The Final Look

I got lazy, and forgot to post the final product. i guess i took the 'build blog' idea a little to seriously.

Take a seat

I just got my seat back from Jesse at Jesse's Plastic Covers in brooklyn ny, if you looking for a quality seat in bk hit him up.

and right after making it look pretty, i tore it down again.

Rear sets

looks like my rear sets mounts finally came in the mail!!

I didn't have a torch hot enough that could bend the 3/4 rod, so i made a trip to Kieno's shop and borrowed his oxy acetylene torch for about 20secs. So nice. It was exciting and i took photos for everyone, but then keino let me take his '47 750 flathead out for a quick rip. and i figured a shot of that bike would be a better use of your eyes time. Such a fun ride.

back to my shop, welded up the entire rear set mounts, and getting ready to attach it to the frame.

HIGH AND TIGHT! the way a cafe bike should be. looks like ill be doing some stretching before any rides on this beast.

I earned my keep. and celebrated with a lot beers and tequila.

Olde Pro stopped by

At this exact moment, I realized i could have just bought a Buell and be done with it, but that would have been lame - so fuck that. Carry on!

And a quick thanks to all the rad companies that are supporting the Greasy Dozen

www.Biltwell.com @biltwell


www.burlybrand.com @burlybrand


www.chopcult.com @chopcult


www.indianlarrymotorcycles.com @indianlarrymotorcycles


www.kickstartcycle.com @kickstartcycle


www.kundratickustoms.com/ @kundratickutoms


www.ledsledscustoms.com @ledsledcustoms


www.LowbrowCustoms.com @lowbrowcustoms


www.lowsidesyn.com/ @lowside_magazine


www.mooresensible.com/


www.digthelid.com/ @oldschoolhelmets


www.oldbikbarn.com @oldbikebarn


www.Rockandride.com @rockanride


www.showclassmag.com/ @show_class_mag


http://www.speeddealercustoms.com/ @speeddealer


www.spitfiremotorcycles.com @spitfiremotorcycles


www.sscycles.com @spitfiremotorcycles


www.tcbros.com @tcbroschoppers


www.triplesixcrewdeathco.com @triplesixcrewdeathcompany


www.paisanopub.com/wrench/ @wrenchmagazine

Oil routing

Hey look - Black Pipes! 

Like I said, I'm not a huge fan of the matte, so I'll have to find a gloss high temp paint to make this something I can get behind. 

But this post is about the sweet oil lines. they are so hard.

Got the lines all bend in to shape.

I realized after doing this, that there is also a vent hose for the primary, and I can't have three hard lines and one rubber, so i ended up having to bend up one more. 

But before all that, I decided it was time to see if my sprained ankle was well enough to get back on the foot clutch. It was! 

After all that fun, I started to make guides for the hard lines. 

I still need to clean up the guides and weld tabs to them and the frame then they will be mounted in place.

Took a paint break

Decided chrome pipes was to obvious. 

Got these fuckers ready to go black. 

- they ended up matte black, which i don't like. I'm gonna have to try and find a gloss high temp paint.

okay this was the real break i was talking about. I told a friend i would do this forever-ago, finally got it done. 

Also helped out my buddy Myles with his pan on some frame painting. We bought nail polish on advice from the internet - don't do it. nail polish on powder coat is a bad idea and doesn't work because of the alcohol in the paint. thanks again internet and your 'wealth' of knowledge, we ended up using some oneshot. 

Stripping

i started to lay out tape guides for stripping, two thin pin stripes one red one white down the center. 

and after i painted them in, i hated it. absolutely hated it.

so i took a different approach. 

Anubis took over, and when i came though my tanks looked good.

After laying down the gold, i realized that i didnt follow the base line of the gas tank, which i intentally aligned with the crease in the oil tank. So i had to fix that. 

A bit of sanding and more stripping later.