Sick of Sportsters yet?

I didnt think so!

I started on this project a few years ago and am finally getting close. I wanted the stance and seat height of a rigid but wanted to keep the shocks for my aging back. I cut it to pieces and changed the shock location, stretched the swingarm and the backbone. I got rid of the stock downtubes made the oil tank and battery tray under the swingarm & a bunch of other crap.

Im at the stage of wire, fire and ride and it will be done. Well they are never really done and I never did a build thread for it so heres a photo dump of where my '03 Sportster is at...

Day one...


Day 10ish. Didnt take long to be tired of this...


Soooo out came the sawsall...





Then some small details...




Im almost done boring you now...

Oh sweet baby Jesus, that things fuckin great!!!

only.... thing id change is the garage . would look better in mine , nice scoot

I would like to make sweet, sweet love to your Motorsickle.

fucking sick. whats that exhaust? it looks like an old school dirt car exhaust

Yea that bike is pretty sweet! Definately has a great look

Originally Posted by roush360r

fucking sick. whats that exhaust? it looks like an old school dirt car exhaust

Made it. Too cheap to buy anything.

well looks awsome. sorry i spend to much time around dirt cars, the girlfriend races.

the extra wheel base does SO MUCH for that bike. sweet!

I really dig that exhaust. Where did you pick up the tubes? Is it powder coated or high temp engine paint?

thats a cool swingarm chop man

Let's get some details on those engine mounts and the ribs on the cam cover...

Nice bike! did you make that motor mount your self?

Originally Posted by billdozer

Let's get some details on those engine mounts and the ribs on the cam cover...

I scratch made the mounts from flat iron stock. The fins are just alumi-lead and shaped. Im no aluminum welder & knew Id warp and ruin it If I tried welding them. I pounded the velosity stack out of a piece of scrap exhaust pipe and painted it to look like anodized aluminum. Made the Tbars from some scrap 1" DOM, cut down the stock eyebrow, made the seat pan and had Jarod at HardLuck cover it. I bought a front fatboy wheel (because they are cheaper) and machined some spacers, drilled and tapped out the bolt holes so it would work on the rear. Whipped up a choke cable mount, I needed a frame jig, so I made that too. Im broke so Ive got to be a cheap ass and use what I find laying around...

And to slow up progress even more, Im in the process of building this at the same time...

http://www.chopcult.com/forum/showth...t=15816&page=2

Best chopped sporty frame ever!! The stance is beautiful. Well done mate & thanks for sharing the pics.

Man That is so sweet! Can you elaborate on the ribbed for her pleasure cam cover?

Did this get posted in the cool swing-arm chops thread? Cause this is it for sure. Nicely done sir.

Nice work!

Originally Posted by coldsmokejr

Oh sweet baby Jesus, that things fuckin great!!!

I tried to think of something better to say than this, but it sums it up pretty damn well.