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Well, she's been off the road for a very long time as money and time have dictated, but she's almost there. Some pictures.

Just picked up the pipes from Maryland Performance Coatings, $190 for ceramic on the headers and pipes. Spendy, but a good price for the process. Have my new derby cover that matches the paint to put on, but saving that for last. Just dropped off the fake oil tank/battery box. Going to be painted black for now. May add a design later. Finally, trying to figure out if I want anything embossed on the seat.

I won't be running turn signals and some run ins with cagers lately have me thinking of adding a ballpene hammer, but some one pointed out a toy squirt gun with a bit of paint thinner is a good compromise.

Crappy cell phone pics. Let me know what you think.


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Can't blame the cellphone for not seeing the pic's.

let me try

Couldn't get the first one, it wanted me to sign into facebook to see it. Looks like a cool BSA in the back ground.

What kind of wheels do you have on there

Round ones.

They are indeed round ones. The wheels are Ride Wrights. The BSA is a really sweet 66. The shop is Mobtown here in Baltimore. Good bunch of guys.

Oh, and thanks Dog. I don't know what I did wrong.

looks good. mean to

Hey ya Jim! Even through those not-so-good-cellphone pics one can see that is a pretty cool ride ya got going there. I really want to know about the inspiration behind that paintjob. Can you fill us in?

My guess is it came to him in a vision... after playing poker and shooting saki...
Very cool looking bike! Love the wheels!

Congrats. Very unusual paint job, really striking. Good on you - makes a refreshing change from flames.

My best friend is a tattoo artist. First tattoo I got was of a killer whale, many many years ago. Chuck drew it when we were kids before he was tattooing. Most recent finished tattoo was of the sun. All of it Haida indian style. He did the design (mostly) for the bike, and it;s a mix of those 2 tattoos.

Thanks for asking, Mountain Man

I forgot to say I think it's a cool ride too. I would like to know more about those wheels. What are they sold to fit normally and what had to be done to make them fit our bikes. That would go a long way to helping me and others look for wheels if we want to change to a different wheel. What discs were used? What sprocket? I like the paint too, different and that's cool.

Re: Wheels
They do have a web site
http://www.ridewrightwheels.com/wheel-select.html
If you click on request a quote, the ask type of bike, type of hub and etc...looks like they will make any type of wheel

The wheels are for a late model sportster as is the rear sprocket and the rotors. The front sprocket was an issue as Harley and Triumph use a different gauge. Mobtown got a blank sprocket of the same guage and cut a 19 tooth front sprocket to match.

Had to cut the speedo tab off of the front forks to run the wheel, so no speedometer.

Honestly, I'm not doing much of the work myself. It's at the shop. I had the bike at another shop that went out of business. One of the mechanics called me and told me I should come get my stuff before the place was foreclosed.

Quite a scene. They really didn't know what the heck they were doing and a lot of the parts they got didn't fit and they "lost" a lot of my stock parts. That's kind of how I got the wheels. They "lost" my stock wheels, so this was the compromise that kept the courts out of it.

Mobtown has been great. If you are in the area, I highly recommend. Totally up front guys, totally honest and quite reasonable. They took a pretty messed up project and got it back together at a price I can afford (barely, but good enough).

Also, Jeff the guy who works on British bikes there has fallen in love with Speedmasters and Amercas. He's looking for a wrecked one for himself.

http://www.mobtowncycle.com/Mobtown/Home.html

that is one cool fekin ride.dont usually go for any kind of paint scheme other than black or rust ha ha.but that is sweet

Yeah, I was kinda iffy on leaving black. THe white came together nicely though. It really looks good in person and looks great sitting in the shop amongst 50 black bikes.

Bitchin'

An electronic speedo with a magnetic pick up would solve the speedo issue. As I said in another thread , if my memory serves the Sportster uses a 530 chain. If that is the case, and I'm not 100% sure but about 90% sure, then you could have used the Honda front sprocket that fits our bikes. Those are for a 530 chain.

Thanks Dog, do you have a link to that thread?

I remember seeing those Mobtown bikes at the Greaseball last year. Pretty cool stuff. That's coming up soon I assume, hope to see your bike there in person! (if you know the date/link, post it pls)

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Mobtown has been great. If you are in the area, I highly recommend. Totally up front guys, totally honest and quite reasonable. They took a pretty messed up project and got it back together at a price I can afford (barely, but good enough).

Also, Jeff the guy who works on British bikes there has fallen in love with Speedmasters and Amercas. He's looking for a wrecked one for himself.

http://www.mobtowncycle.com/Mobtown/Home.html

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I may be MCing the greaseball, so yeah, it'll be there.

Where did you get the wheels? and how much were they? Thanks

They are Ride Wright wheels.