Bigtwin February 2013: Hoodlum Sportsters.

We made it to the only Dutch Chopper magazine BIGTWIN in February 2013. Dutchmanphotos made some pictures in September 2011 and now it made it to the printed magazine. Bikes are changed a lot but story is pretty cool, hope you like it, thanks to Maurice and Mcgoo.

Workshop Wednesday #15: Snow!

No Workshop Wednesday today, snow, cold and waiting for parts made me think: Let the Buell go!
Bought this awesome bike in 2003 with 5k on the clock and after 10 years this bike only did 10.363km.
500km a year is stupid so if you want to own the last real Buell you better contact me. Limited Edition BUELL X1 Lightning (5-2001) 1200cc 88+hp, Race module, Vance & Hince exhaust, Universal MX bars. Carbon fibre rearfender, alu seatpan and rest is stock. New rear tire, fresh oil, good H-D battery with 12V outlet etc etc. Not cheap but you can't find a better one. Asking Euro 7950,00.

F**K!

What the F**K?! Can't say the engineers from Harley-Davidson made hi-tech forks in the past and even nowadays. Simplicity is golden but I like good working forks like motocross forks a lot more, lots of travell and fully adjustable. H-D Sportster forks are not adjustible in any way, only thing you can change is the amount/thickness of the fork oil and different springs. Cleaned everything and put some new seals/o-rings/copper rings in the fork, all from 1 set of an aftermarket brand named James Seals. Official H-D dealer said I needed 180cc Type E fork oil but it seems that it will be at least 350cc so I had to buy another can of Type E oil. I will use Heavy Duty fork oil next but this will do the job for now. Waiting on chrome sealcovers to make it bling and for some extra bling: 24 carat gold plated 43 BMX Bolts. Brown tube in second picture is a Flybikes BMX frame downtube to use as a slidehammer to get the seals in place.

Workshop Wednesday #14: Polish.

Polishing must be left over by the guys who named is: The POLISH. But its wintertime so they moved out of the country so I had to do it myself this time. Used a sinkstop to keep all the debris out so I don't have to clean it again, smart thinking starts early in 2013. The legs cleaned up very nice and both are ready now for some new seals,washers,bolts and oil. H-D forks are simple to maintain, even I can do it.

Boyd's last session with #5

Our son Boyd is turning 6 in two weeks so we had a last session with #5 yesterday. Number six will be next and we have to rebuild the bike cause its too small now. Adjusting the rearshock and making a new MX seat will do the job for another year. Oset electric bike is still running like a champ and so is Boyd, he loves it.

Bye Bye Japan...

                                                               BEFORE

                                                                AFTER

I'm not into Japanese stuff so here the BEFORE and AFTER of the H-D Sportster Showa forks. Got rid of the Japanese Honda Triple Trees and now my fork is "NOT MADE IN JAPAN" anymore hahaha

Workshop Wednesday #13

Happy Newyear! Handlebars mounted on the H-D triple trees, these are Biltwell H-bars and I like the small look and no use of risers at all. Don't know how it will look with the front fork and wheel in it but I hope it will work.

Fork stop removed

Old very ugly fork stop didn't work with the newer sportster forks so I cut the damn thing off and smoothed it out.

Workshop Wednesday #12

Here an update about the converter headset for the Ironhead, you can see the 7/8" cup on the left with a small opening and the new 1" converter cup on the right with bigger hole and is a lot taller. I also modified the original H-D sportster topnut to make it more "CHOPPERISH".

Workshop Wednesday #11

Cold as Hell, glad this headset from Lowbrow is HOT! It turns a 7/8" Ironhead into a modern 1" Sportster
fork setup. I can use the triple clamps of the '86 sportster now to fit in this '67 Ironhead frame. Why?: cause I wanted to get rid of the Honda CB500 clamps, yes I know my H-D fork is japanese too but I will grind that off so nobody knows. Timken bearings and higher cups makes it fit perfectly, now I can use my Biltwell H-Bar for the first time, it will be nice when finished. Also new glass for the headlight etc etc. Winter is long...

Ceramic Coating

Picked up the Ironhead headers at Speedline Coatings Best. Not to stoked on the result but all my own stupid fault. The Ceramic coating is real thin so you can see everything that I didn't smooth out too well. Most will be covered when mounted on the bike and it will last forever but next time I have to be more carefull how I grind down the welds etc, another lesson learnt.

Chopcult's Christmas greetings:

Workshop Wednesday #10

Battery box of the piece of shit '67 Ironhead was hanging on 1 tiny M6 bolt, I didn't lose the battery but I was very close. The last thing I didn't touch on the bike, what a mess. So now its time to work on the electrics, starterbutton, ignition switch and battery box all at once. Have some ideas but no real plan right now. Also working on the oiltank/lines so enough to do for some weeks.

Holiday Season!

It's Sinterklaas/Santaklaus time and I was lucky that they didn't see all my sins this year. Harley-Davidson AMF book for the SX125, Hells Angels book for the long nights and Low Brow shipped some nice stuff for upcoming workshop Wednesdays. Thanks, it makes the Winter way shorter...

HUTCH Pro Racer 1984 build by Hoodlum Society.

We also build some Old School BMX bikes, here a 1984 Hutch Pro Racer for customer #0000004.
Almost everything NOS: Oakley2 Grips, DC MX1000 Brake, DC TechIV Lever, Tioga Comp4 Tires,Izumi chain,  Hutch Hubs/Seatclamp/Numberplate,Pedals, Repro Hutch Kashimax Seat/Padset/Stickerset and a very nice Hutch Pro Racer Frame/Fork/Handlebar set in new coated white. Redline Flight cranks/BB/Sprocket to make you more envy. Don't know excactly but it will be worth more than € 3000,00.....Owner is happy and so are we, very nice bike, have fun in the snow.

Workshop Wednesday #9

Bought the SX125 without a battery and batterystrap. Conrad shipped the VARTA battery real fast but being white wasn't fitting the bike so I made a sticker on the plotter to make it black. You can still see the level of the acid. The strap is from a Motocross Enduro numberplate and to keep it fully carged I added a 12V plug. It can also be used for charging my phone/navigation or even a fridge.....

Chrome won't get you home.

Schooiers Chrome, Mexican Chrome, Rattlecan Chrome, you can name it what you want but this rusty left side brakepedal is looking better than before. A new chrome one only cost about 25 Euro's, to chrome this pedal costs about 125 Euro's and this job only costs me Euro 2,50 and 5 minutes of time and is bringing me home cause real Chrome won't bring you home!

1967

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