OK so it's been a little while since my last post, but another build got in the way. That's all finished so this one is back on.
As I mentioned before, my son and I are building this together for him to ride when he gets a bit older. Being that this frame has been in Utah (and I live in SoCal), I gave up on the shipping companies (they all suck) and drove to UT to pick it up over the weekend. Long drive but it made for a good last minute road trip with my son that I hope he'll never forget. Finally, the two meet:
Drove up to UT spur of the moment on Friday and got there by 6pm. By 6am Sunday morning, we were back and this heap of a frame (although a pretty cool heap) was home. I started to chop off some of the strange bits that someone somewhere added here & there for whatever reason, as well as some of the bits I wouldn't need. Everything but the frame and rear wheel were shot & were sh*tcanned.
I finally got the springer front on (mocked up) to see how it looked. I'll do a 21" Avon Speedmaster up front eventually. The rear fender/sissy bar was junk, but the front fender is useable so I'll chop it and make a rear fender out of it. The one off bars are from a Ironhead build a while back & I held on to them just in case. Glad I did, cause they're going to work just fine
Father's Day BBQ was quickly approaching & time to mess with this was running out for the day, but I managed to get a few other pieces mocked up to get a better idea of how this heap is going to look.
FWD controls are on the way & there's a bit of welding still to do (tabs, mounts, etc), but it's coming along. Since this is an old chop frame, a lot of the welds/joints are bondo'd they way they used to do it back in the day. I was originally going to blast all that off & powdercoat it, but I've come to like the smoothed out look so I'll redo to parts that I've ground off (for weld inspection) and paint the frame a durable matte black. Still have the Pamco stuff to pick up, but wiring on this bike is a bit of a mystery to me right now. Plenty of time to figure it out though because I'll tear this motor down when the frame is off to bodywork/paint. Any advice/opinions during this process are always welcome!!
