Winter project almost done - bobber
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Road Warrior
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Winter project almost done - bobber
Slightly wrecked my (non-HD) softail last summer. Took the opportunity to convert it to a bobber. It sat till October cause I didn't have time or $ to work on it. My riding buddy and I have been working on it over the winter as time and budget allowed. Just about done. A friend in OH painted it for me, waiting on the clear to setup now so he can cut and buff before sending everything back to me. I wanted old school... decided on gold metalflake with some flames. Attached a pic below of the front fender. Hell I wasn't even going to run the front fender but after seeing how it came out I guess I gotta...lol. I realize this paint won't be for everyone but I really like how it turned out and think it'll fit the bike well. Also attached a pic of the seat that a friend of my painter buddy did for me. I did the pan and then he covered it. Dye is still wet in the seat pic so it looks a little funky, but it'll dry uniform.
Hopefully when I get it all back together it'll look as good in real life as it has looked in my head for the past 5 months. Had some glitches along the way but worked thu them and pretty proud that we did everthing ourselves except for paint and leatherwork.
Getting pretty anxious, in another couple weeks I should have this together and back on the road just in time for spring.
Hopefully when I get it all back together it'll look as good in real life as it has looked in my head for the past 5 months. Had some glitches along the way but worked thu them and pretty proud that we did everthing ourselves except for paint and leatherwork.
Getting pretty anxious, in another couple weeks I should have this together and back on the road just in time for spring.
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I realize this paint won't be for everyone
can't wait to see it finished
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Thanks guys. Finished it last tuesday got about 300 miles on it in between the rain last week. Runs good just gotta tweak a couple small things, nothing broke yet so thats good...lol.
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