How I Spent My Tuesday.
News No Comments »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.









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.