Springer XS650 with custom hardtail, 21" wheel, Jockey Shift.

highroller95

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Just got this bike done and have been having a bunch of fun riding it! Let me know what you think. Thanks to all of you for answering my questions during the build, it was very hepful.

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internal throttle setup im guessing...looks frickin clean man! what size bars are you running?
 
that is awesome, same jockey shift idea that I was going to do. are those real dollars?
 
What I'd like to know is how does the internal throttle make the 90 degree in the bars?
 
X3 I have an internal throttle set up that I want to run with some apes...

Bueller....Bueller....Bueller...
 
The bars on the bike are some Z bars that I traded a friend some extra parts for. I think they are 8" bars and they are 1" diameter. The springer front end is a 4 under DNA that I got from ebay and so far it rides better than I thought it would. It doesn't have much compression when it comes to big bumps, but it handles all the road cracks and expansion joints well. The frame is a custom hardtail that a friend of mine (Ryan May) that owns a small fab shop called Twisted Metal made for this bike. I told him that I wanted the rear axle to go back 6" and up 3" and after that he could do what he wanted. He did an outstanding job. The internal throttle is a Pat Kennedy that I picked up used from ebay and it works good. The internal cable was the result of a bet from a friend that it wouldn't work, so of course I had to try it. Supprisingly it has a very easy twist and doesn't bind at all ($20 to me). The paint is real money and real gold leaf that is BURIED under 27 coats of clear.
 
The clutch cable I made from a parts unlimited replacement cable. Took a couple of tries to get it right, left me on the side of the road a couple of times. I think that breaking and remaking parts is part of a true custom, anyone can order out of a catalog.
 
Thanks for the compliments, the tank was something I have wanted to try for a while. A lot more work than I had originaly thought. I have done airbrushing and pinstriping for years and this tank had more work than most I have done for customers.
 
The tire is an Avon Venom wide white wall. They make them in all different sizes, cant remember what this one is, I think a 160/15
 
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