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Sponsored By Well, now the holidays are over and I’ve caught up on all the other winter projects, sold the convertible, and put up enough copy to keep Bikernet readers happy for at least another week, it’s time to get back into the rigid project. Although the engine from Custom Chrome came with an ignition

Sponsored By   The old module was removed from the timing cover to expose what you see below.   The new Crane module was then put in place as shown.   You’ll notice that this ignition system has the module located right on the timing sensor pickup. This is a littledifferent from the OEM setup

Sponsored By Below are a couple of wiring schematics that detail how the entire system is hooked up. Pretty simple.   In my case, the plug setup was for single plugs, with dual coils. Note that this is a single fire ignition setup.     The initial static timing is pretty easy. Open the timing

Sponsored By OK – the majority of the wiring at this point is taken care of. Now to the fun part. Making it look like a realscooter. For this segment, we add wheels and sheet metal.   We start by preparing the rear for the fender install. The passenger pegs (for looks only….) are installedfirst

Sponsored By   The grab rail is then CAREFULLY slid over the fender (using wax paper or some other type of paper thin matieral) to keepthe rail again from scraping the paint.   Here’s the wheel, as it is readied to be put into position. This wheel setup is a 5.5″ wide rim, with a

Sponsored By   Here, the rear wheel is slipped into place, and the axel slipped through. Atlas set this frame up to fit perfectwith the 5.5″ rim. No additional spacers were needed to put the entire system together with the exception of a washerthat was procured at the local hardware store. I’ve been told by

Sponsored By   Here’s another shot at the front with the brakes mounted on both sides.   Mounting the front fender is a snap. Four bolts, four nuts. But – remember, you want to mock this stuff up BEFOREyou paint and powder coat. If you don’t, Murphy’s law says you’ll have to grind something afterwards….

Sponsored By   So – here it is so far. At this point, it looks like a real motorcycle. Still missing the tail light, the head light,the belt drive cover, and some other misc. shit… But it’s close. Now for the cool factor.   The guys over at Joker Machine are some good friends of

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