Geez thanks mailman and maxpete. That's great to hear and it is appreciated. I have no experience so I can't tell if it's good or bad really. I am constantly critical of my work and not happy with this or that. Frankly the hard part though was getting out of my head what I saw in my mind, after 2 complete frames (first was too long but it probably would have been better is some ways, just long and low) it is what was is in my head except I am still not happy with the seat placement, We moved and I lost my Miller 211 plug adapter so I am waiting for a new one. Then I'll cut off all the seat brackets and reposition the seat back and higher. Then it is off to powder coater swap forks and tire and add ape hangers and he new cables made. Hopefully when does it will look new and at last, it will look like what the design was in my minds eye.
The rest is just patience and lots and lots of trial and error. What people done see is all them is bends and mistakes, I probable bent enough metal for 4 frames learning as I go. The best part of it is the learning and acquiring skills.
I definitely say to others definitLy try it, it is not "hard" just work slow and think it through and know you will make mistakes. That is what I found I loved about working with metal. There is nothing you can't j doe or redo. It's really quite fun Working with metal and the lessons learned last a life time.
Best part is I got with a custom bike builder in AZ and got them to title and vin the bike as a custom model by them so it is totally legal with a title. It was a small cost of course.
Of course i did not do the paint. That's a whole set of slills few have. I was going to do rat rod thing but switched to painted, so when done hopefully it will just look awesome what ever it is. All I know is it was in my head a few years ago. Life got in the way 3 times, often in very very bad ways Along the road. So now I am I a position to finish although the bike is in my Florida house and I live and work in DE so there will be breaks while I travel back and forth. The wiring harness came from daddygcycles here on the forum btw. Figure 3 weeks of work over 2 months to complete it.
