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[Brentocool]

Heres 2 of mine The red bike Is a Rigid with a stock Evo and a 230 tire. The Orange one is Identical but a softail.

 

[Brentocool]

I have built 3 in total. And wanted to do another. But I can By a real Harley used for half of what it cost to build my own. And not have to deal with getting it titled and insurance issues. So I bought this 2000 Wide Glide and made it the way I liked it.



Can ya tell I love Apessssssss. Nothing cooler to me!!

 

[jsaw]

I built this one on the cheap, I built as much of it as I could, and used swap meet parts

 

[jsaw]

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[Brentocool]

Some more

Very cool. What do you have in it$

 

[TxPowderCoater]

Holy **** thats nice Jsaw, job well done for damn sure!
you should be grinning so hard your face hurts, one for owning that bit of badassery, but most important, you created it, badassery x2 in my book. kudos

 

[zmotorsports]

Very nice work Jsaw.

Mike.

 

[Voi]

Some more

What front end is that? I like it.

 

[NASTYZEN]

Jessy James in your eye! Nice build

 

[gorilla]

j/saw. How well does the leading link front end work? How does it react to rain grooves ?

 

[MP&C]

Here's an Ultima Black Cloud we built, Many of the mods I didn't get pictures of, but we did pipe inside the backbone to route all the wiring hidden, removed the mounting brackets from the oil tank to the down tube, added brackets up inside the battery hole to secure the oil tank, totally hidden. As a painter, one of my pet peeves with M/C paint jobs is the paint that gets rubbed off by the seat. So rather than a f/g seat pan, we fabricated one from 1/8" steel and held it 1/4" off the rear fender. This gap allowed for upholstery and about 1/8 gap left over, with no flex to damage the fender paint. The rear fender struts were tig welded to the back fender for a clean look.

H/K epoxy.....

Base and intercoat clear....

Wet sanded and flame layout...

Airbrushing the Apple kandy basecoat flames....

After clear, and fresh from the booth the next day before buffing....

After buffing...

Assembled

 

[Brentocool]

Here's an Ultima Black Cloud we built, Many of the mods I didn't get pictures of, but we did pipe inside the backbone to route all the wiring hidden, removed the mounting brackets from the oil tank to the down tube, added brackets up inside the battery hole to secure the oil tank, totally hidden. As a painter, one of my pet peeves with M/C paint jobs is the paint that gets rubbed off by the seat. So rather than a f/g seat pan, we fabricated one from 1/8" steel and held it 1/4" off the rear fender. This gap allowed for upholstery and about 1/8 gap left over, with no flex to damage the fender paint. The rear fender struts were tig welded to the back fender for a clean look.

H/K epoxy.....

Base and intercoat clear....

Wet sanded and flame layout...

Airbrushing the Apple kandy basecoat flames....

After clear, and fresh from the booth the next day before buffing....

After buffing...

Assembled

Very nice!!

 

[HotRoddersHaven]

I'll play... Here's where I'm at so far......

Tank is about 75% done. All done by hand, using only aviation snips, tucking forks, plastic mallets, body hammers, dollies, and a sand bag. All tacked here, Soon to play with my Miller Diversion 180 to finish weld it all up, after I finish planishing it all perfectly smooth.

 

[robarosa]

Always amazed at folks that can do this. Real nice work.

 

[Brentocool]

Here's some pics from the build of the softail. I use Mid Usa frames. I think there really nice. I also use Stock Harley Duece front ends. There really clean. And you can find them at swaps new in the box with tree's. If ya really look hard you can get a great deal on a Stock evo at a harley dealer. If they have had it in stock for awhile.. Brake parts are all over at the swaps. They were harley also. And stock rotors look great after polishing!! Can you tell I have a problem with aftermarket stuff!! There is some good stuff out there but I think most of it is ****. Didnt bend and weld my own frame/tank but had a ball building these bikes. The best part is there reliable There is still minor frame fabrication you have to do. Good prodject for someone who isnt the best welder. I wouldnt trust my weld to cross the street Maybe on my mower or something like that.

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[Brentocool]

 

[Brentocool]

 

[Brentocool]

 

[Brentocool]

 

[HotRoddersHaven]

I love this picture... It just looks so raw!

 

[Brentocool]

And heres the happy owner. Dave Fogle 94.7 oldies disc jockey here in Chicago. Front row left.

 

[Brentocool]

 

[MP&C]

This one is Deer damage repairs.......

He wanted some tribal flames and we thought we'd try the mirra chrome..


Base and clear.....and also a nice tree for painting the Harley tanks, get to everything without tanks flopping around........

detail on the tree ears...weld beads applied in strategic locations to hold the tanks in place.....

Flame layout

Be sure to mock up the dash so you don't cover all your work....as well as the seat..

Mirrachrome applied....may have been a bit more reflective with my new airbrush, this was using a Badger..

The Speedclear dulled out the mirrachrome more than I cared for, but the owner really liked the flame layout.

So to keep from having to reshoot the mirrachrome, we laid on some Kandy with pearl and then cleared, this was the result. The pop in the sun was unreal.....

Sunlight added....

Assembled...

 

[stinkity stoink]

here is a crappy pic of mine. It has been together about 12 years. i was going to take it apart to chrome and paint. I even thought about padding on the seat,but it's a lot of fun the way it is.

 

[Brentocool]

here is a crappy pic of mine. It has been together about 12 years. i was going to take it apart to chrome and paint. I even thought about padding on the seat,but it's a lot of fun the way it is.

Thats all that counts! watch that pant leg on that open primary And that seat Ouch

 

[Brentocool]

MP&C nice paint job

 

[Travis E.]

Do mini bikes count?

 

[HotRoddersHaven]

Do mini bikes count?

that thing looks like fun!

 

[Brentocool]

Do mini bikes count?

Nice Bobber!!! And that other one do you race that thing?? If so please post pics of that!!

 

[Travis E.]

Nice Bobber!!! And that other one do you race that thing?? If so please post pics of that!!

Thank you. I raced with a group of guys near me a few years ago. Here is a video of us racing on a 1/5 scale R/C car track.

 

[jsaw]

Very cool. What do you have in it$

About $5,000

 

[jsaw]

What front end is that? I like it.

It is an inverted springer, I bought a set of plans, but parts of them were not heavy enough for My liking. so I beefed things up.

 

[Travis E.]

This is a 1970 DKW that i gave to my father in law for his birthday. He raced desert in the late 60's-mid 70's and always talked about getting another bike to put around on. He always mentioned the DKW he rode and the hunt was on. I just cleaned it up, made new gaskets for the engine and trans, rebuilt the carb, laced a new front rim and made all new cables for it. I didn't go too far because I wasn't sure how he would like it. He LOVED it.

 

[wintermute]

Probably not what you guys had in mind…

And its current state… Disassembled and sand blasted. The rest of the parts are on the other bench…

I'll have to wait for some slightly warmer weather before I attempt to repaint.

 

[jsaw]

What front end is that? I like it.

j/saw. How well does the leading link front end work? How does it react to rain grooves ?

It rides very stiff. The original springs called out on the plans were not stiff enough. I compensated with springs that are much stiffer, so it is a solid ride.

The length of the rockers gives it 4.5 inches of trail, so it steers nice.

If I was to do it again, I would probably build a standard springer







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[brats.n.harleys]

First bike I built, buell xb

Building this one currently. 79 shovel

 

[Toolhorder]

When is someone going to post a real motorcycle?

 

[X1 Mike]

When is someone going to post a real motorcycle?

Kind of a dicky thing to say don't you think?

 

[Shock72]

Here is my never ending Ironhead build. currently going through changes and just finished buttoning up the motor, new pistons, rings, cylinders, andrews cams...needs a new starter and i have to fab up some various mounts before i blast and paint the frame.

also have this Honda cl360 project, now torn down to the frame and will probably get lowered with struts and a few other mods before i put it together again

and finally a kawasaki two stroke triple 500...this one is getting restored

 

[HotRoddersHaven]

Probably not what you guys had in mind…

And its current state… Disassembled and sand blasted. The rest of the parts are on the other bench…

I'll have to wait for some slightly warmer weather before I attempt to repaint.

I didn't even think to show THAT kind of bike...

This is my first welding project, from when i was 15. I dug it out to add in the webs to strengthen the rear section and added the front web to make it look cool...

Then my girl's 8 year old decided that he wanted to make a bike, who am I to deny a child?

He has his own welding mask, and while he does more watching and learning than actual work, he did twist the square sissy bar (not together at this point, but with one side on) himself!