It’s been a long time
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It’s been a long time
I’m back if anyone cares.
I sold my last Sportster years ago. Since then I retired and after sitting around retired for 3 years I was bored to death so I decided to go and get a job again just to pay for another Sportster.
I found a nice 2005 1200 Custom for a good price and brought it home.
I’m in the process of taking it apart to make it my way.
It had been set up as a nasty looking little bagger, been removing all the bagger stuff, rewiring the turn signals and putting them where they are supposed to be. Today I pulled the carb for a rebuild and found all kinds of weird aftermarket crap inside it so I had to order all the Oem parts to get it to good working order.
I’d post a photo but haven’t figured that part out yet.
Well got to go out and start rewiring the front turn signals and remove the old double sided tape from where the factory reflectors were mounted.
I sold my last Sportster years ago. Since then I retired and after sitting around retired for 3 years I was bored to death so I decided to go and get a job again just to pay for another Sportster.
I found a nice 2005 1200 Custom for a good price and brought it home.
I’m in the process of taking it apart to make it my way.
It had been set up as a nasty looking little bagger, been removing all the bagger stuff, rewiring the turn signals and putting them where they are supposed to be. Today I pulled the carb for a rebuild and found all kinds of weird aftermarket crap inside it so I had to order all the Oem parts to get it to good working order.
I’d post a photo but haven’t figured that part out yet.
Well got to go out and start rewiring the front turn signals and remove the old double sided tape from where the factory reflectors were mounted.
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Nice looking! I like that color blue, but just my personal
taste - I'm not a fan of the "fringe" hanging off of the brake/clutch levers.
Congrats on the new ride!
T.
taste - I'm not a fan of the "fringe" hanging off of the brake/clutch levers.
Congrats on the new ride!
T.
Last edited by WKNDS; Feb 4, 2026 at 07:11 AM.
