77 shovel build

[weezil]

That bike is going to be freakin' gorgeous man.. I envy you! Diggin' the spot light also! Good luck, I'll be checkin back!

[Pipes]

just messing around with different looks, may end up building a tank

[jq49pan]

lookin good Pipes, what weld on is that? I used a santee for my 66. The first thing I thought when I saw the first pic was.."Hardtail it" (Great minds think alike)!

[Pipes]

Originally Posted by jq49pan

lookin good Pipes, what weld on is that? I used a santee for my 66. The first thing I thought when I saw the first pic was.."Hardtail it" (Great minds think alike)!

its from Vtwin so not sure who makes it, if its thiers or whoever.. we had to do alittle tweaking to get it to sit right but nothing major so Id prolly wouldnt mind buying from them again. my buddy has a santee and his looked like it needed about the same or a little bit more adjusting then this one. Im happy as hell wit hthe way it came out.. Im just spending hours trying to find the right seat,fender and oil tank combo..plus gas tank so it has just enough to set it off..

[panhead_pete]

Thanks for the info re the maufacturer mate. Bike looks great.

[Pipes]

thanks again for the kind words!.. jq, Im kinda diggin that seat. .will have to see what i can dig up.. killer bike.. thanks for the pics!

[skootnshov]

lookin good, hardtail fever

[mattwilson]

nice bike

[bpeak]

very cool bike man. I hot rodded out a 75 FLH last summer and really wanted to do the hardtail but didnt have the means to either lift/crane it or remove the motor. (my garage is sad... 'fer sure)

really good work though. I love the stance.

what bars are you going to run on it when done? the drags? mini apes? in my opinion the gas tank is mainly influenced by the bars. sporty tanks rule tho. never go wrong with a sporty tank.

cheers!

[Pipes]

today was mini xmas! got the model a pedals in and the rear fender. .plus a tank a friend had.. fat bobs he cut and started welding together.. not totally sure if Im going to use the stock ones, a sporty tank of the cut bobs yet..

[Pipes]

[jq49pan]

Are you going w/ a horseshoe or round oil tank, Pipes?

[Pipes]

Originally Posted by jq49pan

Are you going w/ a horseshoe or round oil tank, Pipes?

Im kinda going back and forth.. I think Id rather use a horseshoe tank but it all depends on what I can find that wont break the bank..

[wild04goat]

Seeing your sporty tank on yours makes me want to switch my tanks out! Just keeps getting better.

[suprrat]

good job

[Pipes]

Thanks!

[Dr.feltersnatch]

Originally Posted by Pipes

today was mini xmas! got the model a pedals in and the rear fender. .plus a tank a friend had.. fat bobs he cut and started welding together.. not totally sure if Im going to use the stock ones, a sporty tank of the cut bobs yet..

that tank is fuckin rad! i would rock it just like that

["Whitey Ford"]

yeah that tank is cool. Put some nice up swept bars...sorta like the attached but without the risers...and a 2 piece seat and call it a day. I dig the bare fender too.

http://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/index...._detail&p=1199

It has some potential...oh and I like horse shoe tanks personally.

[Pipes]

thanks guys.. been awhile since I updated this.. to many things going on..so the bike got set aside for a bit now Im jumping back on.. Im dying to get the bike back on the road sogettign wheel spacers made up, a bracket for my caliper and sissy bar. thinking for now will go with the split tanks. updates soon!

[Pipes]

well life seems to always get in the way of things when they are gettign good.. the past couple of months have been crazy and I havent been able to do much on the bike until today..I picked up a length of pipe about 15 inches long, 37 pounds and about 3/4 of an inch thick the other day and today I got to play on the lathe to etch out an idea I have.. heres todays update..


I guess you all figured out what Im doing already....