BEFORE and AFTER - Let's see What You STARTED WITH and ENDED UP With

[chuckgs550]

Freakin awesome!

[Newporabbit]

Hey man I'm diggin' your bike. Maybe it's the colors that caught my eye. Anyways, I've got pretty much the same bike that you started with and was wondering what all you did to yours to make it look like it does now. Oh and is that a Black Flag sticker on the tank? Sweet...Hah alright thanks dude.

Original bike = 1991 XLH 883 (bored to 12)
Frame = Front half is original, back half is a v-twin hardtail.
Forks = Stock
Seat = brown pleather ? it came on a norton chopper i bought
Bars = hacked up sportster buckhorn bars with internal throttle
Wheels = They 10s but i keep em clean. Just kidding, rear 16" original mag with 69 pontiac hub caps FTW. front is a 21" i bought at kc international because its surprisingly hard to find a 21 front for our year bikes.
Sissy bar = 2 of those harley square stock sissy bars welded together
Tank = axed fat bobs
Tires = rear firestone 500-16, front avon speedmaster
Pipes = drags
Air Cleaner = round and shiny and most likely from china. Mounts didnt fit my CV carb, had to weld holes shut and re drill them to fit.
Lights = Front is a 4" tractor light from the local junkyard, back is a harley turn signal off a buddies bike converted to a brake/ tail light.
Paint = Mine comes in a spray can and I suck at it because im too impatient. Usually use dupli-color metalcast.
Oil tank = hexagon. holds about 2.4 quarts
Rear Fender = XS650 front fender

Rear peg mounts are 3-piece 10-speed crank arms with animal platform pedals. Homemade foot clutch and tank shift. Remote master cylinder from some crotch rocket at the junkyard (5/8" bore) for the front brake so I can run a cable type lever on the bars.

Oh and the black flag thing is part of the paint now. It's a combination of black flag and the outline of Pennsylvania border mashed together. RIP NTF

Hope all this helps. Thanks for liking my bike and good luck to ya

[akasarin]

before, stock 883c

after, not stock 1250

[AfterHours]

Obviosly it's a pic from the web, but it's the same bike I started with.

[n8ball]

Both great, but I personally liked the before better.

Wow, REally? You needed to see it in person. It didnt flow, i thought it looked horrible at first.

[SNEAKY]

Crappy picture. Day 1

Step 1

As she sits now!!!

[Panhead49]

Panhead -49. Almost finished. Just needs some brackets and Linkert.

This is how it looked a year ago. Last pic from this week.

[poepoe310]

[LargeThin]

I really dig that tank. Any more pics of it?

[DieselDanny]

Wicked exhaust!

[JohnnyWolf]

Wow, REally? You needed to see it in person. It didnt flow, i thought it looked horrible at first.

I agree! The seat, the wheels/whitewalls, belt drive guard, the bars stc.. The latest version looks waaaaay better!

[n8ball]

I agree! The seat, the wheels/whitewalls, belt drive guard, the bars stc.. The latest version looks waaaaay better!

Thank ya, I thought it looked horrbile when i bought it. It even rode like shit. Those apes and seat were WAY to big for the bike. But im not done with it yet... they'll be more to come.

[EatACactus]

Before:



After:

[StogieJoe]

day after i rode it home


How it turned out

[IIIsticks]

Here is mine, I am still working on it, but you all know how that story goes...





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Here is a vid I put together that shows a lot of the work I did and how she sits today