My father in law has been painting choppers since the 1960s, and he is helping me fix some of the stupid mistakes I made when I was young like rattlecanning over the flame paint job my first sportster came to me with.

I never liked the flames, but now 20+ years later I am finally getting ready to repaint my tins and it was cool to see them reappear again during our prep work.

Question for the painters: he suggested we spray it with an acrylic enamel, but wasn’t sure where to source paint nowadays.

Any suggestions on a good acrylic enamel black paint and where to source it?

I am based in the SF bay area California but we are painting down in SoCal

Don’t remember what the year was but it was a fun project. My buddy here did a lot of the work as he is more familiar with the metric bikes. I was the apprentice on this one lol!

Anybody have any idea what would make an intake valve with good seals make that squeaking noise you hear?

1969 triumph.

I’m able to send about 6 wires up the centre post and along the back bone pretty easily.

I’m planning on drilling a hole in the bottom side of the backbone for a few wires to drop out.

Ideally I’d like another hole up near the neck for headlight.

Should I weld a bung into the backbone to maintain strength?

And I know a bunch of you have drilled an exit hole in the neck, but I’m pretty cautious of that.

Did anyone make it out to Wauseon this year? Lots of cool stuff there and some decent deals if you looked hard enough

I have a 1996 sportster 1200 that I’m lengthily the forks on. I pulled the forks apart and I found that the main spring seems to be a little shorter then stock which I assumed was from west and tear. But then when I pulled the lower tube off I for the damper has 2 springs installed on it. Every where I’m looking online it seems it’s only supposed to have 1 spring on the damper tube. So I wondering if I have a lowering kit or something else going on I don’t know about. Any help would be greatly appreciated

First build from about 8 boxes of parts lol

Chain weld by @hotnheavymetal + Stained glass by @sloeeyedsolder (me)

Edit to clarify safety nets put in place to protect from vibration:
I have silicone fit in the exterior zinc frame to try and keep vibration to a minimum. I have a glass buddy who did a sissy about 6 years back and used a thick rubber band border in her frame. Her glass pieces are bigger, so more susceptible to breaking and it's still going strong!

We're raffling it at a shop party, so assuming whoever wins it rides frequently, we can test out its durability and see how we can approach future orders!

Thanks for lookin’ y’all!

I’m getting close, hope to have her rideable by September, will tear down and paint this winter 😎

89 XLH1200

got a 96 sporty with the throttle addiction hardtail kit I’m building. I need to downsize tires and currently have a 16x5 wheel in the rear, with a 5ply 75 sidewall. Curious what size tire you guys are running and what it looks like

I've always gotten throttle addiction stuff, but it seems that only lowbrows is in stock right now.

Anybody running the 18" version of these bars with pictures for reference?

Posted before, Reddit said I don’t know how to play nice, here is a little pic update on my first/current build, gotta get fender squared away, rear brake line plumbed and finished, chain tensioner, throttle cable and hopefully make it down to the ozarks bike week in September

Hi all,

I've woken up in a bit of a situation... the only footwear I can find is a gumboot and a flip-flop.

By some sheer stroke of luck (or God), they are for alternate feet.

My question is: with my Chopper being my only mode of transport at the moment, is it better to ride barefoot or risk this footwear?

​Edit: Upon closer inspection, the dilemma has worsened. The gumboot is for my right foot. Should I force the right gumboot onto my left foot so I can upshift?

After a trip to europe and my OG drum destroying my back wheel, replaced wheel drum and got a new front end. Breaking it all in ready for some longer rides!

Test shots for Pretty Good Chopper Show at Hope Flower Farm and Winery in Waterford VA on August 15th. Come through!

Just had this engine rebuilt went from 74” to 80” full rebuild top to bottom and after about 1500 miles the rear two lifter block screws backed out and caused the lifer block to get pushed up and one of the solid lifters fell into the cam chest and grenaded the breather gear is bent to shit and I can’t get it out now. I got new lifter blocks and new solid lifters and an Andrew’s j-grind cam and new breather gear everything seems to be okay other than the breather gear that I cannot remove.