For anyone interested in bikes/harleys/choppers
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Soldato
Thats actually really cool. love it 
Soldato
Awesome. 
I love the garage too. What is the silver car in the bottom left of two of the in-garage shots?
I love the garage too. What is the silver car in the bottom left of two of the in-garage shots?
Soldato
Very Nice bet it sounds great.
bet it sounds great.
Im not a bike fan in terms of riding them, but I love them as pieces of design. Especially Choppers. I love American Chopper on Discovery, althought I think programs like Biker Buildoff show of much better quality bikes, but theres just less episodes of them,
Looking at that first bike in its unfinished state, i remembered one of the Biker Buildoff programs I saw where the builder had no front brake and the clutch was controlled through a twist grip on the left, just like the throttle on the right. It meant the bars were completely clean with no levers or anything, just the bars and grips. It may be worth researching as the frontend of that bike is very smooth and clean, would ruin it to stick some levers and wires on it.
Looking at that first bike in its unfinished state, i remembered one of the Biker Buildoff programs I saw where the builder had no front brake and the clutch was controlled through a twist grip on the left, just like the throttle on the right. It meant the bars were completely clean with no levers or anything, just the bars and grips. It may be worth researching as the frontend of that bike is very smooth and clean, would ruin it to stick some levers and wires on it.
well i'm not sure what hand controls he's ordered but all i know at the moment is that it is a hydraulic clutch and they cost over £2000!! you can be sure whatever he does it'll look good and have no expense spared
he makes a lot of the parts himself, he's had harleys/street fighters/trikes in magazines and has loads of trophies from bike shows
the wheels are mad, they are highly polished solid discs, so polished they look transparent
he makes a lot of the parts himself, he's had harleys/street fighters/trikes in magazines and has loads of trophies from bike shows
the wheels are mad, they are highly polished solid discs, so polished they look transparent
Soldato
your dads done a good job there, nice 
Associate
niiiiice! very clean, good proportions and lines
more pics shall be needed on further progress
more pics shall be needed on further progress
Soldato
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he's never had any problems in the past, just done what he thought was enough to make it road legal and it always has turned out to be enough
although sometimes it has required bits being swapped for more "legal" versions temporarily
he's usually a man for colour but with this one he can't get black out of his head, with like 2000 coats of laquer on it so it's super glossy and deep. He's toying with the idea of a faint ghosting of a spine down the middle of it just to give it a little something extra but these ideas are likely to change knowing him
Soldato
It looks like he's using the 1340 lump from a heritage softail? or possibly the 1584?
he was saying this morning it has some sort of kickass ecu on it, but it won't let you rev over 2500rpm for the first like 2k or whatever so you have no choice but to run it in properly! Then you hit the magic number and wheelie off in to the sunset
i'm not sure what size the motor is, i'll ask him. It's brand new but probably has uprated cams and stuff, his heritage in the background has had performance upgrades so it's now something like a 1450... it has stupid torque.
i'll get the full spec off him for anyone interested
got to love the primo belt drive...
i'll get the full spec off him for anyone interested
got to love the primo belt drive...
Soldato
His pipes are too small. Tell him i want to hear him from 3 miles away.
