ha ha ha wait till it grows! hell i own 8 bikes now! 2 of which the wife claims as her own... just picked up another that the wife wants me to turn into a cafe for her... but as soon as i am done with the dyna i am working on now... i am building my FZR into a street fighter... going to be wicked! then i hope to be picking up an iron head shortly... for a chop build!

 

I can't believe I fell behind on this thread. Joe, the bike came out sick as hell and sounds great. Very nicely done!

 

thanks man! i put 100 miles on it on monday! ripped all the way down town... was a BLAST ripping in and out of cars on the highway, it is amazing how well this bike handles! BLOWS my mind!

but time for the next build! i am going to need some bars soon for the harley and my wifes cafe!

 

+1

Looks freakin awesome Joe! Glad to see her done! I was begining to hate this thread, lol.

 

some of you may or may not know, but my wife is preg... so i am selling a good amount of my bikes. Pulled the cafe out to prep it up... and well... spoke to Tim from in the shop, he had nothing going on... told me to just bring it up to the shop and he and i would work on it saturday... about 2o hours later hahahah we got in a bit deep, now it has became a complete redo. hahaha well a good part of it at least is getting redone

work done:
wheels coated
dyna beads installed
fresh bearings
swing arm coated
swing arm spindall bungs welded in
brake arm fabbed and installed
VM carbs mounted and ready to install
prob more i am sure i missing someting

here are some pics... fresh out of the back of the shop:
looking rough


about an hour later


I really like using a sport bike stand so Tim made some bungs for me and welded those on... then got rid of the polished swing arm and color matched to the frame (with a few other odds and ends)




freshly coated




then on to the brake arm, the old one.... well it sucked! Thankfully Tim was able to come up with something much better!
here is the side by side with the **** old one and the newly bent/welded



welded the threads on the round bar and the clevis to make it work







then assembly (it was late and i wanted to get home, so i did not snap pics of us putting in bearings and installing tires hahahaha)
on the trailer headed home


few pics i snapped this morning just mocking up the tins and seat






more to come!!!

 

^^^FVCK YES!!!!!! that thing rules dude. i'd shred that thing at the track! so rad!

congrats on the baby too man...nothing beats life.

 

white wheels look fresh as f@%* awesome ride

 

BTW Congrats on the prego, good luck

 

Joe, you should take 'er to the Smokeout in June. I doubt you'd have a bad time.

 

i would love to but i am not sure if i can make it... pulled the pipes last night.... shooting my brothers new bikes header in high heat black so i figured i would shoot the cafe pipes as well