Nice. I just welded on a hardtail on my buddies 99 XL chopper build and welded up an oil tank from TC Bros. He also switched to chain drive and mounted the oil tank behind the vertical hardtail post. Once mounted he noticed there wasnt enough chain clearance due to the diameter of the oil tank and I had to notch out the bottom of the tank and refabricate it on the chain side to give it clearance. Just a heads up in case you were headed that direction.

 

Using this tank from Led Sleds. No chain clearance issue at all.

 

wow, good to know. I was debating between a tc bro’s or lowbrow tank. Something to think about now. Thanks for the input!

 

I should note its not a design flaw on TC Bro's part. Their stuff has always been great to weld up and made from quality materials. They designed that tank to be tucked up in front of the down section of the hardtail up against the motor but my buddy wanted it mounted towards the back fender as not visually crowd the engine, hence some modification was needed.

 

Exactly why I went with the wrap a round 1990

 

So I made a little more headway. The fork lock on these older frames was for pad locks. I cut it off the frame is clean it up some. Still have a little more
cutting and grinding to do.

second thing is the rear fender. Took a front fender off a 2015 softail slim (slight wreck damage to it...meaning the paint was barely scuffed) I cut the mounting points off and am in the process of taking the paint off of it. Liking the look.

I’m seriously debating putting a 19” nightster wheel on it. But dang that 21” is cool looking!

 

Got the new tank mocked up. Need to pressure test it in the near future. Liking the lines.

Going to lift it up in the front about an inch.


Its been a slow process. I’ll have some time next week to get a big jump on it!

 

Tank looks good there Tyler. Top follows rake of the frame and bottom sits level. Good flow there. I run the same tank but had to raise it That inch for petcock clearance. I feel the slow process haha. I’ve been saying that same thing for a year now.

 

I would research that before doing it. There is a thread on here that to me, seems like there is possibly some spooky tracking issues with the nightsters and the small wheel.

 

Seems to me you have tons of room around that vertical frame member in front of the rear tire for an oil tank. I remember some of the chopper builders, used to build the oil tank into the frame itself, in that area.