Purp Skurp build

[Milk_Jesus]

Here's my build thread. I bought my frame LAST October, so this is long overdue, but seeing as it's taken me this long to get close to being "finished", I might as well throw it on here.

Boring back-story/inspiration for the build: I grew up with five uncles that were all heavily into building Harleys (pics below) and I guess I got the real idea of building a bike at about age 16, but never acted on it until now (age 24). My Dad had a few bikes when he got out of the military and then had a close friend suffer some pretty serious life-long injuries from a crash on his bike, so it kind of spooked him into getting rid of them, unfortunately.

Anyways, here's some pictures for your viewing pleasure:

Uncle Chuck's old Pan

Uncle Caleb's Shovel

Chuck again with my cousin Jennifer on his Shovel:

Caleb's build for Born Free last year:

Other shovel jammin' down to Key West:

Favorite picture of all time. Grandma on Chuck's shovel:

Alright, enough boring you with old shit, here's my stuff....

 

[Milk_Jesus]

...going back to find old picture from over a year ago to post when I started accumulating parts...

 

[Milk_Jesus]

Came across a frame on eBay for a good price. Pretty lucky find.

 

[Milk_Jesus]

Picked up this engine for $100. Good compression, everything's there. The seller said it's a "runner", but we'll see about that...

 

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Lacing this 21" rim to the stock xs650 hub was a huge pain in the ass, but I guess that's normal for the first time lacing a wheel.

 

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Second biggest pain in the ass was shaving these fork legs...

 

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My buddy Benji polished up my engine cases and got them looking pretty nice. They're pretty scratched up, but they still look good.

 

[Milk_Jesus]

First day taking everything down to my friend's shop in Fort Lauderdale to get some welding and mounting done.

welding my pipes

They've got some nice eye candy down at their shop...

Finishing mounting my pipes:

 

[Milk_Jesus]

Day 2 down at the Empire of Rust:

I am a pretty man.

Seat, tank, fender, pegs mounted (I'll get some better pictures this weekend). Gotta finish my brake set-up this coming weekend along with the sissy bar (in the mail) and chain tensioner. After that we're ready for paint.

 

[Milk_Jesus]

So I believe I've finally purchased all of the spacers I need (accompanied by some washers). This is my rear axle set up...is it in the right order? And am I missing anything? Only thing that I know that's still missing is the little ring that fits over the internal bearing spacer that keeps it centered inside the hub, but it's on it's way (and I've been told it's not even necessary as long as you can get everything in there straight without it).

The order is (left to right): axle adjuster, spacer, top hat spacer, internal bearing spacer, drum brake, spool spacer (not pictured, on it's way), axle adjuster. Is that right?

 

[PlugHead]

Your uncle is Caleb Owens, how cool is that. His Born Free build was sick. Your bike is looking good so far,good job.

 

[Milk_Jesus]

Your uncle is Caleb Owens, how cool is that. His Born Free build was sick. Your bike is looking good so far,good job.

yeah that bike is pretty killer. honestly, his daily rider (the one in the picture with him) is one of my favorite bikes ever.

 

[Milk_Jesus]

Here's a couple pictures I took yesterday of it sitting in the garage. Not having my own tools and means to finish it is real frustrating. Nice to have friends that help you out though! Sissy bar showed up yesterday also, thanks to a dude off chopcult. It's about a 1/2" too wide where it bolts to the frame, but shouldn't be an issue. I think it'll look just right when it's all mounted. I'm also second-guessing the white grips. My initial thought was that they would look killer with the paint (reeeeeeal dark high gloss purple frame, tank, fender, everything), but I don't know, they look kinda goofy. Guess I'll have to wait for paint to decide.

 

[Tron]

Its kinda like your santa, and have a bunch of elves to help you out haha

Im diggin the early chop feel to the build.. the sissy bar and king and queen is the shiiiit

 

[Maxx650]

Never thought I'd like a king/queen seat but that sir looks absolutely dope.

 

[Milk_Jesus]

Its kinda like your santa, and have a bunch of elves to help you out haha

Im diggin the early chop feel to the build.. the sissy bar and king and queen is the shiiiit

Never thought I'd like a king/queen seat but that sir looks absolutely dope.

thanks for the kind words, fellas! scored the seat off a dude on chopcult that happened to be a mutual friend, hooked me up!

 

[h3llb3nt1]

Old School Rules. Nice job man. I have the same white vintage grips. Can't wait to dirty them up

 

[Irish_prick]

That's what I use my old skate board for, ur bike looks cool so far keep it up

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[Irish_prick]

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That's what I use my old skate board for now to, ur bike looks cool so far keep it up

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[Milk_Jesus]

Ran into a couple rear brake linkage issues yesterday. I'm going back Wednesday so ill be sure to get some pictures.