Last night, my buddy Terry brings in this 2001 sporty. Nice looking bike, great condition. So I bought it, for a very, very reasonable sum. I figured I’d give it a light chop – some handle bars, get rid of the chrome – nothing radical. So I came in early this morning…
oops.


Now, you may be wondering, “Dave, why not use a lift?” To which I would say, “good question, sir.”

You may also ask yourself, “Why not disconnect the wiring harness, instead of leaving the whole thing intact?” To which I would respond, “Excellent query. Well done, well done.”

The good news is I have already listed about 20 of the parts on ebay.

The bad news is I probably have another 30 to list.

But I’ll tell you this, I am going to use the engine, electrical system, front end, wheels, tires and brakes. So that’s a pretty straight forward conversion, right? Well, maybe not the brakes. And I might use a 34mm front end. And I have this killer skinny ass 21″ spoke wheel… But other than that… fuck me.

Scored this little bastard over the weekend at the swap meet. I believe it to be a Ron Finch Iron Head frame. I’m going to take it up to the man later in the week and see if he recognizes it. He has done so much incredible stuff over the years he may not… I think the asymmetrical striping gives it away, and also the totally bizarre body work. One way or another, It’s either going to hang on the wall, or get re-born.

They were few and far between. Got a 5 speed Jim’s trans for $300, which was cool. Scored an amazing 60’s iron head frame that looks like something Ness would have built for a C-note… more on that tomorrow. The last score was this late 70’s / early 80’s sporty primary cover. Not sure exactly what make or model, but the guys over at JJ seem to think it’s either a CL or an XLX. Needless to say, it rules, and hard.

Don’t bother asking where it is, cause I ain’t gonna tell you. Suffice to say, to get there you’ll need a passport and a will for greatness.

More handlebars than you can shake a dick at.

Tons of 70’s style chopper pullbacks… most of them in pretty decent shape, save a little surface rust.

I know, these are over due.  We finally scrubbed the frame, and then waxed it.  The resulting color is amazing, and really isn’t done justice by these shots.  So on this shot (below) look at the cross tube – under the backbone. See how it sorta glows? Under the light, the highlights have a weird sort of iridescence to them. It looks like an anodization, in the color of copper, which then began to rust. Really weird, but really awesome.

Needless to say, the scotch brighted aluminum is going to look great against this.