So where do I begin! I got back from college around May 15th and I had trip planned with my friends to the Black Hills, SD. So you all know of the bike I bought awhile back and I told you I wanted to make a bobber out of it and that is what I did.
First was to cut the frame and weld on the hard tail:
Next I set my springer seat and tank:
Then I gave her a bit of paint:
Then the wiring and shes done!
The bike build took around three weeks.
Now for a few teaser pics of my last Moab trip. If you want to see more then you can add me of facebook just search Tommy Untiedt. My profile pic is of my truck climbing that concrete barrier. Send a message along with the friend request saying youre from the ranger station.
The guys I went with:
Golden Crack
Elephant Hill
Okay so I got back from my trip on Sunday and just before I left I did a little work on the truck.
I got a heavy duty 8.8 solid cover: Before:
After:
First cut line:
and it cut:
Second line:
Cut:
Here you can see how I want my rear bumper to be. I want to hang the shackles off the outside of the bumper.
So I am using the 64 inch chevy leafs and I decided if Im going to cut my frame I might as well do it once. I decided to move my rear axle forward 6 inches. I am going to put my gas tank in the truck bed and get a shortened drive shaft.
Tank Out:
Here you can see the space available to move the leaf spring hangers forward. I could move it 7 inches but I decided to move the lower rear hanger bolt to the lower front hanger position. (6 inches forward) I will take the front section of the bed where the gas tank filler cover is and that will be bobbed too.
Some welding on the bed bob.
I cut the rear portion of the bed underneath the tail light.
So I got the rear welding done on the bob tonight and decided to cut the front section. Heres the first cut:
I also got the second cut done too but I think I forgot to take a pic of it. Thats all I have for tonight and I will fill you in tomorrow, hopefully I will have the rear section welded and maybe ground down and ready for bondo.