Friday, May 25, 2012

1986 Sportster

This one belonged to a buddy that wanted it restored so he could give it to his some to retire dad. A noble build indeed, but a really bad bike. The first gen Evo sporties ran the stater inside the clutch basket and and few if any had a functional charging system. Eitherway, it was my first Harley build and a cool experience. 


They come apart pretty easy! This was long before I had a bench, so work was done on the floor. 

Ready for powder coating. 

This was near finished bike (pipe and a few other tweaks still pending). Nothing fancy, but other than charging issue was fun to ride. 

I eventually took it back apart and made it into some sort of abortion bobber to use as Burly's first cover bike. It was better as a stocker. It ended up with another friend who eventually sold it. 

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