Morning all,
Been lurking on the board for years and always managed to finish my builds before thinking I should have got photos.
I am currently half way through a little Ironhead build so thought I'd start posting my progress. It's a real back yard build and is done with hand tools, brute force and ignorance so pretty traditional.
Some history of the project so far:
So whilst browsing eBay a couple of years back I saw an engine and frame section from a '77 Ironhead up for grabs. No one had bid so I bid low and then went out for the evening. Not expecting to win it but figuring 'why not?'. Came home to find I had won the damn thing! Doh! Now what do I do with it?
![Image]()
Anyhoo I figured I'd build up a little rigid bike out of it using the factory frame with a weld on hard tail. Cheap and cheerful.
I fitted a rear section and cobbled together a bike using random spare parts from the garden shed and swapmeets and stood back to admire it.
![Image]()
All good until I stepped behind and noticed that the headstock was about 2" out of line with the ass end. Turns out it was an engine and frame section for a reason. Must have taken a shunt and been scrapped.
Stripped it back down and put it in the little garden shed and moved on to other things.
Been lurking on the board for years and always managed to finish my builds before thinking I should have got photos.
I am currently half way through a little Ironhead build so thought I'd start posting my progress. It's a real back yard build and is done with hand tools, brute force and ignorance so pretty traditional.
Some history of the project so far:
So whilst browsing eBay a couple of years back I saw an engine and frame section from a '77 Ironhead up for grabs. No one had bid so I bid low and then went out for the evening. Not expecting to win it but figuring 'why not?'. Came home to find I had won the damn thing! Doh! Now what do I do with it?
Anyhoo I figured I'd build up a little rigid bike out of it using the factory frame with a weld on hard tail. Cheap and cheerful.
I fitted a rear section and cobbled together a bike using random spare parts from the garden shed and swapmeets and stood back to admire it.
All good until I stepped behind and noticed that the headstock was about 2" out of line with the ass end. Turns out it was an engine and frame section for a reason. Must have taken a shunt and been scrapped.
Stripped it back down and put it in the little garden shed and moved on to other things.
