Irish's Ironhead

YES IRISH SHORTEN THE THING YOU RANGI

cut the pipe already
I see Woody has his pic on the oil tank
now this is just me, but I wouldn't mind seeing a lower shock on there. either way it looks freakin excellent

No! dont shorten it, jon, get a bend in it, kick it up! just after the rear pipe join's in.
hey, thats just my 2 cents worth...

bike is lookin great, you've been workin hard.

i diddnt know you had woody stay'n there, i can see him over there, workin on the side of ur bike!

jon61 wrote:

No! dont shorten it, jon, get a bend in it, kick it up! just after the rear pipe join's in.

hadn't thought've that, would look good

EXTENED IT ANOTHER 6 FEET
Thanks I'll be here all day

Woody wrote:

EXTENED IT ANOTHER 6 FEET
Thanks I'll be here all day

as long as you attach a white rag to the end of it that should be ok. Im not sure how it would affect the performance & sound of the XL1000 engine tho, it would pay to put it on the dyno & do some re-jetting if you're gonna extend it anymore than 4ft 6in. also there are the practical issues of it snagging people's gumboots, handbags, old ladies stockings, short furry animals etc

jon61 wrote:

No! dont shorten it, jon, get a bend in it, kick it up! just after the rear pipe join's in.
hey, thats just my 2 cents worth...

bike is lookin great, you've been workin hard.

i diddnt know you had woody stay'n there, i can see him over there, workin on the side of ur bike!

I like that idea too. I can see you tripping over that thing if you don't do something with it and soon.

An upswept one would be good but I'll probably just shorten it to get it on the road but I'm definitely going to try that upsweep sometime.
But I would like long fishtails on either side of my springer.

Irishjon wrote:

An upswept one would be good but I'll probably just shorten it to get it on the road but I'm definitely going to try that upsweep sometime.
But I would like long fishtails on either side of my springer.

You have three Springers, Which one are you talking about Jon?

The twincam. I fancy relacing the front wheel with a 16" rim and having pipes up either side. Got no money or time but I'm getting bored with it. Haven't changed it in 2 years.

Irishjon wrote:

The twincam. I fancy relacing the front wheel with a 16" rim and having pipes up either side. Got no money or time but I'm getting bored with it. Haven't changed it in 2 years.

Send it down here I'll do it for ya (I need more work )

You cut the ass of that frame yet?

Nope, Kind of like pulling teeth ain't it
See pic's attached in Pm.

OK, so rather than cut the long pipe I swapped fishtails with the Twincam. I think this all works better.

sorted.
really like the side profile of that ironhead, the way the bars, tank, seat & pillion, rear guard are setup seems to work well

that works...

lookin good mate, we might need to do a few trips from your place to get all your bikes to Kumeu

I had a look at a 1956 Fordson truck today but the bed was too short. Now I'm looking for as cheap long bed ute for humping stuff around. Still haven't been able to bring the Panhead home.