1974 xlh 70's hot rod build!

Adjusted a few things and strapped a bigger battery on since the tiny one is toast and rode about 20 miles. Awesome

Well I tried to ride to a local car show today and made it about 25 of the 30 miles to get there...


Tread came off half the back tire while going 70 or so on the highway


So much for running a real 40 year old Goodyear instead of the repops haha

Ooops!

It's a cool bike. I like the air cleaner & the little kink in the front exhaust. I'm sure by the end of the summer you'll be pulling into your driveway under it's own power and laughing about these early mishaps.

dude.... your lucky thats all that happened... any how this bike is sooooo rad! i want to do a harley here pretty soon!

Originally Posted by marsupial

Ooops!

It's a cool bike. I like the air cleaner & the little kink in the front exhaust. I'm sure by the end of the summer you'll be pulling into your driveway under it's own power and laughing about these early mishaps.

Power is not the problem right now haha! It's always an adventure bring old bikes back to life... even more so when they are choppers. This will give me a little break to paint the frame and tins and work on a few little things that are bugging me though.

Originally Posted by mlc216

Well I tried to ride to a local car show today and made it about 25 of the 30 miles to get there...


Tread came off half the back tire while going 70 or so on the highway


So much for running a real 40 year old Goodyear instead of the repops haha

Just peel off the rest of the tread and add a little Black shoe polish and the tire is then Burt Munro certified

Originally Posted by bobbed06

Just peel off the rest of the tread and add a little Black shoe polish and the tire is then Burt Munro certified

With improved fender clearance for high speeds!

Glad you're alright dude. That shit gets sketchy quick. You prolly had to throw them "unda draws" away after that skip.

The plus is I've ridden sketchier stuff on a 19 lb completely rigid mountain bike in some of the races I've done... so I don't tend to panic, just go with it haha.

Well work has been killing all my time lately, but I did manage to get a new tire and ride the bike enough to figure out it needed a new generator. Just got the money saved up and ordered one today... So I've tried to squeeze in a little time to make some adjustments and maybe paint it. The other fender was flexing too much, so I'm going to mount up this trimmed stock rear fender. Here's the mock up:

Ideas?

So, what youre sayin is, youre goin on the ride next weekend, right?

Ha, well it's possible... I need more details? Where are we going? Remember this bike hasn't been more than 30 miles yet haha

Update:

Looks really sweet man! Love ironheads!!

Put a decent front brake on and I'm going to try out t bars for a bit:

Looks bad ass!

Like the t-bars better on it

maybe I should post a more recent picture:

bike is still changing every day!

damn that looks good man!

i like this alot

Damn that thing is cool, good job