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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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    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
    • 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
    • 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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