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@jmann8686
Very cool stuff. I like the utilitarian aspects to the way you fab things. Keep at it!
Thank you.
Originally Posted by Spike883
Those bars look professionally done, really came out nice.
Thanks. They were actually pretty easy to make compared to my first set i made. The way I made them this time I was able to lay everything out flat. I had the bottom part made and the top part made. Then went home clamped the bottom part on to the bike sat on the bike and held the top part onto the bottom and figured out where I needed to weld it. Then marked them in two or three spots and then went back to my dads house where the welder was at and tacked the together and went back home made sure they were where I wanted them and then welded them solid. They have been a good set of bars. I really like the way they turned out. They were a pain to run the wires through. Luckily I only had a few wires to run.
here is the fender bib I made for the bike. It is my first one. It needs to be about 1/2 thinner and about 1 to 2 inches longer. But for a first go I think it turned out good
I can get better pics later tonight but in this photo you can see the pedal highway pegs. The mid pegs. part of the bars, and the sissy bar installed on the bike before I put the fender bib on.
I can get better pics of the bars and the speedo and the plater holder and some other things I have made for the bike
I second this. Though I confess I was picturing some sunburst spokes coming off the inner section of the sissy bar and radiating to the outer section.
Well that would look awesome. I like that Idea. one a rainy weekend I might just have to take the sissy bar off and grind some paint and do a little welding. I like that idea. Thanks,
A few fabricated from scratch and some permanently altered, factory pieces:
Laydown license bracket from a cut-up and drilled factory mounting bracket. The radius I introduced to the bracket, plate and chrome frame matches the telephone pole in the front yard. (no more stand-up billboard license plate)
OL's air cleaner cover (not my CNC machine, but I ran it then did the powder coating - two colors, over chrome)
Softail derby cover
Ignition re-location bracket (under front, right hand side of seat)
easy-peasy
Shifter peg onto brake pedal
Bungie bolts for attaching docking hardware (some all-thread, Loctite and powder coat)
Custom cut and bent "package shelf"/trunk mount for OL's previous Sportster (she positively refused to get saddlebags - it was all quick detach). Go figure - she now rides a Dyna Sitchback.
How my '05 looked two weeks after I bought it (laydown bracket already fabricated and in place) and how it looks, now
Cut it, weld it, grind it, file it, sand it, powder coat it. You can't be afraid of making mistakes. A night in the shop/driveway, is one less night I'm out getting in trouble.
Last edited by HarleyScuba; Mar 31, 2016 at 05:05 PM.
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A few fabricated from scratch and some permanently altered, factory pieces:
Laydown license bracket from a cut-up and drilled factory mounting bracket. The radius I introduced to the bracket, plate and chrome frame matches the telephone pole in the front yard. (no more stand-up billboard license plate)
OL's air cleaner cover (not my CNC machine, but I ran it then did the powder coating - two colors, over chrome)
Softail derby cover
Ignition re-location bracket (under front, right hand side of seat)
easy-peasy
Shifter peg onto brake lever
Bungie bolts for attaching docking hardware (some all-thread, Loctite and powder coat)
Custom cut and bent "package shelf"/trunk mount for OL's previous Sportster (she positively refused to get saddlebags - it was all quick detach). Go figure - she now rides a Dyna Sitchback.
How my '05 looked two weeks after I bought it (laydown bracket already in place) and how it looks, now
Cut it, weld it, grind it, file it, sand it, powder coat it. You can't be afraid of making mistakes. A night in the shop/driveway, is one less night I'm out getting in trouble.
nice. Just out of curiosity why did you make a lever out of shifter
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