Sure looks pretty and functional.........good job.

 

handirifle thank you for the kind and supportive words. I greatly appreciated your and whlyee's input and ideas along with many others on this site. Its been super fun project that I am looking forward to riding and getting dirty. I look forward to you getting around to building your Sporty. I hope you can do it sooner than later.

There are at least 4 companies making/selling Scrambler / Brat Sporty parts now and maybe the next wave will be some lighter weight parts?

 

Thanks duffy! We will see how functional it is once I put some miles on it. The only thing I am not sure about is the rear fender to tire clearance. The rest of it is standard Sportster with on/off road tires on it. G.B.

 

Of course like everything else, lighter parts usually mean lighter wallet too.

 

I really love the look! Well done. I do think you need or could use 4-6” of more travel back and front but I honestly would not take it off road as its too nice.

 

To defend his choice, scramblers were never meant to be true dirt bikes, or even dual sports, even in the 60-70s. They are the bike you ride everywhere you go, and occasionally down a not perfect dirt road.

I used to take my '73 CB450 up and down trails it had no business going. Luckily I was young and a lot stronger then, and could lift it one wheel at a time, out of those places too. More travel would not have helped in those places, but more ground clearance sure would have, LOL.

Personally, I would want a little more, but then its getting closer to a dual sport. GB made this to his design criteria, and I respect that. He and whylee both made their bikes similar, but different. Hey, they are Harleys after all, we make them like WE want them, not cookie cutter.

 

Thanks Ben! As handirifle said, I didnt want more suspension travel as I was going for the early 70's Honda Scrambler look that didnt have any more travel that the regular CB 350/360 bikes. The fun part playing with bikes is they are easy turn into your vision and make it your own. G.B.

 

Well done sir and my old Sporty is jealous.

 

Well said handirifle!

You mentioned above how Harley missed out. An easy one for them to create a Dualsport bike would be to use the Street series. I just saw this bike pop up in an email from Lowbrow Customs. It looks pretty cool in my opinion. G.B.

 

Hmm. I have my wife’s XG750 sitting around also to convert!