Tyson, my buddy at Twisted Paint + Metal is painting my Harley’s tank and fender. The chunkiest gold metal flake we could find and then he is doing the detail work in dark cherry next. Here are photos of stage one.
New tires on a 1977 XS 650 I recently worked on. I really think that a vintage bike should have vintage style tires.
Vintage style tread.
And the rear too.
I’ve had these ripple pipes for four years, waiting for the right bike to use them on.
Old galvanized exhaust pipe. Very hard to find. This is all I have left and it was very stressful actually cutting them. A friend of mine wants these scraps as I told him he could have whatever I didn’t use. Ha!
Front pipe placement.
Rear pipe matching up to the front one.
Now my kickstart sticks out too far. Looking for a new one now.
Yes I know the zipties will melt. Thanks Tyson.
Final job. Now to finish welding and then off to have chromed.
I’ve been working on the Harley little by little this fall. Goal is to have it on the road by the spring. Here are some shots of my progress.
Finally like the look of the headlight and handlebars.
I’m still going to cut the fender tabs and reflector bits off the forks.
Mid shift done and it works! (was not easy). Modified triumph peg too.
The last touch on my handlebars. I welded little tabs on the handlebars to keep them from rotating so I don’t have to use a crossbar. Now they are off to chroming.
