Archive for February, 2008

Matchless Cafe Racer

Matchless Cafe Racer
At the Lars Anderson European Motorcycle Day 2007
Photo by Grail © 2008

How to read an inch-based micrometer caliper

Written by El Caballo from the JJ
I have started to teach myself machining principles and I thought I would go ahead and do a series of tech articles like I did when I was in welding school. Not only will I be giving out some useful information, I will be reinforcing this in my own […]

Triumph Chopper Pre-Sale Teaser

Full details and sale price coming soon.

Technorati Tags: For Sale, Triumph

Flatiron Mike’s EDR 2008 Build: Part 8

By Flatiron Mike
Ed Note: You can view all the entries related to this build at it’s own special web address:
http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/category/flatiron_mike_edr/
Ed note: The answer the cliffhanger from the last post, Mike chose the Wassell tank. The next installment of this series will be about the gas tank mounting process. Now onto our regularly scheduled program…
Need to […]

Knucklebuster Desktop

Fun for all you greasebags turned computer nerds: knucklebuster desktops!
Here’s the first in the series - expect many more soon. Click the pic above for the full size (1024×768) image, then right click and hit save as to download it to your computer

Huge Parts Lot For Sale

Had these bike parts up for sale around Thanksgiving, but the deal fell through and I’m just getting around to relisting it now. So here’s your second chance at a swinging deal - great for all you dudes who do (or want to get into doing) swap meets.
Time to clean out the garage and make […]

Hunter S. Thompson & Motorcycles

A bit of remembrance for the man, the myth, the legend - Hunter S. Thompson. Easily one of my favorite writers of all time. Went out on his own dime 3 years ago today - can’t say I agree with his methods, but it was part of the madness that made him who he was. […]

How to make your own stainless steel fender

It’s fair to say that there are many methods of working metal by hand that are slowly becoming lost arts. While CNC, CAD, waterjet and automated welding machines (among others) all have their place in production environments, and may even be necessary for certain one-off parts, the fact is, these parts lose the soul that […]

Flatiron Mike’s EDR 2008 Build: Part 7

By Flatiron Mike
Ed Note: You can view all the entries related to this build at it’s own special web address:
http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/category/flatiron_mike_edr/
Just ’cause you can, doesn’t mean you should. Bored and (almost) tanked (can you stand the pun and irony!). Here’s some pics of gas tank options to pass the time.
5 gal. Sportster (will be chopped, eventually):

Coupla […]

New T-Shirt Line Up

2008 Knucklebuster T-Shirt line coming to the webstore soon. Stay tuned.