my little bobber/chopper

[chainsaw]

I traded my ATV trailer off a while back for a 1981 Honda 650 custom street bike. The minute I saw the bike, I saw what it could be. I had been bugging the guy that had the bike for about a year to let me chop it for him, but he wasnt into it. So when I finally did get it from him, I went to chopping right away.
I cut off and modded the following. Put on a 70's sportster tank, cut off the rear shocks and made struts, dropping the rear end about 6 inches. Took off all turn signals (added small ones back on the front) and changed out the huge brake light. I also moved the pegs forward, made it a suicide shift and made my own seat (my first upholstery job,.. made it with my wifes yoga mat and a pair of leather pants) I took off all crap, light the speedometer and tach, mufflers and those pesky fenders. This thing is freaking loud, but is a blast to ride. Ive offered lots of guys who look at it, but not a single one has taken me up on the offer yet. They all see the suicide shift and hard tail and a few have said they are not man enough to attempt it. Here are the before and current pics. I am going to strip the tank down and airbrush it sometime, and other minor changes as well. Id like to build my own springer front end for it someday to, but I kinda like how it looks right now.





And the after pics... huge change!
check out that custom seat Im so proud of!

[smokinwrench]

Sweet looking! Aren't you the guy with the BAD BACK? You need some filters.

[chainsaw]

yeah, and riding a hard tail back in the late 90's for my only means of transportation is probably what gave me the bad back

I bought some indiviual filters, but the d**n things dont fit. I made some cheapies out of foam, but they restrict it to much and flood the thing out. I just ride without filters, and when I park it pull the choke to keep out debris. Seems to work so far. Im looking for another cheapie street bike to chop again. I want to do one for the wife, but make a trike so she can ride it without a motorcycle license. If any of you know someone with a good running dirt cheap old bike lemme know.

[smokinwrench]

Micah's wife took a weekend riding coarse that allowed her to get her license in only 1 weekend. Seemed like it only cost a couple hundred and they supplied all the bikes and gave them lessons on how to ride.

[chainsaw]

my step dad did that up in Garden. It was like a 2 weekend deal and was like 300 I think. He said it was well worth it. The problem is, Heather and I both agree she cant really hold a bike up on her own.

[smokinwrench]

They will teach her how. They ride on small bikes then move to larger ones.

[chainsaw]

you dont know my wife very well. She will get frustrated, yell at them, walk off and Im out 300 bucks.. hahaha.