Custom made Fender Struts on Swingarm, Custom Bars, and Custom Plateholder (PICS)
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Custom made Fender Struts on Swingarm, Custom Bars, and Custom Plateholder (PICS)
So fortunately for me, i have a friend who is a very skilled fabricator, that is able to bring my ideas to life. He made the pipes on my bike, and he made all of the following parts....Except the Taillight. Please keep in mind, i plan on getting everything either repainted or powder coated. As usual i am always open to everyone's' opinions
I wanted to get the same flush fender look that i had when i was riding solid struts, i was tired of always rubbing on big bumps after doing my chop, so i had an idea of what i wanted to do, and let my buddy go at it. I wanted to continue my brass and black theme. I knew i wanted the struts to bolt onto the fender, i was able to find some brass acorn nuts to give it a nice touch
The best way i could mount the fender to the swingarm was to have him weld a tab on, and bolt the fender to it. While i dont feel this is the cleanest way, i will admit you can not even notice it on the bike unless you look for it.
I also wanted to do something about the tailights to make it look as clean as possible, i picked up this LED taillight from Chromeglow.com Just a heads up, they told me i needed a load equalizer, guess what, i didnt.
I saw this plate holder on ledsledcustoms.com and decided i wanted something similar, without the price tag, showed him a picture and we decided it looked better curved, and he is the result. Cool part is you cant even see it from behind... cops haven't bothered me just yet.
I know.... im gonna get it powdercoated
Next up was the bars, i knew i wanted something a little higher than my old drag bars, i knew i wanted sharp angles, and i knew i wanted a little more pullback. We took it from there and ended up with these, completely eliminated the risers... after getting these done, i realized how bad i need to do the micro switches along with new smaller levers. Took my olf Fatboy dummy lights and had him weld a small little tab for them. I wanted to put them in the crossbar, but it was just too big.
Lastly, i took the stock, bar clamp and cut the speedo ring off, made it smooth and round, and mounted it in the gauge holder, painted the ring gold, to match the theme and bam! looks clean as hell
And here are a few pictures i decided to take after all was said and done.
HOPE YOU ENJOYED! Feel free to express your thought or if you have any questions.
I wanted to get the same flush fender look that i had when i was riding solid struts, i was tired of always rubbing on big bumps after doing my chop, so i had an idea of what i wanted to do, and let my buddy go at it. I wanted to continue my brass and black theme. I knew i wanted the struts to bolt onto the fender, i was able to find some brass acorn nuts to give it a nice touch
The best way i could mount the fender to the swingarm was to have him weld a tab on, and bolt the fender to it. While i dont feel this is the cleanest way, i will admit you can not even notice it on the bike unless you look for it.
I also wanted to do something about the tailights to make it look as clean as possible, i picked up this LED taillight from Chromeglow.com Just a heads up, they told me i needed a load equalizer, guess what, i didnt.
I saw this plate holder on ledsledcustoms.com and decided i wanted something similar, without the price tag, showed him a picture and we decided it looked better curved, and he is the result. Cool part is you cant even see it from behind... cops haven't bothered me just yet.
I know.... im gonna get it powdercoated
Next up was the bars, i knew i wanted something a little higher than my old drag bars, i knew i wanted sharp angles, and i knew i wanted a little more pullback. We took it from there and ended up with these, completely eliminated the risers... after getting these done, i realized how bad i need to do the micro switches along with new smaller levers. Took my olf Fatboy dummy lights and had him weld a small little tab for them. I wanted to put them in the crossbar, but it was just too big.
Lastly, i took the stock, bar clamp and cut the speedo ring off, made it smooth and round, and mounted it in the gauge holder, painted the ring gold, to match the theme and bam! looks clean as hell
And here are a few pictures i decided to take after all was said and done.
HOPE YOU ENJOYED! Feel free to express your thought or if you have any questions.
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