Pearson Customs

Rochester bike show

2012-02-23T21:48:00.000-06:00

This weekend folks make sure to get out to it!!

slides

2012-02-20T19:21:00.001-06:00

Here's a couple of slides I machined today for a jig table we are building for a customer

Stash pegs

2012-02-13T13:27:00.001-06:00

Modified a set of pegs for a customer, now he has a spot for his insurance card!

Machining cases

2012-02-13T13:23:00.001-06:00

Half way there ..

Pullmax holder

2011-11-29T15:18:00.001-06:00

Here's a cool tool holder we made for a customers pullmax machine. The one on the right is the original and on the left is the one I made without the offset.

Machining jobs

2011-11-12T11:25:00.001-06:00

Pearson Customs is looking for a couple new production machining jobs for our cnc mill, if your shop can't keep up or you just want your product made in the USA give us a call or email for a quote.

Form tool

2011-11-11T11:16:00.001-06:00

Here's a picture of the tool I made to do the ball's on the risers ..

Risers

2011-11-09T15:57:00.001-06:00

Had to make a form tool to make the balls on these. It worked out really well without any chatter.

Head fixture

2011-11-08T11:25:00.001-06:00

I've been building a new fixture for machining heads the last few days.. its almost done I just need to figure out the bolt patterns on the head to drill in the top plate.

Narrowed Springer

2011-11-03T14:31:00.001-05:00

Just finished up narrowing this springer by a 1.500 and keeping the same overall length, it took 20 hours to do but well worth the extra work .. its so cool looking!

Scooter Trash Shirts

2011-10-19T11:38:00.001-05:00

I have some Scooter Trash shirts left over from the bike show if anyone is interested they are $15 shipped!

I'm back

2011-10-17T11:27:00.001-05:00

Well it's been a crazy last couple months for me from getting married to a funeral and I apologize for not updating the blog. Here's a picture of the flasks I had my friends at Cycle Boys make for me.. they turned out so cool! Thanks Brent

Springers

2011-09-03T22:45:00.001-05:00

Three springers ready to ship out!

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PaPa Clutch’s Open House

2011-08-04T11:12:00.001-05:00

Sturgis

2011-07-08T13:54:00.001-05:00

Make sure to stop by the chip and check out the lot this year!

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Steering necks

2011-07-06T14:35:00.001-05:00

Before and after shot of the machining ..

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Something different

2011-06-28T11:48:00.001-05:00

Just finished this one on Saturday for a customer. Not exactly my style but it's what he wanted so it's what he got ...

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Stop plates

2011-06-10T10:29:00.001-05:00

Finally after so many years we are making our own heavy duty stainless dust covers and stop plates, these are not hard jobs but for some reason I had never found the time to machine them.. until now

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Black floorboards

2011-06-02T14:30:00.001-05:00

Trying out some different finishes on our floorboards .. what do you think?

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Bolts

2011-06-02T14:22:00.001-05:00

Here's a couple sets of bolts we made for a friend ..

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BMR

2011-05-24T14:44:00.000-05:00

We made it home safe, just missed the tornado in Missouri only caught the tail end for about a half hour but it was a close call.. What a great time seeing everyone and meeting new people this year, what a blast. This is the best event of the year and I cant wait for next year!!

57

2011-05-14T14:11:00.001-05:00

And the fun begins!!

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BMR

2011-05-05T22:31:00.000-05:00

I cant wait for the BMR this year.. Check out this link for sort video of it ..http://youtu.be/BJRoGeBDhks

Brass rocker shaft nuts

2011-05-03T11:46:00.003-05:00

Here's a set of our brass rocker shaft nuts on a ironhead we are doing for a customer..

and the back side

Torque Fest

2011-05-03T11:44:00.000-05:00

Well it was a last minute decision to hit up Torque fest but man was it a good one!! It was a huge event for only being in its second year, tons of kick ass hot rods and bikes all over the place!! It was great to see all my friends from the limpnickie lot and had the pleasure to meet some new ones. If you didn't make it this year make sure to have it on the calendar for next year!!

New Aluminum Floor Boards

2011-04-27T08:49:00.000-05:00

Pearson Customs NEW BMX Aluminum Floor Boards are machined out of aluminum and are one piece including the mounts. The mounting requires new hardware which is included in the kit. The boards are available in Machined or Polished and are available on our web site now!

93" Custom Shovelhead

2011-04-05T18:54:00.000-05:00

Freese is selling his shovel!! $8001.00
93inch dual plugged shovelhead , Custom frame, Pearson Customs springer frontend, 200 rear tire , 4 speed trans, 3 inch primo belt drive, Crane hi4 ign., Custom pipes, S&S carb, HHI rear brake,60 spoke rims,built in passanger & highway pegs, This bike is 90% complete. It needs foot controls, a seat, new rear hub, to be wired and a gas tank. This bike is bare metal and is unfinished.Firm on price! contact 612-282-0277

Caliper Brackets

2011-04-04T20:18:00.001-05:00

Made up some 11 1/2" rotor caliper brackets today

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So Cool..

2011-04-01T10:01:00.001-05:00

Matt's Sears front ends all done, just have to do some clean up work. I lost alot of arm hair brazing these together! These kind of jobs are so much fun for me, its a challenge to build something that has to look identical to the original .. Thanks again Matt for your work.

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Sears front end

2011-03-30T19:29:00.001-05:00

One almost done and two more to go! These are for my friend Matt and are so much fun to build. There were some smart machinists back in 1914 that's for sure ..

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Rockers

2011-03-29T10:20:00.000-05:00

Heres a rocker set-up we did for Don Woods bike he is building.

1914 Sears Front end

2011-03-28T21:46:00.000-05:00

Worked on the Sears front ends today and got the spuds made tomorrow I can start fitting them..

Donnie Smith Show

2011-03-28T21:44:00.000-05:00

What a great time this show is from Teaches pre show party to all the new and old faces at the show.. I didn't take many pictures but here are a couple

Good wekend on the lathe and mill

2011-03-13T17:10:00.000-05:00

Had a great weekend on the machines making parts..

5 sets of Axle Blocks ready to be tapped..

Spun up some Gas Caps and Tranny Caps on the lathe..

Also some Oil Tank ends on the mill.. Check out the half finned ones, I had to stop the machine early because these looked so cool! Stay tuned for Mr. Don Woods rockers to come to life..

Forward Controls

2011-03-04T19:50:00.000-06:00

Here are some pictures of a set of forward controls we revived and rebuilt in to a new set to fit a XS650 with standard mounting holes, Here is what we started with..

I had to make a new backing plate for the shift side since the old one was broke..

Always better to have three rather than one! The Brake side went really good since there was only pegs and some filing to do ..

Brake side done and ready to go

Shifter Side done and ready to go.. Notice this is set up for foot clutch and all machined to fit a xs650 clutch cable.

Daytona Swapmeet

2011-03-01T09:46:00.002-06:00

Spuds

2011-02-23T16:50:00.001-06:00

I've been on the mill and lathe the last couple days making spuds for our springers, these are alot of work but are well worth the strength and look..

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Jared's Springer

2011-02-18T12:28:00.001-06:00

Finished up a original springer this morning for a customer of ours..

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Sears castings

2011-02-13T17:00:00.001-06:00

The castings all welded and finished ground. Next up is pressing in the neck stem and welding them in..

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1914 Sears Front end

2011-02-10T20:27:00.000-06:00

In the last couple years I have had the honor to work with Matt and Carl from Carl's Cycle Supply and the projects are always a lot of fun but this one is going to kick ass!! Your going to want to watch these girls come to life..

The main castings after machining in a fixture to straighten out the legs that got bent during the casting process. Next is to make filler pieces to take up the gaps and then weld and file down smooth..

After Welding.. tomorrow I'll finish up the welding and get these ground down so I can press the neck stems in.

Chopping up a Paughco frame

2011-02-09T14:01:00.000-06:00

We had a stock Paughco frame come in with a 6" over springer on it.. needless to say the trail was way off and the frame was not even close to how it was intended to sit. Here it is in the jig table before we cut it up.

Then we cut the back bone out and cut the down tubes and raised the neck up to our height to fit the springer. We moved it up just about 5 1/2" and left the stock rake of 36 deg.

Then we added the new backbone and slugged and sleaved the down tubes and added the new backbone brace. When cutting the neck we only removed the backbone material and nothing else to not mess up the look of Paughco's neck area.

Cincinatti

2011-02-07T12:49:00.000-06:00

Just got back from the Vtwin show, 1500 miles in 24 hours.. Now if that was only on the bike rather than in Kari's car.. It was great seeing everyone from the lot and being part of all the mayhem that goes with it!

Machining Gears

2011-01-30T11:50:00.000-06:00

We have a band saw that took a crap on us this week, a set screw came out and went threw the gears in the gear box and wrecked the teeth on them. So rather then buying a new saw I made the gears, I didn't have a broach for the keyway or did I have a dividing head so this is how i did it..

The bad gears

Making the blanks and broaching on the lathe

The blanks and keyways all machined

The fixture to machine the teeth, here you can see we cut two gears together and located off the original gear.

Locating the first tooth

Almost there.. one tooth at a time

All the teeth cut

All blued up and ready to test run

After 30 min of running, now they are broke in. Clean the teeth back up and they are ready for heat treating

After case hardening

All ready to go back together

Axles

2011-01-25T12:21:00.001-06:00

Here's a axle I made up for one of our customers that has one of our springers that has a 3/4 " axle but needs a 5/8"..

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Triumph time

2011-01-24T12:31:00.001-06:00

Got this one in to build for a friend in town here. Should be a cool project with the SB&F girder.. I need set of carbs for this if anyone has a set they want to part with.

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Finished repairs

2011-01-22T22:27:00.001-06:00

We replaced the seat post and support along with the top two rails.

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2011-01-21T12:29:00.001-06:00

From the back you can see the top legs are not straight or level

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Frame work

2011-01-21T12:17:00.001-06:00

We got this knock off Denver's 650 frame in to fix, this is one rough frame! The seat post is cracked, bad welds all over and the neck is not mounted the way it should.

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2011-01-15T19:05:00.003-06:00

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New oil tanks

2011-01-15T19:05:00.001-06:00

We have been working on some new oil tanks for a few weeks now and today I got them finished welded now just clean up the welds and add the mounts!

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Here goes nothing

2011-01-14T19:35:00.000-06:00

Well I thought it was time we get on board with this blog stuff so here we go! Now if i can keep this updated we should be good..