{"id":315,"date":"2009-02-14T02:01:16","date_gmt":"2009-02-14T00:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/?p=315"},"modified":"2013-10-19T01:27:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T23:27:47","slug":"1952-panhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/2009\/1952-panhead\/","title":{"rendered":"1952 Panhead"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Just Do It<\/h1>\n<p>With my father\u2019s life-lasting adoration for motorcycles and his newly acquired Harley Davidson I was destined to ride a motorcycle eventually.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/chopper_003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"470\" \/><br \/>\nBeing inspired by his handyman-skills and the Biker Build-Off episodes at the Discovery Channel (a show where 2 bike-builders square off and build a custom motorcycle), I started thinking: why buy one if I can design and build one?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/chopper_004.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"470\" \/><br \/>\nFueled by the knowledge I can do anything I set my mind to, I started doing some research on how I could fulfill this dream.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/chopper_005.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>1952 Seems Old Enough<\/h2>\n<p>A couple of weeks and lots of Euros later I was the proud owner of a revised 1952 Harley Davidson Panhead engine and 4-speed transmission.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/chopper_006.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"470\" \/><br \/>\nA genuine 1952 HD manual and the World Wide Web provided me with all the knowledge I needed. Soon I was skilled in motorcycle maintenance, welding, grinding, and all kinds of metal working crafts.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/chopper_007.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Past Time Passion<\/h2>\n<p>What started as a passion, is now my main activity once every Sunday for a few hours when I get to visit my parents garage. And yes, I do get to see my parents from time to time.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/chopper_008.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Tidbits and Inspection<\/h2>\n<p>Besides the obvious paint, the motorcycle needs a new electrical system and some little tidbits. But this all dwarfs in comparison to the work needed to pass inspection and make it road legal.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/chopper_009.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"470\" \/><br \/>\nMy current operations focus on getting the bike ready for its approval, which is scheduled to take place some time when I feel I have sufficient time.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/chopper_010.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"391\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Diving into the Deep End<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s an illustration of my broad range of ever-developing skills and my ability to conjure anything I can get my hands on. When this project is done, I\u2019ll ride a custom motorcycle, designed and hand-built by me.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/chopper_011.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"470\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-content\/themes\/viewport\/images\/line_626.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Stats<\/h1>\n<p><strong>completed in:<\/strong> when I can finally find the time<br \/>\n<strong>time spent on project:<\/strong> almost every Sunday afternoon for the past 2,5 years<br \/>\n<strong>stakeholder:<\/strong> me, myself and I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designing and building my own custom 1952 Harley Davidson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","category-mechanical","category-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1929,"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315\/revisions\/1929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.janvanderasdonk.com\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}