I've been working on this 883L for a couple of months. I bought this Sporty that was crashed. It's an 06 and only had 1400 miles on it. When my wife and I went to look at it, (as a gift for my daughter who recently turned 19), it was in pretty sad shape. The rear wheel was completely crushed; missing basically the whole rear end: seat, rear fender, oil tank covers, brake was disconnected, etc. It must have sat for a while, because a bunch of stuff was pilfered off it: one of the mufflers, the rear brake bracket, the list goes on. Anyway, I could see the end result when I took my first look at it, my wife was a bit of a skeptic..... I did look pretty sad. Ok, finally done, and here's the result.

 

Nice job you do good work Gongrets. Very nice looking ride.

 

nice work - I wish I had the talent to do something like that !

 

Looks great...any before pics?

 

looks clean

 

It's Alive!!!
Thank You for saving a Harley
That looks REAL nice
and Ride Safe

 

NICE job!!!
That's the look I'm shootin' for, if we do Momma's build this winter.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sportster-models/280689-ironhead-nightster.html

Don't know if I mentioned it or not, NICE job.
My compliments to the chef.

 

Looks good, seems like the rear shocks are mounted further back on the swing arm, is that just a "low" thing or did you do that custom?

 

good eye there HOTLAP
i seen that to

 

Those are lowering brackets. The Low is about 1.5 inches lower when stock, but it was still a little too tall, so I did the natural fiscal alternative and turned to ebay. The lowering brackets were pretty inexpensive, but quality. I had to make my own spacers, but that's about it. The brackets allow you to lower the bike to your preference.
Thanks for all the positive comments; sorry no before pics, I normally take some before a project too.