The concept for this bike developed as I went along. The bikewas the one I had originally planned to do for Bikernet.
I mentioned to Bandit over a year ago that I wanted to do a frame with norear axle adjustment. That was a challenge, probably the most difficult thingI’ve done. My intentions at that time were to use a Wide Glide and Evo. Ibought the Indian Springer at a Daytona swap meet, and that changed the wholelook of the bike considerably. The grill turned up on the side of theroad in Kingman, Ariz., on Route 66 of all places, during the Laughlin Run 2000. It was badly damaged around the edges with pieces missing, so I trimmed itdown and noticed that it closely resembled my stretched Sportster gas tank shape. The old styling kind of took hold at that point, and I followed it throughthe rest of the bike.
Dice Overhead
Deviltail Plug Caps and Pipes Through the Primary
Beauty Behind Bars
I built it largely at night and on the weekends lastsummer just prior to Sturgis. I was very busy and stressed, so that bikewas my relaxation. I drank a lot of beer and whiskey, and the ideas keptcoming. I can’t even explain the pipes. The foot controls are neat. Ilike clean, and I didn’t want to use typical controls, so I just started inwith the devil tails. I made a sissybar like that for a guy in the past,and thought they’d make great pedals. The bike was supposed to have a Knuckleengine, but I didn’t have time to rebuild it. I had the running Panengine, so it was the choice by default.
Wicked Footclutch
Leafspringer
Driveside Brake
