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Also added a new How-To about doing Good Mockups with an emphasis on fork mockups and how to measure for Springers during the early stages of a project. Also got a chance to bad mouth imported Springers again and again and again. Unfortunately the border between our two great nations is still closed due to the virus situation but the southern border is wide open as if germs recognize geopolitical boundaries.

Last week Chop Cult had a hard drive crash and the team over there is working round the clock to recover the lost data but the site is still truckin and fully operational. More power to em as it is a great resource for the community thanks in my opinion to Lisa Ballard who admin's the site.

In a similar fashion we're still truckin along here. My helper Tom is about as reliable as your old Zundapp and we're working in an 8x10 shed since we still haven't built a real shop. That's okay since I started out in a plastic covered lean-to and what we have now is two steps up from that for sure. We started adding a new series of articles to the site located in the 'Projects' section called the 'CBH Build Project'.

I anticipate this to grow to around pages by the time the bike is finished. We'll cover a lot of ground in this area that hasn't been seen before and we'll update the pages as the work progresses and becomes more complex. We decided at the first of March to use Google Analytics on the new version of the site in order to find out if what we publish was actually being used by people.

I had no idea how much information Google can pull together on the visitors to a site. In some ways it's scary what those Google folks know about all of us.

The one thing that really pleased me however was learning that we are drawing close to parity with respect to female and male visitors. As of today In the bulk of our visitors were from Canada, the UK and Sweden. Google can tell us how many visitors we have from any particular city all over the word. Right now we have 5 from China. Four live in Zhengzhou and one fellow lives in Suzhou. I'd be interested to see what they're building. We have a lot of followers who are older than I am, if that's at all possible but the bulk of folks who use the site are between 25 and 35 years old.

We're trying to set one up as we speak. Lastly we see that the bulk of new visitors to the site find us via Facebook or Instagram which I still don't use very much myself but probably should. Anyway, I feel like we're doing a fairly good job but feedback from visitors will really help a lot with respect to what articles we'll be doing this summer.

Working on the new homestead up in Virginia City Nevada. Doing more carpentry, plumbing and electrical work than frame fabrication but the end is in sight. I've got Canned Heat playing in the background right now. It's good mood music for the upcoming move back to my old stomping grounds in Nevada. With the passing of my Mom there really isn't much keeping me here in Texas.

I love this state. It's one of the last strongholds for independent thinking people but its time to move on to another place. Unfortunately my old home base in Las Vegas has been taken over by the liberal robots so this time I'm heading up north hoping to find a stronghold of free thinking folks where I can put down some new roots.

Sportster Projects are finally underway after many years. We've got two bikes in the works. One is a stock 82 that's going to get the 'mild' treatment and one's is based upon a fairly radical Paughco frame as seen below. We'll be updating and revising almost every page of the site over the course of the next few weeks so expect some minor glitches every now and then. Duane Lansing, of Hydro-Fabrication and myself have decided to form a new joint-venture and start doing some collaborative custom bike work and parts fabrication under the umbrella of the 'Wylie Chopper Parts' company.

Various Springer projects are underway and we've hit the swap meets and shows with some new products. Brake components haven't been installed yet as we're waiting on parts which is typical. One of our old friends and supporters just dropped us a line to let us know that they have a YouTube channel for those folks who just can't get enough Chopper action.

I checked it out and I like it. Big Al and I have been friends for about 10 years but we've never actually met each other in person. After watching some of the vids I think this is a good thing because two of us together could be a dangerous thing. Click the banner for the YouTube Channel and have fun. Darcy Allen and I drove down to Austin to talk with Jesse James about an upcoming project but unfortunately Jesse was to busy to see us.

It just so happened however that we did get a chance to talk with Mike Fass Mikey Vils and had a chance to reminisce about Dick Allen. Mike proposed that we put together an 'old school' type Biker Build-Off that he's calling "The Real Deal" and it'll involve a lot more than just bolting on store bought parts to a store bought frame.

We'll be posting more details as things progress but we've already got TV and sponsors calling so it looks like this just might come together. Email me immediately if you want to get a bike project enrolled in this event. Time is of the essence. Builders may get sponsor compensation but no guarantees at this early point in time. I anticipate this to grow to around pages by the time the bike is finished.

We'll cover a lot of ground in this area that hasn't been seen before and we'll update the pages as the work progresses and becomes more complex. We decided at the first of March to use Google Analytics on the new version of the site in order to find out if what we publish was actually being used by people. I had no idea how much information Google can pull together on the visitors to a site.

In some ways it's scary what those Google folks know about all of us. How much less depends upon the fabricators resources. The design shown herein was developed over a long period of time and was a collaborative creation between several of us who post at the various discussion boards. It borrows bits and pieces from several different contributors and manufacturers. That product is a motorcycle frame.

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