INDIAN 741 Supercharged...See you in 2011

[MattGuzzetta]

Wow, great to hear you are getting your stuff back and have a new shop!  I had been following your build for a looong time and was glad to meet you and see your wonderful bike in 2011.  Last year was a magic year for some autocross friends that goaded me into getting back to Bonneville for the first time in nearly 30 years.  It was a bummer to hear of your landlord problems    One thing, get your bike out of the box and make sure the lingering salt has not caused any problems.    

Hope you can make it back, it is a addicting place

Welcome back, we missed you! 

Matt Guzzetta

 

[octane]

Lars, So glad to hear your doing good.
It is great to have you back here and so much of a releif to hear that crooked landlord's get whats coming to them in the end.

Thank you !

We always knew you'd be back!  Time Heals all Wounds--- and Time Wounds all Heels!

Tom

Thank you Tom !

That was nice to hear! Skal Lars!

Skål Charlie !

Good news is soooooooooooo welcome!  Will we see you in 2012?

That is indeed my plan.

Good news is soooooooooooo welcome!  Will we see you in 2012?

Time to change the title of this thread to 2012 Lars.

You've still got a pulse and the bike is packed so no excuses!!

Just checked: yep, I've got a pulse.
Better start preparing da' Cracker

I finally finished reading the build last night,glad it turned out better than ever.  Does you friend sell the cast fuel tanks? My eyes sparkled when I saw that...

Hi Cerial ! Thanks a lot for taking an interest in my silly endeavour.
I'm not sure about the tank. I'll ask. Please remind me if I forget to
(Happens ALL the time)

Good to hear from you Lars! I had begun to fear the worst. I firmly believe what goes around, comes around. Glad your ex-landlord would appear to be getting his come-uppance. The Germans have a great and appropriate expression ..."Schadenfreude"

So do we here in Denmark. We call it 'skadefryd'

 

or loosely translated "pleasure in the misery of others," which would seem wholly appropriate given the landlord being the recipient.

Good news on the workshop. I'm sure it will bear fruits and inspire you to ever faster machines. I look forward to hearing and seeing your coming landracing exploits. Until then...

Regards,
Jim

Thanks a lot Jim !

Hi Lars!
Good to see you up and banging again.
More good news, there is an article about you and the saltcracker in "Cycle Source" november 2011. We did the MCM article , but not this one. Do you have a copy of the magazine?
If not, I can scan it for you.

Jan &b Agneta

Hi Jan and Agneta ! Good to 'see' you here.
Thanks for the offer but I do have a copy. My good friend David
send me one.

Good news fella !!
maybe see you on the salt soon eh?

Hi Oz! That's the plan

Lars, I am overjoyed that you have survived this ordeal.

I'll watch for you at Salt Talks wearing your pristine badge.

FREUD

Thank you for your kind words Freud !

Wow, Lars.  I thought you went berserk and were in jail.  Life can be an adventure.  Glad you are OK.

Thanks Bo. No I did not go berserk, but only 'cause men wiser
than me held me back

Let me add my heartfelt relief on hearing from you again!  Obviously our concern for your well fair has been  publicly shared.  It's a relief to know that your absence as been because of work, but from now on, if you're too busy to let us know you're alive and kicking then designate someone to tell us!!!  
We'll forgive you this time because of the good that has come your way with the new shop, return of your tools and belongings, and the opportunity of hearing about the dropkick-stomp-on-his-scrotum-Karma's-a-B*tch landlord.    

Anyway, glad you're doing well and I'll see you at Land's End this year!!!
Stay Safe
Stay Upright
Go Fast and....
STAY IN TOUCH!!

Lynda

Lynda !!! Thank you for you concern
and I do hope you have it in your heart to forgive me again ?!

One more friend in the group that has missed updates on your (mis?) adventures! Glad to hear you are still upright. See you on the salt.
Jill

Thank you Jill !

Wow, great to hear you are getting your stuff back and have a new shop!  I had been following your build for a looong time and was glad to meet you and see your wonderful bike in 2011.  Last year was a magic year for some autocross friends that goaded me into getting back to Bonneville for the first time in nearly 30 years.  It was a bummer to hear of your landlord problems    One thing, get your bike out of the box and make sure the lingering salt has not caused any problems.    

Hope you can make it back, it is a addicting place

Welcome back, we missed you!  

Matt Guzzetta

Thank you Matt ! It was a pleasure meeting you !
Yep, da' Cracker is out of the box now.
…...

OK , so FINALLY I do have something relevant to write here , in what
is after all a BUILD thread:

I've interrupted the workshop build
and set up shop with a fraction of my tools and stuff
 ( most of it is still in storage ), 'cause I needed to get the Cracker
up and going for a bike-show next weekend.
...and I was going semi-insane from not being able to work
on bike for ...what is it....more than half a year.
That can make any normal person batsh*tcrazy.
The hard stares that bike send me every time I looked at it
didn't help either.
Tell you what, getting back to wrenching was better than ██ .
Will ya look at that:
The little darling Indian all in one piece and ready to fire up tomorrow
in the main-room in my wonderfullywonderfull new workshop



I've been working like a madman, literally non-stop, for weeks to get the new shop/crip
up to snuff. Spend the first couple week tearing down odd sh*t
and dragging tons of garbage-stuff and dead mice to the dumpster.
Maaaan this place was a mess. A landfill of crap and paint falling off the walls
and some seriously disturbed constructions.
Then building up the whole thing , new flooring, partitions,
sliding glass-doors , painting every square inch of ...er....everything.
Had a couple a guys help me for a little while so I could move in.
Been living here for 4-5 weeks now.
I have all a man really needs:
toilet, bath, a kitchen ( ha ha: a hotplate and a fridge )
basic tools, a few bikes, the trophy and certificates from Bonneville,
the ”girls-with-some-of-their-clothing-missing and bikes” pics,
a mattress on the floor , a table and 3 chairs.
How could I possibly want for more ?!

Here's a little video-tour if your TV is broken and you have
time to kill:
( Yep; I went a little nuts doing the shop-floor. Painted it
black and put on a thick layer of epoxy clear-coat mixed
with gold-flakes....drug will make you do that kind of thing...
...except I don't do drugs....must have been the fumes or something then )

The room behind the glass-partition will be the workshop proper
that I can heat in the wintertime. Insulated flooring and walls.
First floor will be the private quarters. Includes a sleep-place.
NOT shown...too bloody messy.

Video: CLICK

Now back to business: the bike:

It was corroded BADLY, but nothing a dip in WD40 , liberal use
of a very large hammer and a crowbar couldn't fix.
Examination showed a couple of slightly worrying things.
Look at the chain; WTF
TWO places it was broken





I've never seen anything like that. Could have been nasty!.
I've seen them stretched and 'loose', but nothing like this.
I wish I could remember where I bought it so I could come
back and slam it on the counter. I mean: this is a supposed to be a
sturdy 530 chain....POS.

And I found a small indention in the front cylinder-head where
the valve had hit. Mmmmmm: glad the head is made of marshmallowonium.



Splashed out and bought a couple of new gauges that hopefully will
work a bit longer than the old ones
 ( just under one minute (!) Wasn't too inpressed by that).




…...


A seriously heartfelt THANK YOU goes out to Tyler Malinky
of LOWBROW fame, who set up The Redliners Racing International
”...Redliners Racing International. A group of six dashingly handsome, smart, and fast individuals
[ I like that ...ha ha ] who waste way too much time and money on the irrational pursuit of making old, slow machines go fast....”

CLICK

and setting up and selling a series of merchandise from which the proceedings will
go to the group.

Meet this exclusive group of gentlemen here. You'll recognize a couple
of them from this brilliant forum:

Redliners Racing International

Thanks man ! Tyler is good people !


What else:
I have a new contender for 2013 in the pipeline.
Won't say what till I got something to show for it,
except the name of the beast is 'THORS HAMMER'.
For those of you un-educated in Norse mythology ,
here's what Thor is about
THOR
Da' Viking is coming to conquer the Salt !

The case concerning my lovely landlord.
I'm filing the case myself as there's NO way I can afford a lawyer
for that. When I got the lawyer's bill from the first part of the case
I almost soiled myself. ( Sorry for inflicting that visual image on you )
I just don't have that kind of money.
And when all the 'legal' nonsense is over with I seriously will
go ███ the ████ ████.
I have a hard time waiting for that.

I apologize for not keeping the thread updated, but as I mentioned,
there hasn't, till now, been any 'build' to update.
At least; when I finally do update, I see to it that it's loooong, tedious
and babbling.

I hope you are all happy and in good health !

[Glen]

Lars, so glad to se you back, looks like things are going your way. Looking forward to the rebuild/updates and speed week.

Nice looking shop.

[Freud]

Program your build timeline so you will have free time for Salt Talks.

That's the source of all "truths."

Anything you say or hear there is truth as solid as granite.

Old bikes become as fast and as vibrant as lightening bolts.

Do you need a new Salt Talks badge to represent your new scoot?

FREUD

[vintage racer]

 What a beautiful space! Remember our invite to San Diego? Let me know well ahead of time if you'll make it, our shop would need a serious cleaning. Happy for you!

[charlie101]

Anyone would have needed a time out after all that bashing you got last year. Seems you where challenged by some in the the Vanirs clan? Thor is a member of the clan AESIR. It seems you could do with a whole clan of power and war gods, why not call your little family AESIR? The little indian is Ullr, who is a son of Sif, and a step-son of Thor. He is so good an archer, and so fast on his skies, that no one can contend with him. He is fair of face, and possesses every quality of a warrior. Men should invoke him in single combat.. The blown gold wing is Hoder, hight one of the asas, who is blind, but exceedingly strong; and the gods would wish that this asa never needed to be named, for the work of his hand will long be kept in memory both by gods and men. And here comes Thor. Thor is the foremost of them. He is called Asa-Thor, or Oku-Thor. He is the strongest of all gods and men, and rules over the realm which is called Thrudvang (Bonneville). I can see a little track bike there, there is yet an asa, whose name is Tyr. He is very daring and stout-hearted. He sways victory in war, wherefore warriors should call on him. In the foreground calmly waiting is Bragi, the Norse word for poetry. He is famous for his wisdom, eloquence and flowing speech. What can be more flowing than the speech of yet another Honda flat 6? Or maybe his name is Heimdall? He is also called the white-asa. He is great and holy; born of nine maidens, all of whom were sisters. He is also called Hallinskide and Gullintanne, for his teeth were of gold.

[generatorshovel]

Welcome back Lars .
I had an O ring chain with the same problem once.
I don't know why you bothered with getting a table, the floor looks more than adequate to eat off.
Do you plan on putting your "salt cracker" tee's on the market again ?

[charlie101]

I've never seen anything like that. Could have been nasty!.
I've seen them stretched and 'loose', but nothing like this.
I wish I could remember where I bought it so I could come
back and slam it on the counter. I mean: this is a supposed to be a
sturdy 530 chain....POS.

Chain slap? Only chain whip can produce force that's needed for that sort of havock. That's the only reason I can think of.
Lowbrow have a sprung chain tensioner that maybe could fix that.

[ol38y]

Hey Lars, it's great to see you back. Glad you got it all sorted out with the landlord to at least get your stuff back. Don't forget to sue him for your lawyers fees. It looks like you have the perfect "Man Cave" now. It looks great. Look forward to seeing ya at Speedweek. Remember, entries must be postmarked by the 10th...

Larry 

[Moxnix]

På gensyn!

[Kiwi Paul]

Glad to see you back here, Lars. Look forward to seeing you at Speed Week.....

[salt27]

Lars,
I was getting suited up for a ride and was trying to get my boots on when I noticed that there was a sock stuffed down in one.
You probably looked all over for it.
Now you have to go to SpeedWeek just to get your laundry back.

     Don

[beerbellykelly]

YES!
welcome news lars-and what a workshop! great to see you bounce back ,indians make you hardier.crazy here with build for BSW-
SKAL!

[wobblywalrus]

Is that industrial grade chain or genuine motorcycle chain?  Was it rusty and pitted when you last used it?  Your shop and home looks great.   

[desperate]

Wow, what an excellent workshop! I lived in my workshops for over 20 years. If I was looking at a new one, the first thing I'd check out was the office....could I live in it? Or if there was room somewhere to build living quarters? I never had to go far to work