IronSpadeCycles
Welder, Fabricator, Racer
Ok so some of you may have read my intro post, let me introduce myself again. My name is Travis Lawson. I own a small one man Fab shop here in Houston TX called Iron Spade Cycles. I specialize in building commissioned one off cafe racers, race bikes and the occasional dual sport from most classic Japanese and European motorcycles.
A week ago, a riding buddy "Mo" asked me to think about building an AHRMA race legal dirt tracker he could also ride occasionally on the city streets.
After searching Craigslist for a suitable donor, I found two. One in Austin (a 1975 missing a title but with a 74 titled frame to swap) and one in Baytown (a relatively unmolested 83 model with 5008 miles). Mo put feelers out to try to meet up with each of them to get this ball rolling and then started sending me emails with images and ideas. One particular bike really caught our collective eye and we agreed to build something very similar to the bike below.
So after work on Wednesday last week we elected to only drive an hour out of our way and go to Baytown and fetch the 83 for our donor bike. After a visual inspection of the VIN, hearing her run for a few minutes and a bit of haggling on the price the deal was done. After a half hour ride home in the truck Mo pretty much told me to work my magic and build a winner. So here we go.
Hope you guys like it. Stay tuned....
Later Travis
A week ago, a riding buddy "Mo" asked me to think about building an AHRMA race legal dirt tracker he could also ride occasionally on the city streets.
After searching Craigslist for a suitable donor, I found two. One in Austin (a 1975 missing a title but with a 74 titled frame to swap) and one in Baytown (a relatively unmolested 83 model with 5008 miles). Mo put feelers out to try to meet up with each of them to get this ball rolling and then started sending me emails with images and ideas. One particular bike really caught our collective eye and we agreed to build something very similar to the bike below.
So after work on Wednesday last week we elected to only drive an hour out of our way and go to Baytown and fetch the 83 for our donor bike. After a visual inspection of the VIN, hearing her run for a few minutes and a bit of haggling on the price the deal was done. After a half hour ride home in the truck Mo pretty much told me to work my magic and build a winner. So here we go.
Hope you guys like it. Stay tuned....
Later Travis
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