...but nothing regarding the suspension...

I decided to use one of the gas tanks I narrowed.

Incase you haven't seen it this is how it started



It was a 2003 Heritage Classic tank (one of those "special" 100th anniversary ones lol)

I took 5.5" out of the middle.



Then tacked it back together





Cut out the tunnel and removed the bottom





Ended up needing to remove another inch from the bottom to clear the rocker boxes



At that point I was ready for a tunnel. There's a guy on Youtube that made a sheet metal brake to bend tunnels so I copied his basic design with a few changes to better fit my garage.





And here's the brake I built



Rolled a piece of 16 gauge sheet metal





Saddled my tank on it to mark the cut line



Here it is cut out & tacked in







And here it is fitted on the bike





I still have alot of work to do to the tank & bike but I wanted to share some progress.

Thanks!

 

Misleading title, thought I was going to see some creation of a cool leaf spring set up and it's a gas tank thread.

 

Looks good. Love the brake.

 

Sorry to disappoint you but it's not misleading. You just misunderstood. I have quite a few Sportsters and it's easier to reference them by their unique characteristics...like this one. It has front & rear leaf springs. Here's a pic for those who need to see that. Maybe it won't be such a let down now! lol

 

Thanks! I can swap out the rollers with angle iron to make it a traditional brake too.

 

Good work man and I love the looks of that tank.

 

As usual, the stuff you are doing is top shelf! Looks great so far!

 

That's sweet!
Thanks for taking the time to show us these techniques. Very informative.

 

Very cool! Did you build the front end too?

 

Love those spokeless wheels must be a dream to keep clean.H