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Tips & Tricks On Getting The Best Crimp
With some wire strippers, strip off about ¼” of the PVC coating and then twist the wire tight You will notice that the dies have a large and small crimp size. Large size crimps onto the PVC wire coating and the small side crimps onto the wire. Ratchet into place and squeeze firmly until the crimpers release. As you can see in the results, these crimpers produce professional results. I tried a single crimp eyelet just for fun, and I was not disappointed.
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friends, I’m a sucker for traditional style choppers with any type of Harley Davidson engine configuration, but when it’s powered by a genuine Knucklehead like the beauty on these pages, well then, you certainly have my attention! Mark Stevens, from beautiful Ormond Beach, Florida, carries the paper to this sweet machine. He told me that after Daytona Bike Week 2019, he got the bug to build another custom bike…possibly his last. He already had one 47 Knuckle and thought, why not. So the decision was made to use another Knuckle as the platform. Yeah, Yeah, I can hear it now… like one Knucklehead ain’t enough!
From the beginning, Mark had a pretty good idea of how he wanted the bike to look. He decided the build would be a rideable vintage chopper/ bobber. He wanted a true representation of the 1960s style custom that was built to be ridden around the central Florida Atlantic Ocean. The motor and frame were found in Pennsylvania. The transmission was sourced from Texas and was rebuilt by Bryan Henke. The motor was sent to one of the best in the business Dan “Bacon” Carr of DC Choppers, who rebuilt the Knuck to stock 74” specs. The ignition was provided by the time-tested