Yamaha_chop
Fabricator Extraordinare
Hey guys, figured I'd post up my latest bike I bought. Got a great deal on it because the guy who owned it needed some extra cash for a trip he was going on. Fortunately he was someone who realized that he was never going to get around to working on it, and he let it go to me. Really appreciate people like that.
Anyway, check it out. 1975 Ironhead Sportster! It's kind of a basket case, but that's my style for sure
Here's some pictures when I got it:
What a beauty
Took a few minutes and stripped off some things to get a good idea of what it will look like later. I want to make this bike as skinny as possible, nothing but an engine and two wheels. Hopefully I'll get a springer front end for it. Spool front wheel, drum in back Not sure what sort of gas tank I want for it yet.
I make every bike look tiny
And my favorite helper offering her opinion
There's still a bunch of odds and ends he's going to give me for this bike, so it should be a fairly complete bike. I'll try to sell some of the stock stuff to recoup the initial investment.
This bike won't be worked on for awhile yet. Still have to finish and sell the street tracker project, then get the turbo bike tuned right, then I can work on this thing. The plan is to keep the frame stock, and just tinker with it doing minor things like mounting a new seat, gas tank, make handlebars, ect.... Little stuff to keep me busy without making a massive fabrication project. I'll slowly rebuild the engine and clean and paint everything, should be very relaxing. Hopefully when I'm done I'll have a bike that is the ultimate badass poser bike, which you'll never want to ride for more than a half hour at a time. After all, what else is a Harley good for?
Anyway, check it out. 1975 Ironhead Sportster! It's kind of a basket case, but that's my style for sure
Here's some pictures when I got it:
What a beauty
Took a few minutes and stripped off some things to get a good idea of what it will look like later. I want to make this bike as skinny as possible, nothing but an engine and two wheels. Hopefully I'll get a springer front end for it. Spool front wheel, drum in back
Not sure what sort of gas tank I want for it yet.
I make every bike look tiny
And my favorite helper offering her opinion
There's still a bunch of odds and ends he's going to give me for this bike, so it should be a fairly complete bike. I'll try to sell some of the stock stuff to recoup the initial investment.
This bike won't be worked on for awhile yet. Still have to finish and sell the street tracker project, then get the turbo bike tuned right, then I can work on this thing. The plan is to keep the frame stock, and just tinker with it doing minor things like mounting a new seat, gas tank, make handlebars, ect.... Little stuff to keep me busy without making a massive fabrication project. I'll slowly rebuild the engine and clean and paint everything, should be very relaxing. Hopefully when I'm done I'll have a bike that is the ultimate badass poser bike, which you'll never want to ride for more than a half hour at a time. After all, what else is a Harley good for?
