Sportster Cafe Build - Burly Brand

[IndianaSlim]

Actually Hutchings, your pipe looks better, but where is your rear m/c?

[hutchings]

Actually Hutchings, your pipe looks better, but where is your rear m/c?

Mine's a rubbermount Sporty, rear M/C is behind the engine under the swingarm pivot.

.... Sorry to steal your thunder Dave! haha

[Nosebleed]

JACK!

Way to go, Hutchings, geez! Now this thread just became another exciting edition of, "Hey, where did you get that ______ (insert name of part here)?"

Sit down and have some of this popcorn. You scared Dave away.

[MagnusB]

Nice! Chain conversion and big dual brake discs up front?

[Nosebleed]

Well, I would ask for an update, but I'm afraid that I'd be accused of being a stalker again. That Burly Dave seems to be a little fixated on stalkers, doesn't he?

Maybe poor guy had some bad experiences in the past with a crazy ex-girlfriend or something.

[Imaposer]

Well, I would ask for an update, but I'm afraid that I'd be accused of being a stalker again. That Burly Dave seems to be a little fixated on stalkers, doesn't he?

Maybe poor guy had some bad experiences in the past with a crazy ex-girlfriend or something.

Well, just to save you from any anti-stalker legislation, I'll ask for you... Any updates?

Then again, maybe I'm a stalker too, IDK...

I did have one in college... kinda creepy really...

[BurlyBrand]

OK, now we need this guy to build us an exhaust! That thing looks great! Updates pending... Hang tight.

Nice progress so far, that exhaust is killer... I love that style, looks quite like the style I just build for my Sporty.




I do hope you still rock that DP pipe on this bike though, it's definitely cafe as it gets.

[BurlyBrand]

While we were waiting on parts and other crap, we did a wheel color test. It's OK, but we're not in love. Waffle grips look so good, but hurt like hell to ride, so they're out, too.

Spanky fresh set of our new clubmans in place, though.

http://www.burlybrand.com/clubmanbars/index.aspx

[BurlyBrand]

Easily one of our favorite parts is hacking off the fender struts. No turning back now! Used a set of Kuryakyn signals and welded tabs to the shock spacers. Instant tailight/signals.

Need to go back and round off the face of that cut, but a mean craving to test ride won out.

[BurlyBrand]

We're update bombing to get this thread up to real time. Apologize if it's making your head spin.

Another shot of a clean little light install.




Scored some loot from Mr. Boyle. Have to love a hand crafted part.

http://boylecomm.blogspot.com/

Wrenching Hipster style.

[BurlyBrand]

This bike is fighting us.... Hating the Avons. Tire went low and fell off the bead rolling the bike to the air compressor. Time for a tube or something more drastic.




Did manage to get the motor parts to powder, though and they came back looking pretty F'n great.

[Brendden]

Freaking sweet. Quick question, you're 10.5" shocks, do they have .5" eyes?

[BurlyBrand]

Yes they do. Standard on most modern HD's.

Freaking sweet. Quick question, you're 10.5" shocks, do they have .5" eyes?

[Randeezy868]

i think its the mags and bias tires. I had trouble with my Firestones and even took them to the local motorcycle shop, used the tire machine, and then exhausted all of the tricks and we ended up putting tubes in them.

[BurlyBrand]

Bunch of false starts and "challenges" got us a bit discouraged on this build. We had some beers, and regrouped. We're good now.

Scored a set RSD wheels (18" R and 19" F). Yeh, we know, that's cheating, but we're loving the clean simple look of these wheels. Wrapped them in Metzeler rubber to complete the package. Now if we can just talk him out of some discs and calipers!

http://www.rolandsands.com/products/morris-wheel-black-ops

The exhaust gods must have heard our plea for help as well. Not sure why we keep trying to build/modify our own systems. We're clearly not good at it. We've lusted after the box exhaust DP Customs did on one of their builds and they were generous enough to make one for us (we begged a little)! Pretty sure this one part made the build.

http://dpcustomcycles.com/black_%26_white.html

Things are really starting to come together now and this thread is pretty much caught up to real time. We'll post more as we break stuff.