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

[KIRK]

Choppers are all about change. Let's see your before and after pics. Don't post if you are going to whine when people bash your ugly shit.

Here are mine...

BEFORE



AFTER

[billdozer]

Great idea.

My FXR:





Black Death:

[Loaf]

My '82 Ironhead...an ongoing project/daily rider.
before

after

[beatnbruised]

This is what I started with



And this is what I ended up with

[Hollywood13]

there are some sumer nice chops on here

[GrumpyChef]

New guy here going to share a bit....

I started with this......


And after plenty of this.... and and still more ....

I arrived at this......






Matt

[asiantony]

[NoQueNO]

BeatnBruised that thing is fucking AWESOME!!

[Puker]

Before:


After:

[PRWIS13]

Beaten, that's one hell of a job! You got allot into that build

[Rezi]

Two years ago


Now

[Revelator]

Rezi, Nice Shovel, But It really belongs in the "Let's see those Shovels" thread.
I'm pretty sure this thread is for bikes that have been rebuilt (modified) You know...."Before & After"

the only part I can think of that could have come of of Your Pan is maybe the drive chain? HAHA

A killer shovel though, Awesome chromed frame & those wheels are tits.
If It were mine tho....I would swap that carb for a chrome SU!

[Deckard43]

Those wheels are badass! I love the whole bike, but those wheels though!!!!!

[Rob1536]

What says apes are on the black FXR and did you change the cables to put them on

[Rob1536]

Great idea.

My FXR:





Black Death:

What size a penger's are on the FX or the black one and did you change the cables to install them

[69Glide]

1938 EL

Before - 1973

After - 1974




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[ac72rat]

1938 EL

Before - 1973

After - 1974




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Cool photos and build

[Tattooo]

Cool photos and build

Now that's an awesome pic and bike......

[Hatchet54]

This just became seriously, literally, one of my top 5 bikes of all time

[69Glide]

This just became seriously, literally, one of my top 5 bikes of all time

Thanks for the kind words. I really liked this bike, had it for about 4 years as I remember it. It started life as a OEM 61" EL with small port heads. Ended up as an 88" motor, large port FL heads, long body SU carb. I don't remember what I put in for a cam but it ran sweet and made a lot more power than the bike needed - was a handful to ride. Suicide clutch, jockey shift, no front brake, AEE springer. Went well in a straight line, got exciting real fast in the curves and city traffic, but I was young (21) and didn't much care, it was a head-turner (especially with my OL on the back.)

Ended up trading it for a 1963 Panhead. I was in the Navy in San Diego and my bike was my transportation. I lived in Lemon Grove and worked at the submarine base at the end of Point Loma so it was a fairly long commute every day. The 63 had rear suspension, foot shift, hand clutch, front brake (such as it was) and was a whole lot better as a daily rider. I've never regretted the trade, the Panhead met my needs at the time. But I would love to have that 38 in my garage today...