Well, unfortunately the motor for my Ironhead is sitting on my work bench instead of in the frame where it belongs. I picked up a magneto to run on the bike, and figured it would be a quick install, I would be able to finally put some miles on, but I was not that lucky. I pulled the [...]
I got into the garage for a little while last night, and I was able to get the seat spring mounts welded to the frame and I got the front forks assembled, filled with fluid, and mounted back on the bike Now I need to get a new chain, finish up the wiring, and get [...]
Since I am not going to be running a front brake on my ironhead I decided to shave the fender mounting tabs off the lower legs of the front forks. Here is what the stock forks looked like. After a little grinding this is what I had. Some sanding, a little elbow grease, and some [...]
Today was a great day. Not only was it almost 80 degrees out today so I got to ride my motorsickle to work, but when I got home there was a box from Lowbrow Customs sitting on my porch. Inside was a seat, pivot, and mounting bungs for my ironhead. I will be getting the [...]
I decided for the Ironhead that I am not going to paint it and leave it bare steel for now. All I am going to do is scuff the steel down with a scotch brite pad and spray it with some rust inhibitor. I found the “got rust?” sticker at Lowbrow Customs and thought it [...]
I don’t care for the stock battery box that came on the sportster, so I dug a piece of 1/8 inch steel out of my scrap pile and decided to make my own. I got out the saw and cut out a bottom and some sides. After a little welding she was done and ready [...]
I thought the sportster’s headlight visor would look better if it had some speed holes in it. The before shot. Then I covered it with painters tape so I could easily lay out where I wanted to drill the holes. Then using a uni bit I drilled out the holes and then hit it with a [...]
I ordered a gas tank from Lowbrow Customs and finally got around to mounting it last weekend. The tank came with mounting tabs, so all I had to do was drill some holes in them. Then I drilled some holes in the frame and welded in some threaded bungs. Then tighen down a few bolts [...]
Last weekend I finally got the ’68 Ironhead frame stripped down and ready to be hardtailed. After a little time with the angle grinder I removed all the stuff that was in the way for attaching the hardtail. Once I had everything fitting good I tig welded the hardtail onto the frame. Here is a [...]
I have had the bottom end of my ’68 Ironhead sitting on the floor of my house for the last couple of months, which did not make my wife the happiest person around. Last weekend I loaded it up and took it over to Jay’s garage to finish tearing it down and see what condition [...]