1996 XL883 Before.
Drop out engine, clean frame and polish engine and covers. Added Big gulp and round aircleaner.
Strip tank inside and out, Por 10 inside, painted outside Bronson Red, added all seeing eye decal, clear coat.
Changed front fender to chrome
Removed rear fender, cut and filled, sanded, painted Bronson red and clear coated. Added Triumph taillight and license plate holder.
Added drag pipes, cut to fit and used Paughco 610 mufflers for best look and sound
Found stock seat on craiglist.
Removed 19" front wheel, found and laced 21" wheel and installed with new tire.
Bought 60 vintage instrument panel and cups, ground out panel to fit newer electronic speedo. Found tach at swap meet and installed. Bottom light neutral, top light oil.
Bought new headlight, drilled and mounted. Moved front blinkers to forks. Worked to remove or hide all birdsnest of wires from inside stock headlight. Added boots on forks.
Added new handlebars, grips as needed.
Sold forwards (nice ones) on ebay and bought crappy ones on ebay, but made right with spit and polish.
Changed oil tank and battery cover, belt guard to chrome.
Added sissy bar and longer jiffy stand.
Found army style (OD) bags after several versions. One for handlebars, one for siisybar and pillion. Lined both with foam cut from camping pad to retain shape, bungeed and handle hooked on.
Changed jets, it runs wonderfully. Not cold blooded, choke out to start, get helmet gloves on, choke in and it ready to play hard. Plugs look great after 25,000 miles. Gets 55 mpg which is great for a 2.5 gallon gas tank. A real pleasure to ride up to about 75 mph. Quicker than my Bonneville and handles the canyons nearly as well. Great and forgiven torque curve, but likes to be above 3000 for hard core play.
Probably other stuff, but that covers the major changes.
I ride the hell out of it. People are always asking me what kind of bike is it.
'96 Bronson Tribute after
Very nice work!
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(2015 Iron 883)
Wild 1 psycho street fighters 14"
Arlen ness quarter fairing lifted 4"
Vance and hines upsweep exhaust
Rsd derby and timing covers
Daymaker Headlight
Cycle vision coil, speedo, ignition relocation
dk custom tank lift 2.5", wires tucked
Harley Davidson side bag
Mustang daytripper fastback tuck and roll seat
Joker machine pegs
Hd defiance shifter peg
Joker machine master cylinder cover
Arlen ness big sucker a/c
fp3 Fuel pak
Lindby highway bar
Avon oldschool grips (red)
Spiro red spark plug wires
custom dynamics turn signals rear only (front signals removed)
Amazon flush mount gas cap
all belt and pulley guards removed
still a work in progress, about to try to put a avon cobra 170/70 on the rear and match the front (tires are about through)
this is how i got her
just a fairing, forward controls and 4" pullback riser.
this is how it sits today:
mods so far:
Custom Paint
Original mid controls back on
V&H short shots
LaPera Barebones seat
Progressive 412 back and springs on front
Joker machine bar clamp
Jocker Machine Speedo relocation
Jocker machine Front LED turn signals
Arlens Ness rear LED Turn signals
Ebay retro plate relocation and Brake light
Roland Sands Regulator Lever set
DK customs Tank lift, Coil and Ignition relocator, Plug wires
Tank lift and Wire Tuck
Roland Sands Vintage Moto Handlebars
HD black diamond Pegs, Grips and Bar End Mirrors
HD Stage 1 kit and tune
Dark Customs covers (all)
Ebay chin fairing
Jocker Machine headlight clamp
Amazon Daymaker LED
Badlands Load equalizer for LED's
LaRosa Saddle with Fuel Bottle
Black vinyl upper fork covers
Super Brace
pending (planned):
Hammer (or similar) 1250
Rekluse EXP 3.0 kit
Mother Road Customs springer seat (coming)
brakes upgrade
custom two up seat, sissy bar and Custom Sidecar
whatever else i think later.....
Already done:
Upgraded rear rotor to match the fronts
Brembo front calipers
Short shot exhaust
DK custom velocity stack
Vance and Hines programmer
Drag bars from Harley
Mirrors from Dime City Cycles
New front turn signals in black
LED headlight bulb
LED blinkers
Harley rear fender tail light
removed belt guard
Performance Machine grips
DK Custom torque inserts
DK Custom head breather setup
My list to do;
New exhaust, can't make up my mind on brand yet but 2 into 1.
New paint, have been waiting on my painter to finish another project
Hammer 1275, waiting till it gets cold here in Texas, (may be a while)
How she sits now
Pirelli mt60rs tires, skidplate, oil cooler guard, crash bar/slider, Corbin seat, gladiator windscreen, thats about it so far still upgrading when I can
1st week taking her to work, didn't waste any time in throwing the saddlebags on. Inverted the mirrors around this time too.
How she sits now, I still use the saddlebags from time to time.
I've only made a few small mods outside of the obvious.
- Paul Yaffe Monkey Bars, 14" i think...
- Biltwell Thruster Grips
- Road Glide shocks (air ride), lines ran under seat
- Wolo Loud One Horn
- FuelPak3
- No name forkbag
- No name saddlebags
- Home-made sissybar + bracket
- Powder coated derby cover, matte black
- LED Tail light and turn signal bulbs
Free mods (or cheap)
- Pulled all the reflectors off
- Inverted mirrors
- home-made tail cover for sissy bar
Then I started playing
Front Fender - Sumax
Front forks painted black
Fatboy Headlight Bucket
Imitation Daymaker
Aux lights with LED
LED Turn signals and moved to light bar
Tsukayu Batwing
Speedo mount changed to older version to fit batwing
Mirrors swapped from chrome to black
Wind deflectors
Engine Bars
Offset clevis replaced by DK even clevis pins
Footboards
V&H Air Cleaner
V&H Slip Ons
V&H FP3
Tsukayu Hard bags
Rear tuen signals moved to Hard Bags
Spoilers added with extra tail/brake lights
Strobe added to brake lights
Road King Shocks
Tank badges removed and Jack Daniels logos across bike
US sized number plate fitted with custom registration number
Willie G Skulls added with red reflectors
Sissy bar as and when I need it
Seats swap from Sundowner - Mustang Wide Tripper - Mustang Vintage Solo
03-04-2017, 06:31 PM
