My Sportster Chopper Build 

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"Why a Sportster? Screw you." Correct answer! Keep on keepin' on, ST.

"It's my style.... It's okay, I built it for me. Piss on your little hipster movement." Absolutely fantastic. Ride to die die to ride man.

Inspirering to me your videos about your lovley hobby :) I got myself i an age of 51 a motorcycle licence last year never har a car,bought a brand new SV 650.After riding it for 5069km i came across a 1993 stock sportster and picked it up last year in summer.That old motorcycle teached me how to ride and and i learned much about myself.Sold the SV in february and now i can concentrate on creativity.Keep up your good work mate;)

Don't put yourself down son. You've done more than 20 years and most Harley Riders doing 50. I've been doing this since 1968 building choppers. And some of my buddies still have me work on their bike and they've been riding for 50 years. That's okay everybody can't be a mechanic everybody can't be a fabricator. The thing is getting someplace with something you built under your ass. Keep up the good work son you're doing fine I respect you.

Evo Sporties- Best damn thing to come from Harley. Bite me.

I couldn’t build what you built. But I can appreciate what you put into creating a bike that floats your personal boat. Cool build, good video! Thanks!

You've done great, respect. I'm 72yrs and I'm with you and what you've done with you bike and I'm about to be a grandad for the second time. Rodge David kidderminster uk 🇬🇧

Nice job with the Bike! Old School Cool. You are very resourceful, and I respect your humble attitude.

Awesome build. Anybody saying anything negative is just wishing they could build something. All those that build our own know what it's all about. Nice job man.

Evo Sportsters are bulletproof motors. I’ve got a 2003 that I’ve been trying to kill for 15 years and she just won’t quit! Not as smooth as my Twin Cam Softail but a whole hell of a lot more reliable. Nice build, good ingenuity, and thumbs up for doing it your way.

Your Chopper is awesome! You deserve ALL the respect, brother! A chopper should be whatever you envision it to be, plus, you put in the work yourself! Great breakdown and slide show! Kickass bike, dude!

Good for you bud, looks cool. A lot of guys WISH they had your skills. It's easy to go buy a 2018 bike and make the payments...

The birth of the "Tramp". Nice job Bro. Two years ago, I built a 1988 Harley Sportster XLH 1200 Custom. Rides and looks like a brand new bike. Long live Sportsters !!!!

That is one badass scooter! And the most badass thing about it is that you built it yourself. Rock on, SaddleTramp.

Just came across this video. Great little scooter. You do good work brother. Be proud!

Sharp and simple, just how my father used to build, and Im looking forward to myself, nice bike.

Man I love this bike! It's so much cooler that you improvised and made parts rather than just buying kits or premade overpriced stuff. To me, this is exactly what makes a choppers awesome. Makes me want to go out in the garage and start chopping stuff off my bike! Great job and thanks for posting the video.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I have never "built" a bike, chopper, bobber, or anything with two wheels, I have overhauled a few engines and transmissions, have been a mechanic for the last 38 years. It is easy to say "well, I would have done XYZ." You have surpassed the "I would have done this" crowd, you did do it. Keep on plugging, I have modified a few things and most of them I wound up redoing because I figured out a better way to do it later. Make it your own and screw everyone else's opinion on how it looks.

no one could have possibly done it better. You wanted a bike and you took the situation in hand an built it!!! Hats off to ya bro!!

You built a nice bike Sir! I just added 6+ to a 2004 FXST Softail with similar Biltwell handlebars and a Cycle Visions 30" Attitude stick sissy bar. I'm turning 60 in February and I'm loving it. Be you. Be real. Be happy!

Love the Bike mate. I'm in the process now of looking and researching for my fist build to do with my young son. Definitely going to use a Sportster. Appreciate the motivation and ideas.

Super cool video and yes I dig the bike starting in on a Evo Chopper myself. Your insights very helpful.

Very cool! You sir, are a talented individual! Ride safe.

A real biker builds his bike the way he feels. It's a real old school chopper. Sweat, labor and a work of art. I'm truly impressed. I don't have the skills or imagination to create a real old school chopper. Congrats man.

You built a bike using your hands, your skills, and your own problem solving. That makes it awesome and props to you for making it happen. Evo sporty is a great choice. Reliable, durable, easy to work on. And good sound, too, eh? I've had my Evo sporty going on 14 years and 80,000+ miles for all those reasons, and she's still going strong. I admire your work ethic, and the ability to form a vision of what you want, and then STICK TO IT. You got mad skills for making videos, too. Very enjoyable to watch. Keep up the good work!

Evo Sportster is the most reliable engine in the lineup from my experience. I'm a little tall for a stock Sportster frame but on a modded frame that would be my engine of choice too.

Thanks for sharing your build and your insight on the hows and whys. Great looking ride man!

Kickass ride!!! My brother is building an 883 sporty. Don’t let anybody give you any shit!!! Ride it like a king!!!

a great looking build I did the same thing on a 1996 1200 sportster rides and runs great saving moneys always a plus here and there on smaller build items.

Keep on keepin on brother Tramp. Keep doin you, keep being cool. Forever two wheels

Throw back to the 60's, perfect. Screw the computers on new bikes and the armchair quarterbacks who think they know best. Less is more!!

I love that I found this video. I just bought an 86 883 sportster, with a 1200 kit from HD, and 1992 jugs. After riding it for a weekend, I'm looking to go the same direction. Guess I was already kinda looking to do that. I knew damn well I was too tall for it, lol.

This bike does not suck on any level. This bike has beautiful lines and every major part works with this build. Thanks so much for doing the break down of all the details. The pegs are very functional and those handle bars are bad ass.

I think this is great! I believe that this chopper is what its all about. You made this for you! And its great man. You own the facts of what you can do and still made a badass bike. I say very well done!

Tell you what , i would ride it with pride brother !!!!!! Love it !!!!!!!!

I like it..can't go wrong with the simple black paint!!

I saw this from 5 years ago, this brought some smiles. It's satisfying to watch your ideas take form on two wheels. Lefty from Wyoming

I been riding street since 1985 (CL450) I got my first Harley in 1987 it was a 79 XLH 10 over front end on a ridged square tube frame. I rode the piss out of it. It has been all over the place. I still have the bike and in the process of totally rebuilding it now. It is truly my style. I dig the heck out of your sporty sets a little high for my taste though. But my opinion does jot matter lol you are the one riding it. You put it together yourself using what you had and know and that my friend is awesome and more than most can say.

Individuality, love it Saddle Tramp

Bro! Looks killer! Can’t wait to get mine built up

That is an AWESOME bike. You did an excellent job. It's obviously very functional and not one of those trailer queens. Don't pay any attention to the haters. Keep on doing your own thing...that's what it's about or should be.

Anyone who thinks you should have used an ironhead, never had a iron head. I rode a 58 XLH for years, worked on it for the same amount of time, often on the side of the road in the dark. Love the blockhead.

I love the video. As soon as you described the relocation for the coil and how you wanted to make your own, I knew we were cut from the same cloth. I made a tank lift kit for my bike for free and saved 50 bucks. I hope to start welding soon because with that and fiber glass it opens up a whole new can of worms. You asked what I think you could have changed.... well Idk what weather is like for you but I'd put some kind of rain shielding on that battery of yours. Other than that she looks like a great bike.

For one- I love the video. 2- I love your humility and your attention to what really matters. Keeping those bars in line with the forks is aesthetically genius.😁 Very pleasing to the eye. Your sissy bar is almost at the same angle, bonus! The battery box is ideal. I like seeing room around it and it's extremely practical if you're trying to problem-solve on the road. Go with your gut. Your heart is definitely in the right place. More power to ya!

I love a proper home-built chopper. My kind of bike!

kudos for practicality.

Nice looking ride brother. Thanks for sharing

This is what’s it all about,..NO better satisfaction riding down the Highway on Bike you build yourself !

Really like your bike mate . All fits real good . Wouldn't change a thing . Very rare I see a genuine looking bike .

I think it's great, I would love to build my own bike. I love your channel, very interesting videos.

What a cool bike, the work you’ve done on this bike really captures what a chopper is, a work of art. Many choppers can look similar but they all have something different. I think that you have created a bike for yourself; if you are pleased with it, the heck with everybody else, in the end you’re the one riding it. My respects to you!

Nicely done👍🏻if it works for you it’s working! I dig it

This is the style of bike I've been wanting to build. I had a general idea, with no rake, king and queen seat, and pullbacks. but this bike is fucking EXACTLY what I had in mind. You built the best chop. You win. It's crusty and practical, and the best thing I've ever seen.

Just about 3 years later... Nice chop Man. Love it

Brother, you are as real as it gets .

I really like your channel. I am a Georgia rider and motorcycle enthusiast.

I think it's pretty cool. It doesn't matter to me what it looks like. What matters is you built bike you want that's what makes it cool.

I absolutely love it. I would love to have the opportunity to build my own to call it just that. I like following your videos you can teach us some things

I had an 88 evo sportster loved that 1200 cc 4 speed what a classic

In my humble opinion the sportster is the just so much smiles for the miles, I will own another one, one day, fantastic bike, just good all round chop,

Loved the bike. Thanks for the walk through. Very informative.

Your ride is frickin' awesome. It's just what it should be; Perfect.

I liked your attitude back then it seems like you try to make everybody happy now

My hat's off to you! Nice approach and a refreshingly distinct build.

I had a 90` sporty that I sold, would like to buy it back and do something along these lines. Your even inspiring folk from Blighty, respect Brother.

Best 17:51 minutes of my day! Love your bike! Love your "I built it my way for me". Binge - watching your videos is awesome on a cold winters day!

I like the bike. it is one of a kind. I am a Sportster guy too.

Nice chop build. There is a chopper hiding in every bike! I have an old 69 sporty long chop originally built in the early 70's it is always a project in the works! Good job bro!

Very nice bike. Makes me rethink my stock frame

I've put myself in a pickle by buying my adopted Dad's chopper after his passing, just to let you know, I was not adopted, I adopted him and his wife, when I first met him(Sam), he showed me his chopper and I loved the whole look and then he started it up and I was standing behind the exhaust pipes, it was like feeling your child heart beat for the first time, he was old school for sure, he had a 49 ford in the garage he pull out from time to time and start it up, later on he bought a 54 ford that I got to help him work on, believe me it took a long time for him to trust to work on anything, he had so many say they could do this and that, but never could, so when I came around, slowly he would see I would not let him down and towards the end he would tell me something needed fixing and would trust me to fix it, even though he would say, "well we'll see how long it last", to keep me humble, shortly before he stopped riding, he changed the oil on the chopper and took it out for a ride when he felt something warm and wet on his leg, it was oil, I still don't know how it really happened but he had a friend rebuild the engine after we took it out, then he start stripping down the chopper, the chopper sat like this, the fame and springfork and handle bar on both wheels everything else was laying down in his man cave, that's when he started getting worse and when the engine was ready we were supposed to start putting it together but sadly it never happened before he passed, 3 months ago, I was surprised that his real son was not asking for it, although he wanted his only son in law to have one of his motorcycle, he chose the Harley Softail and the chopper was going to be sold, when i heard my adopted Mom say she would let it go as is, for 4,000, that when I asked her to sell it to me in payments, there is a story, a history, about this chopper that he told me about, it first was a frame and sat in the living and as holidays would come the fame was decorated too, as he would vision the final build, I could not let it go down into losing the history and story and dream he shared with me about the chopper, the pickle I put myself in is, I'm not a rider, not yet, and not before putting it back together, I didn't think before if i could put it back together, but after finding all the parts that go to the chopper, my confidence is almost not there, I will do it, but smart enough to ask the advise of someone who's done it, any advise you have for me, I will build it and ride it, that for sure and plan on naming after him, Sammy Boy, he told me once" that ride is like no other bike he has ever rode before, I want to feel that ride he was talking about.

Sweet bike. Love the retro look.

I love it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks about it as long as you dig it thats all that matters bro love the channel love the vids dig what you do looking forward to more great videos

Love a sporty, I've had 4 over the years. '81 - '69 - '77 & 2006 (owned the same 2006 twice) Down to a '09 Road Glide now & I still have my first a 1974 CB350four But still love a Sporty. Nice first vid.

This is my go to video keep the motivation up during the winter months .

I think your bike is awesome, that is my style . I own a 73 iron head 6 over chop with a kicker and screw every body else. That bike's a reflection of you and i think it's damn cool.

thanks you have just jumpstarted me to buy TC bros hardtail for my 93 sporty can t wait to get started hope to see more honest videos like this.

I bought a sporty 2 years ago dreaming of making it look like this, but sadly I'm not a mechanic or a fabricator of any kid and don't have money or know where to even start. Well done dude.

Well done! Good ole fashion chopper!

This bike is beautiful. 😎

It's a beauty brother. Wish it was mine!

Hey Brother your bike is one of a kind as you are..

nothing beats the lines of a hard-tail

Go with your gut brother always

The bike is cool! and the seat fits it perfectly

Bike looks killer!

great build. this is what a custom bike build truly is. nothing fancy or flashy. something that comes from the mind, heart and soul of the owner/rider/builder. i have a 96 sporty that im going to build slowly while riding at same time, so its going to get done in pieces. hopefully i can get mine to come out just as rugged and beautiful(in my mind, screw others thoughts about it). hopefully i get a chance to film also, and if i do, i'd be glad for you to take a look also. once again, very great build. dont let this be the only one, gotta do another some time down the road.

Love the style of your bike.....

Love your videos I've been singing David Allan coe I have a Harley someday My whole life to be honest bad choices and decisions cut me from that dream. Just got my first it's a 1200 custom belt chopper built by a 20 year vet and a man admire I go to him when I need sound advice from someone who has done things right. That chopper is a whole different world than what I'm used to she's built for speed but I agree with you I have a gorgeous bike and I'm going to take my time with it and enjoy it. It's going to take some getting used to but she's mine now finally and that wind therapy Will be a little less comfortable than a full dresser That's the freedom of the ride that spiritual to me. And I can finally quit singing as much as I like David Allan coe that damn song. Many blessings to you and much. respect

Looks good brother. I can appreciate all the hard work you put into this awesome motorcycle.

Outstanding!

Cool bike as long as you like it that's all that matters good job dude

Looks sick mate. Nothing cooler than doing it yourself.

Great build. Love it. I like your style and attitude. You build a bike for yourself. Not for what others think is cool. And that my friend makes you old school.why not a ironhead lol. Cuz ya wanna ride it and not tinker all tha time

Awesome build

Nice work, scoot looks good. Ride it and have fun with it

That's one sweet build you got there ! Also, you did it with your own hands man !

I enjoyed every part of this video. Top stuff and great bike.

Man you seem like the kind of guy I would like to meet one day. Good job. Just be yourself.

"Piss on your hipster movement". Haha. Great lookin scoot!!