09 Iron Drop Seat project

[Peakler]

I just found this site today and figured I would share my build and see what you guys think. This is my first bike that I have owned and I bought it about a year ago. I started out just doing some minor mods like a solo seat, drag bars, chopped fender, struts, and exhaust. I have never been able to leave stuff alone so I got a carried away this winter and this is what I have ended up with. Im pretty far along with the build now but I will post a bunch of pics just to share the build. And before I got ask a million times why did you do this to an 2009 I will go ahead and answer by saying.....I wasn't planning on go this far with it, but like I said I have never been able to leave stuff alone. Hope you guys enjoy.

[Peakler]

This was the day I bought it.
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Two weeks after I got it. I was planning on stopping here, but as you will see I did not.
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[Peakler]

Pulled it all apart and ordered a hardtail from Bitter End Choppers and mocked it up. Don't like to bash company's but the hardtail from them was a nightmare. You will see.
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This shows how badly twisted the hardtail was. Took about 12 hours to straighten the damn thing.
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[Peakler]

Made a leaf spring seat.
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[Peakler]

Was really happy with the oil tank. Got it for $90 from anythinggoes74.com
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[Peakler]

Made some brackets to move my foot controls down and forward about two inches. Not into forward controls and the mid controls were too high for the drop seat. I have since made some different ones that I like better but they are in the same position I just don't have pictures of them yet.
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[Peakler]

This is the bike totally mocked up.
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[Peakler]

Took it all back apart and primed the frame.
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Painted the frame and got the motor back in. (Hard to do by yourself when your worried about scratching new paint)
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Painted all the gloss black stuff flat black.
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[Peakler]

Starting to come to life now!
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[Peakler]

This is where I left off Sunday. Had to extend the clutch because I moved the controls. Don't worry I will make it look better.
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Hope you guys enjoy. I tell you when you play catch up and post your build in a few minutes it makes you think you have worked as hard as you think you have. If you guys got any question about something I have left out or something that you see just let me know.

[TooLoe]

Looks good man! i've been throwing up the idea to just buy a whole new frame for my 08 but i can't find alot for the rubber mount.. anyway holy shit that hard tail looked like a nightmare

[hawtpocket]

please tell your dog not to eat me.

[hawtpocket]

Looks good man! i've been throwing up the idea to just buy a whole new frame for my 08 but i can't find alot for the rubber mount.. anyway holy shit that hard tail looked like a nightmare

I have a paughco I'm currently building with, let me know if you want some pics or something. also, led sled makes them but they have a rigid mounting system.

[rooster52478]

I like the white frame. I couldn't ever do it because it would only be clean and white for a couple days.

[xlhs67]

Nice ride man. My brother was wanting to do a drop seat and we were kinda pondering how to do it on a newer sporty. Now we know. Thanks