This is a project we just sold, and it's one that we had really enjoyed. It was a real 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!
I went 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 thought 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 were the pinstriped seat, oil cooler, 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 (Higgins) is applied with a rag 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 1/2" 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 racked up a few miles on it, and it ran very well after several rounds of tuning but needed more dyno time
for working out the kinks. I remade the pipes after I liked the modded originals, and they are 1/8" larger
diameter than stock to compensate for the flow. It ran well!
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!
I went 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 thought 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 were the pinstriped seat, oil cooler, 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 (Higgins) is applied with a rag 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 1/2" 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 racked up a few miles on it, and it ran very well after several rounds of tuning but needed more dyno time
for working out the kinks. I remade the pipes after I liked the modded originals, and they are 1/8" larger
diameter than stock to compensate for the flow. It ran well!
