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Chop cult rules!

i cant/wont say that there is any one dominant club nationwide or worldwide, but it does matter locally/regionally.
i dont care about them and they dont care about me, but i do understand respect...

yes they are. i do like 'em.
i really liked them when they came out last year and bought 'em for another project bike.
the rear of the tanks sit a bit high on the backbone and i wasnt 100% sold....

getting close. there was a problem with the title-typo on the DMVs end-they fixed it.
need to rebuild the rear m/c. waiting for the kit in the mail, that's why the front pipe aint on yet.
a few...

Gnarly Magazine rules

it's been done before.
i saw it on a motorcycle 8 or 10 years ago. although that one was executed much cleaner.

it was done on a bicycle (in the late 40s i believe) i've seen a few of those

the union "cut" and design(rockers) threw me off.

i agree that it is silly to talk about this shit. they keep it secret for a reason.

i know. years ago a buddy and I were in a bar talking to...

thought i had a better pic, but yeah. easily done
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well, i suck at progress pix.
i have been working on this daily, but the progress is tiny steps.
my bro built & sent me a wheel for my 55, so i yanked the mag wheel off that bike and fit it on this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5dBZDSSky0

that taillight cover is gonene.
i took off that 39mm front end and put on the partially shaved 35mm i originally built for my other shovel. i decided to go wide glide on it.
here it is last sat...

heres the day i brought it home
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after stripping most of the gayness off
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every bike i've built has been rigid, but i've had swingarm fever for a couple years..
i know it's tuff to pull off a cool swinger chop, but i think i can do it.

i've been gathering parts for...

this is the junkpile, so any fun story or memory can be fun.
i do remember riding my first bike about 40 years ago and that was great. it was an indian dirt bike. i was a kid and loved it.
of...

funny.
i've seen it done on bicycles a handfull of times.
never seen it done on a motorsickle.

Yup.

76 ironhead to a 74 shovel.

what gets complicated is the aftermarket carbs.
of course the mount pattern/holes are different, so you need the correct intake manifold.

if the manifold will...

i need help before i make a potential couple hundred $ mistake.

i was told years ago that the ONLY part that is interchangable between an ironhead and a shovelhead is the intake manifold.
i...

to expand on a few things you said.
i always say..
stock sucks(yes there are exceptions)
and restoring is boring.

and the no run, no fun. i've never heard that, but i like it.
along the same...

last weekend i stripped and painted and rebuilt the front brake.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPpGp_J3z2A

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https://youtu.be/Nv0efmUKP9s

regarding the frame & MSO i thought about it long and hard. i did buy a dropseat swingarm frame but changed my mind. i've also bought a 65-69 swingarm frame that should be here this weekend.
but...