Jon's Sporty bobber thingie

Just a quick up date of the last few days, a long weekend well spent.

Wires everywhere, have all the stainless and some alloy away for polishing, internal wired the bars and sunk in some buttons for a minimal look, will find a particular master cylinder to replace the HD one but until then will grind off the flange and tidy up what I have...

Enjoy the pics....

Those buttons look good Jon. Are you thinking of getting a smaller Speedo now? The one on my Shovel is tiny and it's electronic drice. Easy to hide.

Hey who's that old geeza working on your bike Jon?

Woody wrote:

Hey who's that old geeza working on your bike Jon?

hunched over old bugger twin brother... not!

daughter took pic, said i need pics of me with bike.. who am i to argue...

damn right - definitely need some pictures of "work in progress" activities :-)

how's the paint job going - have you decided what you're going to have done?

Well there is a thought! Thanks for that Sara... have narrowed it right down now, def 70's old school look, it needs metal flake and green some pin and a hint of lace.....

I'm 6'2" and 135Kg anyone wants to argue about lace let me know....

Irishjon wrote:

Are you thinking of getting a smaller Speedo now? The one on my Shovel is tiny and it's electronic drive. Easy to hide.

been looking but cant find one.... small, eletrik drive, K's, with idiot lights...?

anyone, any ideas?

brocanass Jody, can help you out '2dinner' with speedo woes.his ones are tiny as with all idiot lights to boot

Mmmmmm That lace work should look good with your shaved legs.
But seriously the bike looks great and the paint will be the icing on the cake mate.

Who's painting it Jon?

haven’t even got there yet as to who, just worked out what... and when, well that will be after a nasty paint job in the interim to get a cert, ride out the bugs and then get the flash one done once nothing falls off, rubs or is replaced... etc.

still on wiring duty, geeze it takes time soldering each wire, attaching connections, wondering if what you have done will work... ha-ha

I’m back out there now, finished work early today...

Good idea with the paint. I'm going to start wiring the Ironhead on Sunday. Not looking forward to it. More fun setting things on fire with the Mig.

jon61 wrote:

Well there is a thought! Thanks for that Sara... have narrowed it right down now, def 70's old school look, it needs metal flake and green some pin and a hint of lace.....

I'm 6'2" and 135Kg anyone wants to argue about lace let me know....

nothin wrong with lace. my mate and i just flaked. green candy'd and laced an old lid of his. im flow coating it this week so i'll chuck some pics up.

andrewj wrote:

jon61 wrote:

Well there is a thought! Thanks for that Sara... have narrowed it right down now, def 70's old school look, it needs metal flake and green some pin and a hint of lace.....

I'm 6'2" and 135Kg anyone wants to argue about lace let me know....

nothin wrong with lace. my mate and i just flaked. green candy'd and laced an old lid of his. im flow coating it this week so i'll chuck some pics up.

I'd like to see how that turns out Andrew.

not a very good pic but you get the idea.

Hell yeah, Very nice indeed Andrew.

woah just went through this whole post, that bike is fucking tasteful! admire your welding skills, far out, thats just awesome

bigtime

Irishjon wrote:

Who's painting it Jon?

have you seen those spraycans they sell at THE WAREHOUSE ?
seriously tho, I had a look today (betta late than never) and this bike has some majorly nice touches and some really good thinking gone into it.

Cheers guys... nice paint andrewj, well just been out in the garage making a list for all my stainless cap screws... dam it just got big!!!
Also got all the polished bits back today, stainless oil tank mounts and rear guard struts, cam and sprocket covers, derby cover, rocker box covers etc...

good to see you today brett777

Anyway back to channel 77 motorbike road trip

Well, got the polishing back and made a little more headway with the wiring...
Before


After



Ahhh ... winter nights in the garage...

Keeping warm!

so that's how u keep warm
hey Jon i think THE WAREHOUSE have spray paint on special at the moment
(sorry, for some reason I get a kick outta that)

any updates on your build Jon?

yeah, $200 of stainless cap screws, just swapping everything over now...

sorry, no pic..

Where'd you get them from Jon? I cought a couple of hundred bucks worth of nuts and bolts from Fortress a month back. When I looked at them last week the shoulder part was too long to use for anything other than bolting very fat parts together. I need something that is threaded all the way up.

Both the bolt shop and anzor fasteners on the shore... some do have shoulders but I get some to fit and then cut them down to length...