode a toy run last weekend, a little sleet snow mix, all was good until I broke my kicker!

Alum. forging, run a pice of wood (hammer handle) along the material until it marks like a crayon, forge it.

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Rode a toy run last weekend, a little sleet snow mix, all was good until I broke my kicker!

Alum. forging, run a pice of wood (hammer handle) along the material until it marks like a crayon, forge it.


Me likey your scoot! It is everything I like in styling. I don't think I have ever posted a picture of my bike on this site. I'll post one or two now if you are interested.

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Soot and heat is how I anneal.
I am impatient though and rarely waited for it to cool off so I guess I have been forging when I thought I was cold working.
Back when there was still money in fishing we used to do quite a lot of aluminum work for the long liners and draggers.Now the only aluminum work I do is for yachts and tour boats.
Still freaks some folks out to see me anneal and then bend the stuff like it was butter.I works a treat in it`s dead soft state.I`ve even used routers to bevel or round the stuff. :o

Nice bike Harold.What kind of frame is that?
I`m gonna guess and say that started as a Victory as the side covers don`t look like Harley.
sweet lines whatever it is,looks like a real road eater.

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Don`t do it Mike!The batteries go dead and then you`re left pushin` again.
You got the right idea with the way you`re headed.Kick start w/magneto,that`s the way my shovelheads are fired.

All you need is to ditch what`s left of that broken kicker shaft and slide some Baker parts in the hole left by it`s departure,replace the ratchet and gear while you got the cover off.Pretty sure someone still makes those longer forged SS kicker arms.They come in handy when runnin` a mag. :)
I see you`re a slave to fashion too with that balloon front tire.What happened to that slim 21?

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Soot and heat is how I anneal.
I am impatient though and rarely waited for it to cool off so I guess I have been forging when I thought I was cold working.
Back when there was still money in fishing we used to do quite a lot of aluminum work for the long liners and draggers.Now the only aluminum work I do is for yachts and tour boats.
Still freaks some folks out to see me anneal and then bend the stuff like it was butter.I works a treat in it`s dead soft state.I`ve even used routers to bevel or round the stuff. :o

Nice bike Harold.What kind of frame is that?
I`m gonna guess and say that started as a Victory as the side covers don`t look like Harley.
sweet lines whatever it is,looks like a real road eater.


It is a 2004 Kawasaki Vulcan 2053cc 128cu. It is a road eater. I have had it up to 144 miles per hr.
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