It can be daunting at times...a lot of baggies full of hardware that you hope you remember how to reassemble...this bike has been in boxes on a shelf for 3yrs...tore it apart and then life got real busy...I'm reassembling this at home now to dis-associate the bike with work, but the powder coating still has to be done at the shop. Hardest thing really is not getting in a rush...I'm eager to get it done but know I'll obsess over any half-assed detail if I don't get it done proper the first go.JackoftheGreen wrote: ↑Tue Feb 25, 2020 12:01 pm Awesome work, very impressive. I can't imagine the amount of work that must go into teardowns of this level.
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Thank You, Sir!
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Some progress on my Sportster cafe build:
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A 1984 Sportster bobber I'm working on:
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You have some serious talent. The bikes are not even recognizable. Nice work.
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Getting there...
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Finished the Sportster Café:
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Re: z00t3ch's Bike Build Thread...
Pretty cool looking. I’ve always like the cafe style.
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After four years of tinkering with this build in my scarce spare time, she's finally complete. Everything you see is powder coat - the wheels, exhaust, tins, motor, frame, forks...all of it.
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