Nice work Tom, try to send me the one with you riding it again, I accidentally deleted it
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
It fits!!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Kevin's Ride
Check out Kevin Smith's VTX1800 . I didn't think to take any before pictures [picked up at a scratch 'n dent sale]. But here it is as it was leaving..... Sweeet.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Building a Chopper, Part 2
Here's Stacy Gilliland holding the Santee frame that he's going to put his modified Honda 750 engine in.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
The Chopper Guy
Billy Franke is the chopper guy at Bill's Cycles. His own bike is made up of an Amen savior frame modified and married to a stock Kawasaki by Crumley. Billy applied the custom paint job and did all the engine work and fitting to the frame. The engine is a 1979 Kawasaki Z-1 900 punched out to 1015 cc Wiseco big bore kit, with Andrews cams, K&N air filters, wide open Kerker 4 into one megaphone. 21" front wheel. + 5" over Honda front forks and Santee electrics box. It's fast and loud [and fun].
Building a Chopper
The engine in the picture is a Honda 750 bored to 849 cc. with web race cams, high compression pistons, Heavier cylinder studs, Dyna ignition. Yes, that's a clutch lever on the side of the engine. It will be linked to a forward mounted foot clutch and a hand fabricated jockey shift will be used. The dual mikuni intake kit is by Cycle X. This setup will be dropped into a Santee frame. The owner, Stacy Gilliland, is doing all the work. Billy and I are watching and giving him a hard time when we can. Stacy will do any bodywork and painting. We're shooting for a shakedown trip in mid-May '09.
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