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ryan
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chief shareholder of 1995 chevrolet astro van. motorcycles photography prog rock and nonsense
Be warned, you'll have to cut out a bunch of firewall and trans tunnel and relocate the main engine bay crossmember to make it fit. I had a midget in similar condition that I shoved a 13b in years ago, there was a lot of cutting and welding involved.
August 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Its funny you say that because I only barely know what any of those things mean either
August 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Commit to self hosting on an old macbook running arch and work backwards from there. This is a guarantee for success
August 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
code compliance minigame like the password io thing
August 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Thanks man. The seat was a solid 30% of the work in the whole project. Its an unmodified sportster frame. its funny, when you take the tank seat and rear fender off of a solid mount sportster, the frame is essentially the same as any other bike of the era. The styling is all bodywork.
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
(It runs like shit for Reasons and the gas tank developed a leak shortly after this, but damn if it doesnt look cool sitting in the garage)
August 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
here's hoping the pigeons cast their vote upon cuomos parked car
June 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
im also in one simply titled "dragon fuckers"
March 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
personal favorite. Cat And Car Spotting Chat Where You Can Only Say "Nice" and "Oof". The single best group chat i've ever been in. nobody discusses shit. its just photos of animals and vehicles, and folks saying nice
March 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is my answer to the age old question "What if a Sportster was Sporty"
March 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Beyond the aesthetic stuff, I'm eventually going to build rearset peg mounts for it to put them in a more standard position, and get spoke wheels on it. That's about it. I've been working on this since october, it feels good to be approaching the finish line.
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
All of the major fabrication is done, all that's left is to rebuild the forks, fit the kz650's front fender, touch up some paint, do a little wiring, and put it back together. Hopefully just in time for spring.
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Also found an ancient long tube 2-1 header for an early ironhead on ebay and repaired it/fit it to my late model ironhead. Sounds wicked and looks the part.
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I machined/fabricated a bunch of parts to make the tank and rear fender bolt up without cutting the frame at all. In addition I made a seat pan out of aluminum. that'll be getting upholstered in a couple weeks.
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I adapted the tank and fenders from a 78 kz650 sr onto my 84 ironhead sportster. I love the bike but I was never a big fan of the pumped up harley look. In lifting the rear with progressive 13.5" shocks and lowering the front by swapping on a 39mm front end I have fixed the suspension geometry
March 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
How do you feel about Waterworld
March 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM