Clip-ons!

Once in a while I get a request for something a little out of the ordinary. Clip-ons are one of those things, but I've done several pair now. This pair is for my buddy Mudd, made to his specs with 7/8" tubing, and to fit 35mm legs.I attach the bar sections to the clamps at a slight angel, so you can simply flip them over and side to side for a slight adjustment in height

been a while, things are going slow, but still have plenty of projects going on.. Here's a Moon tank I've tunneled to fit the seat tube of a stock Sportster frame.

Thinking outside the Bag

So I guess I'm a little different. I don't really give a shit what's hip or popular, and sometimes that's not a good thing. In this case I'm thinking it is though. At first I was going to run my stock horseshoe oil tank, but the frame is a little more compact now than when it was a swinger, so the tank was just too big. Not only was it too tall, but since I made the frame symmetrical unlike the softail it used to be, the tank was way too wide as well. I took out around two inches of width when I did the hardtail, so it was on me to come up with something. Someone recently told me, "just because you can doesn't mean you should", and don't get confused, that's not the deal here. I wanted to be able to have a true "Drain" plug on the tank, and be able to drain the oil right into a pan, not all over the bike. I also wanted to be able to run the battery right in front of the "Seat" tube, on a nice little tray, not hidden in a box. Now the oil lines will run directly under the transmission and straight to the tank. The filler will be right on the front of the tank, nice and easy to access. Still not sure how I'm going to address the seat springs, I'm not a fan of how traditional springs look or mount,so I may go with a frame mounted rigid seat if I can find the right one. One thing is for sure,not long now!

Slowly, but surely

I've hit a few snags as of late, but I think I may be on the move again. Simple but effective fender mounts. Hopefully the rear fender struts will follow tomorrow evening.

Daily Mockup pics

So here it is in all it's mockup glory(sort of). I have narrow glide trees that I've bored out to 41mm to fit my wideglide legs, so as soon as I score a new front wheel that change will take place. I threw it together tonight in this form just to make it easier to move around the garage. Startin to look like a motorcycle again!I'm psyched to get a few rides in before the snow starts.

A few Steps Closer!

It seems lately like I get time to make one step forward and then suddenly I'm taking ten steps backward. Here's the latest progress shot. Looks like I'll be riding it in a sort of in between state until the bad weather hits, then apart it comes for powdercoat and a little paint on the tins. Also still trying to source a narrower front wheel so I can run the Narrow glide trees I bored to fit my 41mm legs....thinking of changing the seat style for a frame mounted seat instead of the spring mounted one on there now. Not feeling the height of the seat as is, seems to be levitating above the bike.

a little bit of progress.........

So I didn't ride my bike once this year as of yet. Hopefully that will be changing real soon. Still need to fab up the motor mounts and a few other details.