Thanks, bud. The chief mechanic at the local HD dealership used to run his own custom shop. He's done about 400 of these things, by his own estimate. He cuts the front end off at the neck, then welds a wedge in between. He lengthens the front fork just about two inches so that the axle rocker is parallel to the ground and the front end is not too low (the bikes already lowered to the max, according to them -- tho I'd like it lower!). He's out right now so I can't get him to find out the exact rake degrees-wise, but it was around three, I'd say. Very subtle. What was cool was that when he first cut the neck, he didn't cut it all the way so it was flexible. He had me come in and look at the rake as he pulled the front end out until I liked where it was. It turned out looking a little less than it had that day because of the crash bar. I'm now debating whether to add the heritage fender or a bigger wheel. I hate the way the front tire can look smaller than the back.

 

@Cajun,

Nice looking bike, especially the color, heh. You beat me to a lot of the stuff I wanted to do to my bike or was on the fence on.

 

Sweet Bike sthorne!
Raking the front end has been on my wish list for some time...along with a 21
Looks (and Sounds) like it was done right...
any low speed issues?

Also love the knuckle covers!

CC

 

Awesome.

Love the knuckleheads! Need a closer pic of the artwork on the rear fender...I wanna see it!

 

No low-speed issues, really. It's so stable on the road now, handles much differently. Solid as a rock with that longer wheelbase. Maybe not so nimble in a parking lot but, really, that's a temporary adjustment and I can turn it just as tight now as before. No floppiness, either. The guy's a master's in electrical engineering, so he's no slouch. Did a great job. Unfortunately, my new tailight's not working. Go figure.

Thanks for the kind words. Real nice bobber look to yours. Beautiful job. I think the stock front end looks great in that style.

 

For those who've asked, here's a closeup of my pinup. Thanks for the kind words, Meatsack.

 

Crossbone is my second favourite category by Harley.And you guys really shared a very wonder full pictures out here.Simply eye catching.Thanks.

 

THANK you brother for you sacrifice ,, be safe and get back here and ride the sheet out of that bike!!!

 

jp cycles has them...

 

Damn...there is nothing like pinup artwork...she's gorgeous!