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The Lounge / Re: Motorcycle Thread V2.0
« on: September 16, 2015, 03:06:35 PM »
I was never really into Harleys until recently, when I was getting a little fed up working on my 70s yamaha xs650 chopper. All the fabrication has been time consuming (but fun!) and every little step has it's own problem solving puzzle.
It's actually pretty close to being done:
But there's still a little left before it's back on the road (sissy bar fab, paint, wiring, etc)...
So I decided to drop in on a daily commuter. I'd heard the Harley EVO engines were count-on-able, so I picked up this 2003 1200 Sportster off craigslist with some minor damage and rebuilt the front end and customized it a bit:
As I bought it (well, I put on that little moon eyes air filter) ^
How I ride it everyday since ^
I'll say it's nice to have that 1200 engine for freeway missions (virtually anytime you go anywhere in southern california) and I'm happy to know my bike won't be puzzling me on longer trips. So far the longest has been to LA and back but maybe out to here this weekend:
El Mirage dry lake bed ^
Woo motorcycles~
It's actually pretty close to being done:
But there's still a little left before it's back on the road (sissy bar fab, paint, wiring, etc)...
So I decided to drop in on a daily commuter. I'd heard the Harley EVO engines were count-on-able, so I picked up this 2003 1200 Sportster off craigslist with some minor damage and rebuilt the front end and customized it a bit:
As I bought it (well, I put on that little moon eyes air filter) ^
How I ride it everyday since ^
I'll say it's nice to have that 1200 engine for freeway missions (virtually anytime you go anywhere in southern california) and I'm happy to know my bike won't be puzzling me on longer trips. So far the longest has been to LA and back but maybe out to here this weekend:
El Mirage dry lake bed ^
Woo motorcycles~
