From the moment I bought this bike I immediately changed its look. After riding around for years on a 40’s inspired hybrid I decided the bobbed style was the way to go. Still a work in progress but the overall look is there.
It's become very quiet on here - I will try and get the ball rolling again. Recently took my 'Bones back to the shop. I have been saving up spares for a few years, to start the next phase. In this casde "the shop" is MotoClinic in Doha (
) . They have moved to a larger premises about a block away from their other location. A state of art workshop - mine was the first bike in there....
So you can see from these pics, the place is pristine. Front of house is a coffee and cocktail bar (with dedicated barista). Sales of helmets, boots, jackets, Tees, and all sorts of riding gear, and stuff for fettling your ride.
The workshop can accommodate 6 bikes on lifts, and another couple on the floor.
Upstairs is a customers lounge/waiting area, with billiard table, darts, and two large screen TVs running different motorcycle content continuously. There is also as small bandstand for live music at public events.
The owner Abdulrahman Al-Hasmi is a man of standards and style. He is a top executive at one of the local energy sector procurement companies, but this shop is his passion, he has a small stable of both custom and everyday rides. His current project is a Road Glide 131" turbo.
Anyway, what did they do to my bike? Read on........
As you will have seen in one of the pics above, the heads were off. This was to facilitate the the fitment of an S&S 110" Big Bore Kit., which includes jugs, pistons, rings, adjustable pushrods, cam plate and their high power oil pump, and of course cams. Being that I very seldom travel over 140 kmh (87 mph) and Doha speed cameras are everywhere, I chose an S&S 583 cam which concentrates on torque over horsepower, for 1500–5000rpm range. This has been married to a Dynojet PowerVision with Target Tune, and wide band O2 sensors welded onto my exhausts. You can't see much of this in the pics, so what might you notice in the following pictures?
Changed the headlight from 5.75" to 7" LED (Fatboy)
Changed the 4" spots for 5.75" LED headlights (so now have dip and bright over the whole front end. To accomplish this, I had to get an old Road King front light bar, and modify to fit onto the springer front end without affecting my windshield.This afforded an opportunity to change the turn signals for the old-fashioned big "lollipop" ones, and I tried to do the same to the rear end also.
I managed to get a few more pieces blacked out too.
Too many additions to mention, but questions welcome.
08-02-2021 | 04:30 PM
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