This is how it looked on the auction lot almost a year ago:triple tree was bent as well as the forks (front end was not from a Super Glide, wonder what it is, probably a Wide Glide):




after 3 weeks of grueling wrenching sessions with my friends, it was made rideable again:




...and this is how it looks now, 1 year and a couple thousand miles later. Swapped the apes for z-bars and the front 19-inch rim for a Softail 16-inch rim.

...a work in progress indeed.

 

Very nice!

 

Thank you!

 

Cool ... what kind of tire are you sporting on the front ...?

 

lookin good, and nice transformation.

 

It's a Yokohama MT 90-16, I've got one in the rear too.

I was rather lucky to find them, there's a guy down here that brings lots of used tires, and he happened to have batch of these bobber-looking bad boys lying around.

The problem is that he ran out of 'em since most 200cc chinese mini-cruisers around my city have 16-inch rims as well. The other bobber-looking tire I've found is the Avon Security MKII tires...and those go for $350 a pair. I really don't know where to look for old school tires.

 

I am sporting the tire you reference ... Avon Safety Mileage MK II (AM7) ...



Thread is here ... https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...hop-glide.html

 

nice lookign scoot man. that tire is great when the snow falls, as well as on gravel roads, had a set on my last biek a sportster, sucks on ice but better then most are thats for sure

 

Thank you for the post reference! I needed a real review on those tires!


Thanks, I do need to point out that it doesn't snow where I live. (Honduras) The capital city is paved but potholes are abundant. Most small towns on the country have dirt roads that this tire can handle quite well. That's partly why I switched to a fat front tire, thin tires don't handle as well with all the grooves and inequalities on the road.

 

Bikes look'n good! I bet those dirt roads get interesting at times without a front fender