I haven’t posted for a while and unfortunately I’m way behind on my posts. But I have a good explanation. I was hoping that I would have assembly mostly completed by fall so I could start and ride it for a bit before putting it away and working on some final details over the winter.
So then I was contacted by the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. They have been closed for renovation for a while and will be reopening December 6. They are going to have an exhibition of 18 different bikes on display and asked me if I would loan them #97.
Of course I was flattered but the thought of not having the bike around was a bit unnerving. However, it didn’t take me long to change my mind. It’s not every day that one gets an opportunity like this.
After that I spent just about every spare minute working on it and as a result I did finish the assembly. I actually may not have without the extra pressure. I did run out of time to fire it up but decided that wasn’t a bad thing because then I won’t have to worry about gas in the tank and carbs. I was also hoping to get some really decent pics before it got picked up. That will have to wait too.
So here is the (temporarily) finished project.
I just hope it’s up to the standard that the museum expects.
They sent an awfully big truck to pick it up.
It is a little scary seeing it being loaded up to be hauled away.
Fortunately they definitely know what they’re doing.
One thing I have learned is it’s not as much fun when there is a deadline but I am very happy I got it is far as I did and now I’m ready for a little break from it. I aleady have a short list of things I want to do when she comes back that I’ll post later.
So now that the pressure is off I will take some time to post some of the pics I took over the summer. And it’s not like I don’t have anything else to keep me busy. I have #576 that I would like to have finished by spring. We’ll see how that goes.
And of course I’m planning on going out to visit #97 maybe in January or February.
One more thing. I’d like thank Steve, KP and Sam for helping me out with some last minute details on the handlebar controls. I was really struggling with making them perfect and it wouldn’t have turned out nearly as good without they’re help.
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