club style softail?
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From: London, UK
Hehe. I was thinking the same; Perhaps the OP has copied the stereotypical attire of MC members and now wants his bike to match. I'd suggest studying the SoA series. They show you how each of the major MCs dress and style their bikes. I'm sure that real-life MCs conform to the same ideals.
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I need a clarification from the OP:
Are you wanting to build a "motorcycle club" styled bike, OR a "club racer" styled bike?
The "club racer" category has been well established for decades. It is based on the "race styled" bikes used by British bikers to go from "pub to pub". A lot of those are actually very nice looking bikes with great functionality.
If you are asking about "motorcycle club" styled bikes, man, I am clueless.
Although I do have a good story related to that topic:
Back in 1972, I sold an absolutely mint condition 1970 Norton Commando "Roadster" to a BIG BURLY real life Hell's Angels member, who came to view the bike with 3 of his fellow club members, left a deposit, and then came the next evening with about a DOZEN of his fellow club members, and counted out the entire purchase price in CASH ito my hands, collected the title, and rode off happily into the night with his buddies (waking up the entire neighborhood), on his 450 lb small sized Norton. Nicest bike transaction I have ever done. Does that make my absolutely stock 1970 Norton Commando Roadster a "motorcycle club" stye bike?
Jim G
Are you wanting to build a "motorcycle club" styled bike, OR a "club racer" styled bike?
The "club racer" category has been well established for decades. It is based on the "race styled" bikes used by British bikers to go from "pub to pub". A lot of those are actually very nice looking bikes with great functionality.
If you are asking about "motorcycle club" styled bikes, man, I am clueless.
Although I do have a good story related to that topic:
Back in 1972, I sold an absolutely mint condition 1970 Norton Commando "Roadster" to a BIG BURLY real life Hell's Angels member, who came to view the bike with 3 of his fellow club members, left a deposit, and then came the next evening with about a DOZEN of his fellow club members, and counted out the entire purchase price in CASH ito my hands, collected the title, and rode off happily into the night with his buddies (waking up the entire neighborhood), on his 450 lb small sized Norton. Nicest bike transaction I have ever done. Does that make my absolutely stock 1970 Norton Commando Roadster a "motorcycle club" stye bike?
Jim G
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Which "club style" are you interested in?
Some clubs engender respect, for things like community service and fundraising for worthy causes, and others mostly have people snickering at them behind their backs.
Some clubs engender respect, for things like community service and fundraising for worthy causes, and others mostly have people snickering at them behind their backs.
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This guy really wants to know how to build one of these bikes, here's a post he's done before.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...e-softail.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...e-softail.html