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No you're not, I have a Suzuki front brake on my 54 bobber. Mix and match to come up with what you want.
True that, OP there's two schools on the old bikes, some are purists and others are the custom yeah this work kinda person. I respect all but I fall in the last category. Limit is you imagination and skill, run with what does it for you.
My bike will be genuine H-D, and returnable to stock with very little effort. I have a cliche term for it but I'll save it for sometime down the road.
I am keen to get this bike going, but the slow part is yet to come.
There will be plenty of Q's I will ask as this bike moves along... I just ran into Pacific Mike youtube's, pretty informational for me.
So I'm in between on progress on this bike. I do hope to get the engine & trans in, plus a temporary bolt on of the inner primary just to get more of a feel for it (and bolt needs).
As TwiZted Biker eyeballed, it looks like I have over length fork tubes. He thinks 4"...(I tend to agree) I will find out when the front end all comes apart.
I compressed my forks 2" an it looks much more right, no doubt. As seen here.
I looked up the 'Gun sight' tank emblems... Usually a bolt on or stick on?? '61 or '62 years.
Mine seem to be painted or decals & oversized. I have not run into this size of tank emblem. Original or later year? Or just a generic gun sight logo added to these tanks.
Thoughts?
I think they look good, but don't know if they are any particular year.
Anyway, going over my various assemblies and also trying to put together a look for the bike thats not too mixed up.
Riding position. Its hard to experiment with riding position.
No apes or mini apes, no drag bar stuff, and no buckhorns. No beach bars. ...Flat track or similar with lot of sweep.
The original tanks that took those gun sight emblems had a stamped recess the shape of the emblem itself rather than it sitting on the surface of the tank. You can see it in the prototype pic posted.
Gunsight emblems are probably the most popular and over-used emblems on custom bikes. Whoever painted your tanks liked them so much they sprayed an oversized replica of the original metal emblems. As Paul said, the originals were screwed to brackets recessed in the tank. Harley and the aftermarket have been selling stick-on brakets so old metal emblems can be used on any newer tank.
My 86 sportster 883 came with bars that look to be where you want them. They are probably too narrow for a big twin though. I am lucky that one of the local dealers has a parts manager who knows what he is selling and can give good advice. Maybe you can ask yours, they might enjoy the challenge.
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