This is a project we've been working on for a while now, and it's one that we have really enjoyed. Now that
it's finished, it's just a blast to ride. It takes a lot of inspiration from the Japanese biker mags and their
unique style, combined with some west coast Frisco style cues. We really tried our best to come up with
one-off, hand made pieces that would set it apart while maintaining a finished look. And just because we
made the parts instead of buying them does not make it ratty!
It'll (eventually) be jockey shift, and has no front brake, super narrow z bars, lots of twisted bar accents and
a mini keg to house all the wiring behind the engine. I decided to run the whitewalls and white grips after I
had though it over for a while, and I'm glad we went to the extra work of fitting the rear tire in the end. It
was previously a 140/70 that was too low, it's now a 130/90-16. Latest additions are the pinstriped seat and
Rat Fink tail light.
We tried several techniques on the paint but eventually stumbled on what you see here. It was almost an
accident, but turned out (IMHO) amazing, and is a blend of an almost yellow lime green with green panels.
It is bare metal, buffed with a twist-loc grinding pad, then yellow artist's ink is applied to stain the metal,
then laquered over. It' has a lot of depth and shows the metal underneath with almost an engine turned
look and is amazing in the sun. Plus it was applied without ANY special equipment!
We were trying to get it as narrow as possible, and it is a very low and light bike as well- 345 pounds
without fuel! It keeps the stock geometry, with a 3" stretch, and we're running 71 forks with '79 wheels.
The risers are 5" tall solid 1 1/4" bar that's twisted, bored, split, tapped and drilled by hand, 11" rise hand
made Z-bars, twisted metal headlight mount, fender brace, fork brace, and stand (also reclocked on frame).
Danny machined the custom Busch and Busch logoed alternator cover on his Sherline.
I am racking up the miles on it now. It runs very well after several rounds of tuning but needs more dyno
time for working out the kinks. Since most of these pics were taken, I had to remount the fender an inch
further up and redrill tap, and pin all the mounts, along with flattening the underside of the sissy bar to
clear the larger whitewall tire.
The first two pics below show the latest addition- new exhaust made 1/4" larger inside diameter than the
old pipes, with baffles to mellow out the sound.
it's finished, it's just a blast to ride. It takes a lot of inspiration from the Japanese biker mags and their
unique style, combined with some west coast Frisco style cues. We really tried our best to come up with
one-off, hand made pieces that would set it apart while maintaining a finished look. And just because we
made the parts instead of buying them does not make it ratty!
It'll (eventually) be jockey shift, and has no front brake, super narrow z bars, lots of twisted bar accents and
a mini keg to house all the wiring behind the engine. I decided to run the whitewalls and white grips after I
had though it over for a while, and I'm glad we went to the extra work of fitting the rear tire in the end. It
was previously a 140/70 that was too low, it's now a 130/90-16. Latest additions are the pinstriped seat and
Rat Fink tail light.
We tried several techniques on the paint but eventually stumbled on what you see here. It was almost an
accident, but turned out (IMHO) amazing, and is a blend of an almost yellow lime green with green panels.
It is bare metal, buffed with a twist-loc grinding pad, then yellow artist's ink is applied to stain the metal,
then laquered over. It' has a lot of depth and shows the metal underneath with almost an engine turned
look and is amazing in the sun. Plus it was applied without ANY special equipment!
We were trying to get it as narrow as possible, and it is a very low and light bike as well- 345 pounds
without fuel! It keeps the stock geometry, with a 3" stretch, and we're running 71 forks with '79 wheels.
The risers are 5" tall solid 1 1/4" bar that's twisted, bored, split, tapped and drilled by hand, 11" rise hand
made Z-bars, twisted metal headlight mount, fender brace, fork brace, and stand (also reclocked on frame).
Danny machined the custom Busch and Busch logoed alternator cover on his Sherline.
I am racking up the miles on it now. It runs very well after several rounds of tuning but needs more dyno
time for working out the kinks. Since most of these pics were taken, I had to remount the fender an inch
further up and redrill tap, and pin all the mounts, along with flattening the underside of the sissy bar to
clear the larger whitewall tire.
The first two pics below show the latest addition- new exhaust made 1/4" larger inside diameter than the
old pipes, with baffles to mellow out the sound.
