- Proud to be a “Sporster Choppin Bastard”
Started cutting this thing up late last summer. It’s slow going because I’m Fucking slow. I’m also trying to do this on a shoestring budget.
Finally got Mama to pose with the bike!
This mod cost me about $10 mostly for LEDs for the tail light. Well, a little for paint too. The struts cost a bit more, but still keeping it on the cheap.
Seamus keeps a close watch on my camcover chop and reassembly.
Janice was getting ready to go to a friend’s wedding and looked amazing. I asked her to dress up dads bike. How does that ol Sporty look now??
Found an old microscope camera on a rack marked “scrap” at work with a quarter inch thick finned cover. I took the cover off and cut it up on the band saw to make an ignition cover for the Sporty.
Got a bare bones seat pan from E-Gay, padded it with carpet foam and cut up an old Navy flight jacket for the leather. Stuck it all together with spray contact adhesive.
And stitched it up. It looks a bit ragged, but that’s OK, cause I’m a bit ragged myself. I had a tiny lil’ Justified Defiance seat on her before, and let me tell ya, this is much kinder to the Okole.
I bought bar risers from Bastard OneRigidRider. To use them, I had to either move the speedo or cut a huge ditch across the top of my tank. Decided to relocate the speedo. Cut a bracket from 3/8″ aluminum and mounted it under the eyebrow mount.
Then mounted speedo on the bracket right over the headlight (upsidedown in the horizontal plane).
I say shit like that cause I’m presently going to school to learn how to design parts and assemblies with Solidworks.
Now it’s time to get rid of some excess wiring. I’ll relocate the coil, starter button and ignition switch and get rid of turn signal wires.
Moved the ignition switch and starter button to a bracket I welded onto the bottom of the battery box. The coil will go between the cylinders when I have time to make another bracket. Really cleans up under the front of the tank and there are zero wires on the handlebars now.
Still room on the bracket for some other shit, but don’t know what it may be as of right now.
Took a ride out Foxen Canyon Road found a photo op.
When I bought this bike, the idea was to cut it up and make it my own. What I’ve done up till now was just trimming. This time, I’ve gone and done it. No choice now but to get a real hardtail welded on. Stay tuned.
Took my frame down to Elswick Cycles for a little hardtail love. Just got it back, and it looks about perfect! Robert Elswick is a first rate craftsman and a hell of a good guy. If you’re looking to have mods made to your bike, I highly recommend him. He can be reached at http://www.elswickcycles.com/
Buttery smooth welds
He did a masterful job of fitting the stock caliper.
If you’re gonna drink beer, DRINK GOOD BEER!!!!
