Let's see what you actually have MADE with your HANDS and supply's to enhance or improve your ride . It can be OEM parts that you modified like cutting in half , or changing what it was intended to be used for.
And yes it's still winter , so you can BUMP those old mod threads if you have anything to show off !

 

Battery tray and top clamp for my sporty.


Couldn't find caliper inserts I liked so I made my own


Something to clean up the stem on bottom triple tree for my FXDC. No other reason than I wanted to make something.

 

One off custom spacers for front fender between forks cut and polished aluminum wasn't happy with plain washers

 

Had a couple calipers laying around and wanted something different for the rear so I made the mount & line set up.





What do you mean you can't put a rear belt drive on an old shovelhead ? Nobody told me you couldn't .....

All kinda mods and tweaks went to making this work including some frame & swingarm mods & welding.





My version of quick release cross overs for the tanks.





Changed my pulley ratios and needed to extend my swingarm a bit , made up new axle adjusters so there'd be a bit more support .


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With the help of my brother and his machinery, I made this a/c cover w/ ghost bolt. I am now in the process of making matching front axel nut covers, if those turn out good then I'll make some for the rear axel too.

 

I hope the guys keep posting things . Im seeing some really nice work so far .

 

Nice work guys. I'm not that skilled, so nothing on my bike.

This thread reminds me of a guy who used to post here a lot. His signature said: "If it said Custom when you bought it, it isn't."

 

TwiZted, that brake set up is slick! Nice work!

Here' a 1987 Sportster project I've been working on for a couple of years now. Just kinda fitting it in between other projects. Pretty much made up of stuff I found cheap, or had on hand from other projects. The fork is a GSXr fork. I made the trees in my home shop. There's a thread on it in the Sportster section. (1987 883 project)
I've also adapted Triumph hand controls, because I found 'em cheap, and I'll be using the 16 X 3 smoothies I took off my Deluxe (after I relace the sporty hub into it). I also made the front axle to adapt the Sporty hub to the Gixxer fork, as well as adapted a Gixxer brake rotor to the Sporty hub. Why? Because I could!

 

Thanks it is a bit different. Getten there on the sporty I see.

My entire shovel is an adventure in modification. I keep a log book of what I did where and why so when I do go into her I ve fewer of those WTF ??? moments having forgotten something. Could never sell that bike just for that reason.

 

Road Glide vent grilles. $12.00 waste basket.