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1980 Ironhead Sportster Chopper

Teardown, Repair, and Repaint

Posted by Justin on 4/8/2005

After a few short but eventful rides leaving oil, gas, and bike parts all over the road, it was time to garage the bike and fix everything broken, plus repaint the sheetmetal.

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DSCN6961 1024 x 768 px (188 KB) 0 Comments	Chain Guard and Looks like the top of the rear master cylinder is cracked as well 1024 x 768 px (194 KB) 0 Comments	Fatbob Tank Ada This appears to be an aftermarket add-on. It's welded on at the front and bolted at the rear. 1024 x 768 px (223 KB) 0 Comments
Front End of th Oil cooler and Rectifier 1024 x 768 px (179 KB) 0 Comments	Left Side Fatbob tank add-on bracket at the top, jerry rigged plastic fuel line at the bottom 1024 x 768 px (235 KB) 0 Comments	Melted Fuel Lin Whoever worked on this bike thought a clear pvc tube with some plastic wire conduit around it would be a good fuel line to run right between two hot cast iron jugs. Hilarity ensues. 1024 x 768 px (203 KB) 0 Comments
Pipe that fell This pipe was held on with a stripped, stretched, rusty old bolt and it fell off while i was riding 1024 x 768 px (201 KB) 0 Comments	Top End, Coil a Top end of the engine was just rebuilt. 1024 x 768 px (186 KB) 0 Comments	Where the Pipe Rear exhaust where the pipe was connected, and below that the new gear reduction starter. On the right, the S&S Shorty carb and the jerry-rigged plastic fuel line that ended up melting through on the road 1024 x 768 px (248 KB) 0 Comments

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Xander: i am a beginner and i have always loved bikes, i have recently decided to build one but i know nothing about them. i bought some books, any pointers? how long and how much do you estimate this will take? thank you for your response.
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