Starting a thread on my current breakout mods. This has been a long process as I'm missing both my road glide and this bike. I took some inspiration from another member and got ahold of a rocker takeoff fender and cut it up. Been riding it since last season in this shape with three long term goals...a swingarm mounted sissy bar, upswept pipes, and a Springer front end.

So far, a rocker fever was cut down with a conduit run underneath for an LED light strip. The seat is a standard Softail bobber seat from mother road customs. I had to do some mods to make it work and I still want to rework the pan to better cover the wiring. Bars are casino menace apes with thunderbike risers.

This is more or less where I started.

 

Sissy bar is currently underway. I worded tabs to the swingarm. It will mount the with a secondary mount to the fender.

 

If you don't mind;
what bars are in the first photo?
Never saw any like them before?

Thanks
JM

 

certainly has more attitude than the original . looking good !

 

God, why didn't you chop up something a little older?

 

I prefer original look.

IF do you want a bobber, softail rocker is better choice.

 

Rocker is the exact same frame. Only difference is the front end, tank, fender, and cosmetics.

Editing to add I think the tank on the breakout looks better for a bobber than the rocker. Would be far more to change on a rocker than the $300 in parts I changed on my breakout to date.

 

Nothing I did to my bike is irreversible or permanent. Incidentally, the swing arm was a backup I bought specifically for this weld (original is in my garage). Bought it for $120 shipped from a part shop in either KY or TN (cant remember exactly where).. Story was the original owner pulled it off new for a chrome swing arm. Either way it was much cheaper than $900 for a new one. Regardless, if I ever wanted to sell, I just put the original parts back on and kick it out the door.

 

Those are carlini bag drag bars. Have a ton of pullback. Don't use with anything but short risers.

 

Thanks, suspected Carlini. Looked high and low.
Have had 3 sets of their bars on 2 Softails.

JM