MOPED ARMY

Not a harley guy but got talking to a friend and he has an ironhead. Sounds like the moped of Harleys, haha. The price was right and came with a bunch of parts and has a real nice s&s super carb on it that sealed the deal. Came with three tanks, three seats, a few fenders, and carbs. Figure I can sell off parts to fund the build. It's nice it's an 80 because it has electric start and electronic ignition. Wiring is all good just needs a cleaning up.

The iron head is my favorite HD. Maybe HD people dont know about Hondabond.

I just started using this shit. Like the old Indian head. Awsome stuff. Use it on bolts and everything. Look it up.

Nice project. I did a Hammer in Hand weld on straight back on a 79 for a friend about 10 years ago. He still hasn’t finished the bike. I don’t know if they’re still around, but it was a nice setup, being that 79 and 80 was like a bastard child frame. I’d consider a straight back before you spend you money on that style. They look more original without the hacked together look.

Cradled.

I'm gonna hack up this old mustang seat after I get the hardtail on. I'm also gonna hack up the pipes and do the upswept look with these fish tails I have been holding onto. Gonna try and make as much shit as I can to keep the cost down.

So I pulled the swingarm and started looking at stuff. I think I'm gonna use the factory swing and cut the pivot off and make some new mounts to get to the bottom mounts on the frame. Then add struts after I cut the rear section off. This way I can make a nice straight backbone and make the swingarm as long as I want. I wasn't digging the kit. The aluminum piece is basicly gonna be the dom tubing for the new frame. It is stretched probably 6" in this pic. Want to make sure I have plenty of room for a battery and new oil tank.

Was looking at seat options and the seat I want is like almost $300!! I had a few beers and started folding up this Mexican blanket like a seat. May just make a pan and cut up some old foam I got and cover it with the Mexican blanket. It is a chopper so may look pretty cool. I also got a bunch of cement stair railings I am gonna use to make antwisted sissy bar. I am having alot of fun with this. Need need to pull the motor so I can weldnit up. I also have some j bend coming so I can cut up the exhaust and make it upswept.

Interesting.... Only ridden one Harley in my life, and I have to say I liked it, mainly because it was so damn heavy, wind didn't buffet you like it did on my lighter bikes...that is going to be a good looker, but how it will ride is anyone's guess, hard tail on such a beast...out of my league! :) Watching this though, always fun.

Yeah pipes are wide open so it doesn't matter. I'm sure same length would be optimal but this is the most impractical bike anyway.

Thanks man. Pretty sure I just scored a set of 6" over stock front tubes for the bike. Give it that real chopper look. This thing is gonna be a blast

No I'm just gonna run it. This is my buddy's bike. It is a 90's sportster chop with a 6 over front end. Will look similar to this. I still want it to ride kinda normal and not be all raked out and have the front wheel just flop over when you turn.

Nice bikes, I had a brand new 1983 XLX in 83, it had 61 hp, a solo seat from the factory and was very reliable, handled well all-in-all good bike.

I got a new seat, 21 front wheel, and 6 over fork. Got to pull the old tubes and put the front wheel on for mock up. Gonna be a long winter building this beast. Tank, fender are gonna be a dark red flake. After I paint the flake a guy who tattoos me is gonna paint some sort of monster scene on top of the tank and I will then clear over it. Gonna be wild

^ Nice!