Finally moving

My long time friend and now brother in law Chris has just about finished his Ironhead.

This bike has been sort of a slow moving project but it's been worth the wait. This is definitely my favorite IH and I wish I would have built my '69 this way and kept it! Nice job chris!

Gil had to come out and see for himself and of course we all stood around comparing these guys bikes. Tall guy, short bike. Short guy, tall bike. HAHAHA
Chris came up with this pipe design and really followed through. Clean lines perfect execution.

This IH project started when Chris's doberman Max was just a pup, look at him now! Killer dog, killer bike.

Oh ya and Happy Birthday Chris!!

Almost looks like somethin

Heres a few pics of the shovel that I'm slowly putting together, hopefully only a few more weeks and it'll be running.

Narrow Springer + Narrow Glide disc setup = Love

Thanks Justin for hookin me up! Super narrow paughco springer, clover hub 21" wheel, and chrome caliper. The shovel is on it's way to seeing some spring time riding!

Is the disc old school enough? Who cares! I'm building this bike to be a long haul runner and a good daily ride, a big part of that for me is stopping power . I'm having trouble sleeping at night going through all of the things I need to do to get this thing going. Soon very soon.

Ideas

The shovel is on my mind again lately and I've been gathering some ideas and such.

(not sure where I snagged all these pics)

amature photo shoot

Took the IH out to an old filling station and Josh shot some pics of us with the bike.

Vise Grip meetup Austin, TX

Good Times

Had a good time last night checkin out a few of Austin's nicest chops. Thanks to Matt for the hospitality and showing us San Antonio boys around town.

Shakedown; Pain & Heartache

First Ride: I got the bike almost all put together last weekend and decided that I should take it around the block. Bad Idea! I got way to excited and forgot to tighten the caliper bolts!! Carnage!

After luckily missing any traffic on the busy cross street in my neighborhood due to lack of brakes, (with my ol lady on the back) we pulled back up to the house to access the damage.

I decided to make a few changes and take a little more time getting it road ready.

Second Ride: I had worked a little harder and with the help of my buddy James I made some good changes so I figured I was good to go, more problems. I still have a small amount of bugs to work out including that ol S&S Super B carb I'm running now.

Chris's first Ironhead ride

Gilbo is gettin busy while his motor is down

Makin a few awesome changes to the 59 while the motor is out for a new top end after last weeks highway mishap

Its gettin closer

The start of a fresh ride

I started a little bit of reassembly today, the tank is just coated in epoxy primer for now since I haven't decided on the the color scheme for it yet. Billy built the bars for me and Justin is handling the paint.

Frame Paint

night time pics just don't do it justice THANKS JUSTIN!!

Progress made

This is the new tank and new sissy bar the ironhead will be cruising. The frame, tank, and fender will be painted soon and I will be putting the new front end together this weekend. Gotta love the night time grainy phone picture, I've been skipping a lot of sleep in favor of seeing this bike get back up and running.

Another Ironhead Project

These damn bikes keep showing up!!

Chris decided that he needed a little H-D in his life so this little gem was snatched off CL since it was such a damn good deal. A few changes have already been made and there's lots more to come.

The bolt on hard tail will be replaced by a weld-on as well as pretty much everything but the motor.

cool BSA

snagged from the Jockey Journal

Gil's 59 xlh

Looking good Gilbert hope to see it legal and on the road soon!!!

Chris's BSA Project

Chris started piecing together a bike a few months back and now has enough parts to almost build two bikes. This is the first look at the direction that he has decided to go there is obviously a lot of work beyond this sneek peek at the roller. The bars aren't staying he'll be going with some 7/8" attack bars.

'69 IH soon to see more changes.

I bought this bike in feb '07 and have been constantly changing it ever since. The parts that are getting the boot this time around include: front end, front wheel, sissy bar, fender, fuel tank, bars, and probably the headlight and who knows maybe more than that!!

Watch for updates