Author Archives: Jeff Miller
The term “derby cover” comes from an old design for clutch access covers that Harley-Davidson used decades ago. That design had a strong resemblance to a derby hat. Since bikers are always the same, they gave it a name, and the name that stuck was “derby cover”. This is a photo I took a few…
A derby cover is a clutch access cover found on Harley-Davidson motorcycles. It is found on the left side of the motorcycle, roughly at ankle-level. Depending on the year and model of Harley-Davidson, the derby cover will be held on with three, four, five or six mounting bolts, and will be between six and 7.75″…
More bla bla bla about artificial intelligence, ChatGPT and MidJourney
Some ruminations on my experiments using Artificial Intelligence to produce sculptural designs.
Some thoughts on the unique engineering from Harley Davidson on the Milwaukee 8 Softail derby covers.
Evo Derby Cover – Three holes and the truth. All of my designs are available for Shovelhead and Evo style three hole derby covers.
How to do green screen effect in Adobe Premiere
There’s a lot of waiting around in what I do. Pour some wax into a mold? Wait. Fire up the furnace? Wait. Kick off a 3D print? Wait. Most of the time, I’ve got plenty of other things to do, but “all work and no play” and all that. So sometimes I make YouTube “Shorts”:…
At both Bikes, Blues and BBQ and the Born Free rally, I had a lot of people ask if I could make custom timing covers to go with my custom derby covers. Been noodling on that, and I think I might have it worked out. The nice thing about custom timing covers is they are…
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