These V-twin reproduction frames can be quite troublesome at the final stage of your build, nothing fits right, you have to make a good bit of adjustments to make them work. I have work with 5 of these frames, 2 of them the fat Bob gas tank mounts were offset one was 3/8” off and the other was 7/16” off. Awesome video, keep up the great work👍👍👍
Hey man. Great video...again. I'm pretty sure we've all wondered what ya get. They look great in those little pictures. Surprised by the welds. I just hit your channel watching you switch over ignition on an 04 sportster and have been watching the rest of your videos. Great stuff.
Thanks for doing this video. Definitely some great info to have before dropping the dough on the frame. Curious what you’d recommend between doing one of these or hard tailing a shovelhead frame, or which hardtail kit you’d recommend.
Ok. I said you're vids are putting recipes in my head. Especially Sportsters. Here's one. Hammer Performance kit. Hardtail kit. Springer Forks. Taller Sprocket to give that 5spd more legs. Old School Pogo Seat setup. I know you'd need to add the tube but hey, it's a Kustom. Floor Boards and for me Mini Apes with 4-6" Risers. Or Standard 12-16" Apes. Gotta keep my arms up just bellow Shoulder level. 5 Gallon tank🤣. 2-1 Exhaust. Yes I want a Heritage or Road King but I like to "tinker" to much so Sportsters make more sense as a starting point. Now to just find the $$$$. 🤔 I've watched a lot of builds but I've never seen someone put a split tank on a Sportster.
I used a similar style wishbone Paughco frame. The welds were waaay better. I had to shim the rear engine mount as I recall. That frame didn't come with all the extras that yours did. The rear axle was proprietary and all extra cost. It made a real nice bike though.
Swedish frames - Fogell Customs and Calles (in Moheda). W&W in Germany got a lot of quality goods as well. LeBeef Kustom/Mattias Andersson (another swedish builder/manufacturer) just started working for their r&d dep.
@@ChucksCycles I have a old magazine with a interview on it. The interview is with a guy telling the story about his bike and how he ended up with a edlund frame. The guy said he heardabout a guy in North Cali building frames with repo castings and castings with custom geometry. He went and found the guy, it was edlund. He convinced edlundto let him work for him. While working for edlund he built himself a frame. Apparently, going by that interview, edlund frames were at one time made in u.s.a. .
Kokesh Cycles in Wisconsin (or Minnesota) used to fab up some great reproduction H-D frames -- all year rigid Big Twins. A pal of mine bought an aftermarket Duo Glide frame. It required some "adjustments" where the swing arm pivot bolt goes. In the end, it worked out well.
@@ChucksCycles I hope Kokesh is still in business. It was over twenty years ago when my pal bought a frame from them. Chuck, I hope I didn't mislead you. My apologies, if I did. Build right. Ride safe. -- W
Jim, I can tell you from my personal experience with Tennessee, not the easiest place for getting a special construction title. Don't get me wrong brother, I love Tennessee and miss living there, but DMV laws are draconian. If you're using a vintage engine that will use its numbers for your title, that's cool, but to use a late model crate engine, it's a hassle, and you have to schedule a inspection from the DMV to come to your shop or home. Again I'm speaking from experience. I was a small legit shop back in the day building customs, and Tennessee was not a joke, and you only ended up with a special construction title, if you were lucky. Hard to get insured, and you never get your money back, no matter how the bike is. I moved my shop to Florida and received real titles, with the 17 digit V.I.N. numbers and never had a problem. There's states worse than Tennessee, but also states that are better. The very least you need a M.S.O. for the engine, Trans, and frame. Then a bill of sale or proof of ownership for ALL major components. I hope this helps, again brother, I love Tennessee, but NOT for building custom bikes. T.S. RACING
Jim, remember too, you might need a weight certificate and also have FULLY functioning lights, turn signals, horn, mirror, etc. Things change over the years and I'm going by memory from back in the 300 rear tire days.
I've been super busy with customer work and a few other things came up and I had to make a few changes in to my plan. The flathead will still be done, just a little different. Stay tuned and Thanks for watching!
Any pre 1970 Harley doesn't have frame numbers, therefore you can title it with the engine numbers of whatever engine you are using, Panhead, Knucklehead, etc.
Come on, I've never seen any part how ever insignificant, from V-Twin that ever fit right out of the box. Some just need a little tweaking, others go right into the garbage. Can't wait to see how bad it gets when you start mock up.
