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September 10, 2011Nate’s ShovelBy bungkingThis bike was built completely from scratch using all new drivetrain parts and chassis back in the hayday when big dollar bikes were the norm. After owning and riding the bike for a few years he came back to me to change a few things. We added some new BMX inspired handlebars, a new seat pan to one of original shock seats, and a new shifter. All was ment to make the bike more comfortable to ride so he could enjoy all that money that was rapped up into it …

September 10, 2011Gary’s CFLBy bungkingThis started as a standard CFL chassis. I dropped the neck down 2″ and brought the rake down to 28 degrees to help fit a stock length springer orginally with a 21″ wheel and now a 23″ one. This gave the bike a much different look than any other CFL out there but we retained the factory gusset to keep it looking like it was never modified. Soon after the chassis was done we added some custom sheetmetal touches and custom paint by Stockdale’s Hot Rod paint. A …

September 10, 2011Jd’s ShovelBy bungkingThis Bike started it’s life as a stock swingarm frame FL, We reused the drivetrain, wheels, brakes, controls,and front forks. We took all of these parts and added them all to a new rigid chassis. Next we custom made a bunch of custom parts to help adapt everything together. Some of the Hand built parts include the rear fender, rear fender strut, custom made pipes with our trumpet tips, one of our 6″ pipe bomb oil tank kits modified to house a battery box. …

This was one of the bikes that we started our new Dyna product line on back in 07 when the new model change came out. Shown installed on this bike is our 49mm quarter fairing adapter brackets, our 2 5/8″ Dyna tank lift, and our 12″ gusseted T-bars with a low speedo mount welded in place. We also powdercoated a bunch of parts, shortened a Thunderheader a few inches and repainted all of the sheetmetal a custom mix. ALso shown is one of air cleaner covers in a polished v …

September 10, 2011Aaron’s DynaBy bungkingThis is a 01 Dyna that we added a few custom touches to. Some custom made BMX inspired handlebars and custom gauge mount as well as one of our drilled air cleaner covers, along with a modified thunder header and a few other catolog parts. …

September 10, 2011Joe’s PanheadBy bungkingThis bike started it’s life as a 1965 panhead the first year of the electric start and last of the Pan. We put in an earlier rigid chassis and went to town making custom just about everything. All the parts shown unpainted or in raw form were made or modified at the shop. All in all this made for great fitment of all of the parts with proper clearances everywhere so there would be no risc of chipping paint once it was assembled. The oil tank is one of ou …

September 10, 2011Dave’s Deuce CoupeBy bungkingThis car drove into our shop under it’s own power however the customer wanted to do a complete revamp to the car. We started by stripping it down to prep it for a 3″ chop. The roof was chopped and a new roof filler pannel from Walden’s was welded in place. After making sure all the gaps were as perfect as we could get them it was off to Stockdale’s Hot Rod Paint for a new coat. All new motor and trans was installed along with a new hood and sides. I …

September 11, 2011Vic’s ShovelBy bungkingAnother full custom shovel for our buddy Victor of Sinners Inc. This bike came to me bare bones and we made all sorts of custom parts for him, all new sheetmetal, scratch built controls, handmade exhaust and motormounts. He had a bunch of the parts nickel plated instead of chrome to give all the shiny parts that little bit of a gold tinge to go along with the color of the sheetmetal. The bike was featured in the Ironhorse magazine just before it was sold …

October 5, 2011Triumph TigerBy bungkingThis is a bike owned by a good friend of the shop, not sure of the year exactly but it started it’s life in his hands as a retired flat track bike with no brakes other than the kill switch on the handlebars and welded struts in place of the shocks bolted to the factory swingarm. I made him up one of our triumph bolt on hard tails, back when I was producing them, with a 4″ stretch in length. He produced his own pipes and modified the factory chassis. I gave …

October 5, 2011Rigid SportyBy bungkingFor those who have been cost conscious the sporty has almost always been a great option. When building a custom bike these days one of the most cost-effective ways to go is purchasing a complete stock bike and using all of th drivetrain, wheels, brakes forks electronics and so on and put it all in a new rigid chassis with some new sheet metal. You cant beat the initial cost of picking up a late model sporty along with their great reliability over an earlier …