The Chopper Compendium

The beater? I could do that.

I like the Bars.How are they mounted to the Forks?

Don't know about anyone else, but I'd be quite interested in more detail on the twin carb manifold you made up, looks like it would function quite well. ( I have an XV1000 and the intakes are the same between the XV and XVS ).

Some great work you've done there.

Neale

I'll post up a couple more pics.

Its not tested yet, I was going to go to a single carb, but I want the ss502 kit, to put more power to the tire, and he said a single just doesnt flow enough, and the duals look plain cool.
Been messing with throttle linkages, think I've got it all sorted, just need to put it together, hopefully it wont be too long before I can test it.

Almost done with the cleanup and welding, needs mounting tabs and a cap and petcock..







Trying to decide on a cap though.......Torn between these two styles at the moment....Not those exact ones neccesarily, just pulled random google images. If I could cut threads I'd just do them myself, might end up buying something.....Thoughts?

The " Porsche" gas cap. Both these styles are good, but they are going to look tame on your bike.

Got a link?

Finished out the tank, and started gusseting the forks.
It fits with the bars real tight.






And I made vroom vroom noises.

spidr wrote:Got a link?

Like your first one called Speedster (I called it Porsche??)

Gotcha. That speedster one is kind of like a lot of them I've found, bunch of guys making them but they're all basically modeled off of an old Halibrand(?) one.
I love the raw look of it over the screw, and I may even be able to make that myself.

WWW.backyardmetalcasting has all the info you need to cast whatever you want , either there or the linked forum !

spidr wrote: It fits with the bars real tight.

It does! Looks good.

How do you work that pattern in?

Neat...

The body lines are done on a bead roller.

wow, i love seeing that there are still some folks building stuff. and you seem to be all over it. wicked cool that your kids are in on the act as well. kudos to ya!

-dan