Chopped Your Front End?
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RE: Chopped Your Front End?
ORIGINAL: Chopperz
Both those bikes look great! Was it real expensive? I can't do shlt myself.
Both those bikes look great! Was it real expensive? I can't do shlt myself.
For me yeah... I'd say its expensive... but then again, all my extra money goes into my bike anyway... soooooo!!!
I did everything myself and I just built a whole front end... (didn't use any parts of the original)....
I probably got $2400 bucks in the front end... not counting the bars and stuff like that....
You'd have to add another five or six hundred for labor I'd think... It took me 10 hours or so to do the conversion.... then again.... I didn't kill myself either....
Charlie D.
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RE: Chopped Your Front End?
sure it isnt as noticeable as the AME kits but for those who cant afford it at the moment you could lower the rear with 11" shocks and put a 6° rake trees like i did, you can see the difference from stock
excuse my ugly face but this are the only pics i found [:-]
excuse my ugly face but this are the only pics i found [:-]
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RE: Chopped Your Front End?
Here is the website for the guys doing the work on my bike. Check out the "Sportster chopper" link to see 2 of the ones they have done. Mine isn't quite as radical, because I wanted to keep my mini ape bars. Bit it does look good to me. It has 10" extended forks, and a nice rake.
They are also doing the 1200 conversion for me. They have a great reputaion of motor building.
They also race at Bonneville Salt Flats, and hold 17 land speed records for vintage bikes.
All in all, I think I found a great shop to work with!
Check them out here:
http://www.americancyclefab.com/imagegallery.html
They are also doing the 1200 conversion for me. They have a great reputaion of motor building.
They also race at Bonneville Salt Flats, and hold 17 land speed records for vintage bikes.
All in all, I think I found a great shop to work with!
Check them out here:
http://www.americancyclefab.com/imagegallery.html
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RE: Chopped Your Front End?
I don't have any pics' yet, as the bike is still in the shop being finished. But I have an '07 883L Sportster that I had the frame cut to be stretched and raked. They put in about 4-5" in the down tubes, and just a tad in the backbone. Also added 10" over forks to keep the bike sitting level. Last time I saw it, it looked real good. The tank sits at an angle now and gives it a bit of a "chopper" look.
That part of the build is done, now just waiting on the 1200 conversion to be finished. After that, I will be impatiently waiting for the weather to improve!
Will post pics' as soon as I get it home.
That part of the build is done, now just waiting on the 1200 conversion to be finished. After that, I will be impatiently waiting for the weather to improve!
Will post pics' as soon as I get it home.
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RE: Chopped Your Front End?
ORIGINAL: taggiascoz
i dont wanna sound like someone who's jelaous or maybe wants just to bring people down but i was wondering if thats safe to do on the bike, chopping the frame and stuff, sure it looks good tho
i dont wanna sound like someone who's jelaous or maybe wants just to bring people down but i was wondering if thats safe to do on the bike, chopping the frame and stuff, sure it looks good tho
I checked in often to see progress, and they did a superb job, and certainly know what they are doing!
So, I consider this toprobably be safer than the bolt-on raked trees and extensions that people do on their own in their backyards.
Here is their website again: http://www.americancyclefab.com/imagegallery.html
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the trees are fixed with bolts from the factory as well, what im worried about is the welding, bolts are ok i guess, i hadnt tighten my trees enough and i started feeling a bit of play when breaking so i sorted it, anyway im sure they know wot they r doing
PS so is this what mine would look like?
[IMG]local://upfiles/44110/27AF563F55F547CBB95C8FEEFBEA5012.jpg[/IMG]
PS so is this what mine would look like?
[IMG]local://upfiles/44110/27AF563F55F547CBB95C8FEEFBEA5012.jpg[/IMG]
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RE: Chopped Your Front End?
ORIGINAL: taggiascoz
i dont wanna sound like someone who's jelaous or maybe wants just to bring people down but i was wondering if thats safe to do on the bike, chopping the frame and stuff, sure it looks good tho
I don't have any pics' yet, as the bike is still in the shop being finished. But I have an '07 883L Sportster that I had the frame cut to be stretched and raked. They put in about 4-5" in the down tubes, and just a tad in the backbone. Also added 10" over forks to keep the bike sitting level. Last time I saw it, it looked real good. The tank sits at an angle now and gives it a bit of a "chopper" look.
That part of the build is done, now just waiting on the 1200 conversion to be finished. After that, I will be impatiently waiting for the weather to improve!
Will post pics' as soon as I get it home.
That part of the build is done, now just waiting on the 1200 conversion to be finished. After that, I will be impatiently waiting for the weather to improve!
Will post pics' as soon as I get it home.
But done right... it would be as safe as what you get from a factory....
Chopping and extending does change the handleing of the bike... especially at low speeds... and wouldn't advise someone with little experience in riding do it....
That being said... it's nothing you don't get use to over time and handleing it at low speeds becomes second nature...
The bolt on kits require no welding and has been approved for use in America (I can only speak of the AME kit)... so in that light of that, I'd say its safe.... After all.... I'mbetting my life on it....
I've put about eight thousand miles on mine since the install and couldn't be happier....
I'll not post a link as I do not work for AME and they aint paying me and didn't give me a discount either....[8D].... so if you're interested do a search...
Charlie D.
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