Project Bobber

This is the bare frame after I stripped the bike down the previous day. I then sandblasted the frame and cleaned up some of the crap on the cast iron neck. [More pics to come as project progresses]

This is the new weld on hard tail section I bought from JP Cycles. This baby will be welded on to the existing frame to get rid of that weak swingarm. [More pics to come as project progresses]

I have to put more work in to this but it requires a lot of grinding to get all the cast pitting off the next tube... Why the hell did Harley cast the neck section anyway??!! [More pics to come as project progresses]

Since I am raising the tank above the backbone I will need to get some 16 guage sheet metal and enclose the tunnel... That is once I make a mount for the tank to bolt to the frame!

This is the frame mockup with the tank and hard tail section just sitting on it.

The tube ends on the mass produced hard tail looked stupid so I spent a lot of time welding and filling and grinding to smooth everything out. Well worth the time investment.

Here is the tank with the new mounts and the tunnel closed in. It now exposes the backbone of the frame under the tank which I really like. It also gives it more of that oldskool look.

This is with the hard tail welded on now. I still need to figure out what to do with the vertical pipes running up from the bottom of the frame. Not sure how to tie it all in nice.

Starting to take that oldskool look now with the hard tail now welded on to the frame.

This gives you a view of the partial mockup.

The stupid brake cable thing runs right in to the frame... How the hell am I going to fix this!?

The stupid brake cable thing runs right in to the frame... How the hell am I going to fix this!?

This is a seat I had custom had tooled with my art work on it.

This is the seat now done. If you want a killer one off custom seat like this contact Rich Phillips at bikersaddles...

This is a custom jockey tank shift linkage I made, complete with solid copper link bar.

This is the pivot section for the jockey shift.

This is the pivot section for the jockey shift.

This is a custom jockey tank shift linkage I made, complete with solid copper link bar.

This is as of December 28th 2005

This is as of December 28th 2005