looks great! I'm digging the "floating" motor effect.

 

Holy son of a bitch that looks good! I'm not REALLY a big fan of the fat front tire, but this one is the exception and I really wouldn't mind having it for my fenderless dedicated solo bike at all. I'd probably rock clip-ons and a back brace. (if that's even possible with the WG front end...maybe a broomstick or something)

 

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Thanks rjm.

Haha, ya, with no bars on it I didn't want to put it on the floor. But you're right, it does look like it's floating.

 

Sounds like you need another bike project.

Thanks man. Ya, clipons look great but I don't want to be that hunched over on he bike. We're still debating over what to do this weekend...bars or wiring? I sat next to the bike for 2 hours last night just trying to sort out the wiring harness, grouping the wires and trying to layout where and how they're going to run through the frame, where to mount the fuse blocks, ECM, etc. It's a real phucking nightmare. I think the MoCo must purposely scramble and intertwine all the wires when they put these things together just to disuade anyone from thinking about screwing with it. OMFG. You can't just grab the wires for the headlight and pull them out and run them, and then grab the wires for the coil and pull them out and run them, and then grab the wires for the right turn signal...etc. They are all mixed and jumbled and tied together with no grouping or rhyme or reason into a large amorphous mass of colored confetti that is impossible to separate. I've finally decided the best thing to do is just start cutting wires, pull them out one by one and splice them back together, solder, shrink wrap and run them through the frame (or under the motor as the case may be), rinse and repeat. Some of them need to be extended anyway to reach through the frame so there was going to be some soldering either way. But I'm not gonna sleep right until we get this taken care of, so the bars may have to wait...

 

Welcome to my nightmare.


Just kidding. Welcome aboard.

 

+1....not a fat tire guy myself but that one is very tastefully done. man that bike looks sweet hovering there. i agree, clips would look so damn nasty on that bike and if you go with mids (which are just way better imo) back wouldn't hurt at all but i know you got your heart set on the bars you want and i like them too bro. or, you could go with some attack bars....just sayin. lol. dude, great job! i know you want that thing on the road but you got time, still spring.

 

Nah man, I decided a while back to ditch those swept back T-bars. Oz is gonna build me a set but I haven't settled on a final design yet. We're gonna mock up a few different kinds and go from there. I'm thinking along the lines of something simple like this. Keep 'em narrow and low to the clamp, just above the tank. Maybe.


Or this, with the ends turned down and back slightly.


Remember, I'll have the bar end signals on 'em which will add an inch to each end. I just don't know about the look yet. Same with the exhaust. Oz is gonna build something. I just have to decide what I want it to look like...

Thanks man. I know I got time before the hot weather gets here, but I am itching to ride.

 

For a half-hatched idea turned full-tilt changeling this thing is simply becoming more stunning at each installation as it morphs along.

Keep up the good work and may you soon enjoy the sweet fruits of your labor.

 

Thanks UFO! God, it was a half hatched idea when I look back on it. Wasn't gonna do half this stuff. Had no idea Oz would take such an interest in things. And I had no idea just how much talent and knowledge he has. We never worked together before so I never saw him in action. Completely at home in the shop. Watching him with a welder or grinder in his hands, or standing in front of a lathe or milling machine is like watching DaVinci paint. I am very fortunate he jumped in on this.