Today we finished rebuilding the clutch. The new friction plates, steel plates, compression springs, gaskets, and ring cushions we...

On Friday, we went to the shop to pick up our bike from Tommy. Upon finishing the carb adjustments and realignment of the front wheel,...

We met up with Tommy again so he could clean up and fix our carburetor. He successfully did so, as well as cut and installed our chain...

Today is a historic day. We took the bike to Tommy for him to help us with the electrical system. He was able to help get a spark and the...

Today we went to Ace Hardware and bought SAE 10W30 transmission oil to put into the block. We added the required 600 mL and sealed it...

Today we started doing the final steps towards complete reassembly. We attached the exhaust pipe, the new fender, and the gas tank onto...

Today we cleaned the old sprocket and attached it to the rear wheel. We were hoping to have a new rear sprocket, but we can't find anyone...

We finally remounted the engine to the frame. Following that, we attached the clutch, the carburetor, the spark plug, and the air filter...

The new rear sprocket we ordered came in yesterday. We were unable to use the sprocket given to us because it did not line up correctly...

Today we finished cleaning and polishing the rear wheel, so we can work on remounting it back on the frame and attaching the rear brake....

This weekend we began to clean and polish the chrome rim of the rear wheel. It is important we do this now while the wheel is off the...

Today we focused mainly on cleaning in preparation for engine installment. The brake hub and shoes were very muddy from previous use so...

Last week, we ordered almost $250 worth in new parts including: a rear brake pedal (which some would call essential to stopping), a rear...

Last weekend we finish painting and touching up the frame and exhaust pipe of the motorcycle. We painted with a satin black paint (the...

Today we went to Cornerstone Automotive to have Tommy replace our engine sprocket. He had the proper tools that we did not have to...

Today we reassembled the engine. We installed the new piston to the connecting rod then attached the cylinder and cylinder head back to...

Our new gaskets for the engine finally came in. This means we will be able to reassemble the engine and hopefully try to run it in the...

We went to Cornerstone Automotive to have Tommy evaluate our electrical system as well as the engine block. He told us that will need a...

This weekend we plan to take our bike to Cornerstone Automotive to meet with Tommy about our electrical system. We did conduct a test to...

Today Mr. Barrett came to conduct a house visit to see our project progress. We discussed a stray wire in our electrical system that we...

As seen in previous blog posts, we detached the rear wheel for cleaning and maintanance. We were able to install a new rear sprocket on...

On Spetember 16th, we met with our mentor, Tommy, at Cornerstone Automotive to bore out the cylinder for out engine. Since the boring was...

Today we went to Home Depot and bought a solution called Metal Rescue to de-rust the inside of our gas tank. We poured in one gallon of...

Our next plan is to re-paint some parts of the frames that are a rusty and worn out. We went to Ace Hardware and bought black paint for...

While we are waiting to make further progress with our cylinder, we decided to change out the rear sprocket. To complete this task, we...

We tried to meet with our mentor, Tommy, today after school but he was feeling very sick and had to leave the shop early. We are going to...

Today we finally took the piston off of the connecting rod with the piston pin puller. Tomorrow we plan to meet with our mentor, Tommy,...

Because our engine is so old, we were unable to remove the piston from the connecting rod without the proper equipment. We ordered a...

We took off the cylinder of the engine and it is in desperate need of cleaning. It needs to be properly bored out before we can continue...

We have the vintage bike in our garage. So far we've taken down the plastics, drained the transmission oil, removed the exhaust pipe, and...

Upon further research of bike frames, they were too difficult to find and far too expensive, so we decided to do a refurbishment project....

We made a rough sketch of our motorcycle and we've already plan to order our engine along with our frames, hopefully by the end of May or...