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    Dana
    • Jan 9
    • 3 min

    Engine Trouble

    Next up the engine. Man the engine was a mess. I thought the gearbox was bad. Put oil water and dirt in a gearbox and that makes a mes...

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    Dana
    • Jan 6
    • 2 min

    Wrong Gearbox

    I started to realize I was in trouble when I got the gearbox open. I would have known something was wrong when I bough Oscar is if I had...

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    Dana
    • Apr 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    Why Oscar's a bastard!

    Oscar's a bastard. Oscar definitely has one mother and several fathers. He has a 1929 Indian scout 101 engine. I know this because of ...

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    Mary
    • Feb 24, 2020
    • 2 min

    My Introduction

    "And because there's nowhere to go but everywhere, and keep rolling under the stars..." ~Jack Kerouac (1922–1969), On the Road Every day ...

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    Dana
    • Jan 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Sport Scout Cylinders

    Oscar's cylinders were the original factory cylinders but were 0.060 over and pretty rusted up. They needed a rebore and hone but there w...

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    Dana
    • Dec 24, 2019
    • 1 min

    Oscar's Blue!

    Oscar's now blue

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    Dana
    • Aug 24, 2019
    • 3 min

    Magnetos

    I've been on the road for work a lot lately so I haven't made much progress on the bike lately. But, I did get a chance to rebuild one o...

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    Dana
    • Jul 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    Valve Springs

    I worked on the valve train this weekend. I used the valves from a 30's sport scout. First, they're much easier to find and they're a m...

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    Dana
    • Jul 1, 2019
    • 5 min

    Always Something

    This weekend was all about the flywheels. First, balancing. After a lot of research and searching on the Internet I decided to go with ...

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    Dana
    • Jun 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Connecting Rods

    Just a quick update on progress. I'm working on the bottom end of the engine. It's a little slow going because of my work schedule but a...

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    Dana
    • Jun 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    Magnetos

    I'm an eBay junkie I admit it. I check eBay at least twice a day looking for parts. A few weeks ago some parts for a Splitdorf NS-2 mag...

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    Dana
    • Jun 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    First Nice Day

    This was my first nice weekend all year, so I took Betty out for a ride. She'll be in the local car show here on the forth of July. Some...

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    Dana
    • May 28, 2019
    • 2 min

    Gas woes in the lotus

    I decided to take the lotus out for a ride this weekend. Nice sunny day, warm, the grass is still green and the reservoirs are all full....

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    Dana
    • May 28, 2019
    • 1 min

    Benny 'The Garage Dog'

    Benny's our garage dog. I've given him the role of First Safety Officer. His main job is to keep the workshop safe. Anytime it gets lo...

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    Dana
    • May 24, 2019
    • 2 min

    Back to work

    I didn't get a chance to work on the bike much in the last few weeks. Turns out real life has a way of getting in the way. But I did ma...

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    Dana
    • Apr 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Still more bushings

    WTR 74! (Weekends To Race) I got the bronze stock I needed to make the bushings last week and finally had time to make some this weekend...

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    Dana
    • Apr 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bits and Pieces

    I didn't get a lot done this weekend. We went up to Portland and to visit our son Kevin. But, I did manage to get the rest of the bushi...

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    Dana
    • Mar 25, 2019
    • 2 min

    Bushings, Bushings and more Bushings

    This weekend was all about bushings. I started with the transmission and worked my way around to the cam bushings on the other side of ...

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    Dana
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    Oscar the Bastard

    As you can tell we're pretty excited about being in the Cannonball next year. The quote goes ' It will be again a test of true endurance...

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    Dana
    • Mar 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    We're In

    We've been chosen in the lottery to participate in the Motorcycle Cannonball 2020! When Dana got the email we immediately started hooting...

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