After 14 weeks, a couple hundred hours and mucho denaro, my Superglide transformation is complete. I bought the bike back in February for $2500 with the intention to build a bobber-style bike, something I’ve wanted to do for the last 10 years. As I mentioned in some previous posts, the bike ran OK when I bought it, but I still wanted a bike with a little more giddy up so the mods included a cam, high compression pistons, lifters, a street port and an ignition system. Thanks to all the members who helped when I posted questions about problems I had along the way. This is the bike when I bought it:


Looks pretty much stock from ‘95 but neglected

Bike didn’t run good at first (why I got it cheap), put in spark plugs, cleaned and tuned the carb, new intake, flushed all the fluids then ran pretty good

Once I had it running OK after buying it, I did a compression test and each cylinder had 120 psi. I also did a leak down test which I posted about before. I then started to dismantle the bike and took a lot of pictures and added text or took video with narration when things got a little too complicated for pics only. 14 weeks later, this is what I got:


Bassani 2/1 road rage shortie, Avon tires, Paughco 9” T-bars

Rocket Bobs rear bobber fender, pricey but well worth it. Joker Machine LED turn signals front and back, LED headlight and brake light.

I used the stock seat, cut off the back half and had a panel sewed into the back. Not crazy about the look but that seat is so comfy.

Looks fast just sittin’ there.

I fired it up for the 1st time over the weekend. I could have made the initial start up a lot easier if I had put a couple Tbl of gas into the float bowl beforehand. Also, spraying some startup fluid into the carb was helpful. I let it run for about 5 minutes the 1st time, made adjustments to the a/f mix and had a fan running over the engine area. Let the engine cool, fired it up again ran a little spotty so I shut it down, replaced the 45 pilot jet with a 48 and fired it up again and it ran better and got good throttle response without any coughing. I’m running curve 4 on the Dyna 2000i. I let the engine cool and fired it up again and once it was warm, took it out for a 5 mile maiden voyage, varying the RPM’s while hitting’ the throttle pretty good and letting it decel rapidly. I followed the break in procedure on the Wiseco website. I’m taking it out this morning for a final 20 mile break in. The only thing that doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to is that my turn signal indicator lights on the dashboard don’t work. The turn signals work fine and cancel the way they should, I’ll have to sort that out later. Here’s a list of the parts:
Engine- Wiseco 10/1 dome pistons, honed the stock cylinders, Andrews EV 46 cam, S&S lifters, B138 cam bearing, Big Boyz street port, Bassani 2-1 Road Rage shortie exhaust, Kuryakyn Velociraptor intake, Dyna 2000i ignition, 48 & 185 jets. Everything else- Rocket Bobs rear bobber fender, wire wheels from TC Bros, Avon roadmaster in front, Avon MKII in rear, new fork seals and fork oil, Joker Machine LED turn signals, LED headlight off fleabay , Custom Dynamics signal control, new brake lines & pads, speedbleeders, TC Bros side mount license plate/LED brake light, Paughco 9” T-bars, Burly Brand stiletto shocks.

The only labor I paid for was $150 for Powdercoating the lower legs and gas tank bib, $340 for the Big Boyz street port, $360 to get the speedo fixed at Powl’s. I modified the stock seat from 2 up to solo and had an upholsterer cut the leftover seat cover and attach a new rear panel on it- $120. I painted it (rattle can) and the paint was from R&E, the color is Dodge high octane red with a gloss 2k clear coat. Giddy up!

 

Very cool bike!

 

It looks great

 

Thanks guys. It’s not everybody’s cup of tea and I was lucky to find the right bike at the right price to do this.

 

You've got yourself a nice scooter there!

 

Looks great.
Hey how was the install on the rocket bob fender?
Did you get the regular or the 70mm extended?
I want a two up seat.

 

Thanks, I got the regular size and the install was a little problematic. On mine, there is a plate connected to some bars on the struts that is supposed to rest against the frame and the angle was off. I worked in metal fabrication when I was in my 20’s as a welder/fitter so I was able to modify the setup to fit but ordinarily somebody probably would have sent it back to England to be modified which would add at least 3 weeks to the project. I had a shop near my house MIG everything back together after I cut and ground the bars connecting the struts to the mounting plate. PITA but it was the quickest way to get it done.

 

Thanks bro

 

Looks good, and also looks like you could ride it cross state on the highway as well...

 

Thanks, it’s s good bike for the mountains, valleys and twisties of which there are none in Florida so I’m going to eventually ship it out to our other house in Washington state where there’s nothing but mountains.