Recent content by prlandry

yeah.... it wasn't the safest thing... but it was only ridden at 30-40mph around town... it was a fun project... and turned heads more than 30,000$ harley's. I'll see what I'll do this winter... I might go the cafe racer look.... although I'm digging the street tracker look also.

and this is my son sitting on it... bike was running and on the road.

oh wow.... I didn't realize it's been 10 years already since we built that bobber.... here is a pic of it while we were still building it. This is my friend Louis by the way.... his bike but I helped alot with it.... he bought a 80 650 that came in 3 boxes.... all hand built.

Well I was thinking of maybe a ratty looking cafe and keep the patina to give it that "I just pulled this bike out of a barn that's been sitting for over 30 years" kinda look...lol That or shine up what I can and go for a tracker look... these engines seem pretty simple and if I can get the...

wow... alot of good info in those links.... thx Is that xs1b a good base to build a project from?... or am I committing some kind of sacrilege...lol

pic of the vin

Hey guys... new guy here... this place seems like it has lots of good info. Quite a few years ago I helped a friend of mine build a bobber and I ended up buying a parts bike for the ignition system... he ended up just using the 1980 electrics so the bike sat in an old van for IDK.... 5-6.... 7...