Zombie Nightster Overview 

Really nice sir I realize it’s an older video hopefully you are still enjoying

seriously man. that's a ton of work you did. this is the best chopped up Sportster i've seen. the internal wiring and custom bars...ridiculous! i'm searching for ideas on my Iron and stumble on to this and it made me cry. great job, Ergon!

that is one of the finest nightsters I've seen until now... especially the blacked out engine and covers are really great. some sort of real good mix between old school and modern custom. You did an amazing job there.

What an inspiration to all of us "garage build" enthusiasts. I would love to learn how to do what you did with this beauty.

I like every single thing you did to this bike. Minimalist, shaved n clean bobbed styling and still 2 up capable! Excellent job

This bike is a fantastic example of great vision and an owner taking zero shortcuts. A real head turner! Enjoy.

Attention to detail , great bike , subtle changes like cleaning up the welds , running the cables through the frame , it all makes sense, !! Best Nightster i have ever seen , well done mate !!!

This is the most beautiful Nightster I've seen. Nice job man, really. That bike is seriously a work of art.

This is the most incredible bike I've ever laid eyes on. Damn good job.

Right on brother. It's great that people can appreciate and respect the craftsmanship and the work involved with a bike like this without necessarily loving the make or style. Thank you.

Thanks. You're right, welding was a critical component in this build. To do the frame work and fabricate things like handle bars, while making it all structurally sound and clean looking takes a very skilled welder. Ozzie at Variant Fabrication is a real craftsman and an artist with all kinds of welding. I was lucky to have him doing that work for me.

Absolutely Brilliant work! I'm beyond impressed with the direction you took with this machine.

Thank you for explaining exactly what you did. I really appreciated. Looking at a motorcycle and figuring out exactly how that look was achieved can be difficult for a novice like me. Motorcycles can look a bit overwhelming!

Thanks man. The bars were a complex project - built from scratch to accomodate internal wiring, internal throttle, the incorporation of the dummy lights, bar end mirror and the bar end signals. Not to mention getting them in the right position for me to be comfortable AND achieve the look I wanted. Getting the wires for the bar end signal on the right through the internal throttle mechanism inside the right grip was an engineering challenge. Ozzie at Variant Fabrication did an amazing job.

what a great job, very tastefully done and very functional "bad ass- means business" style, one of the best Sportsters I have ever seen

That's a proper custom right there. Wish I had access to a shop like that - fantastic results. Damn fine machine. Thanks for sharing - motivates and gets ideas going for what can be done!

One of the cleanest builds I've seen. You did an awesome job man, nice bike.

You just convinced me to buy a nightster! Love this bike and all the mods you've done to it. Absolutely great job!

Wow. I don't know what to say. I love my Nightster. This is a real work of art. I wish I had the money to do some modifications on mine. But just riding makes me happy.

OMG! That seat and paint is just whoa! Buying mine this week :)

love what you did with the bike especially the switch from the switch housing to the clamp and the speedo mount in the tank. Thanks for sharing!

I haven't been a fan of the stock nightster but this... this is really nice. You have an amazing attention for detail. I always say I wouldn't get caught dead riding a Sportster but I might with your conversion. Great work!

I have always owned crotch rockets but I'm getting older and want a little something more my age. This is the most beautiful Harley I have ever seen in my opinion. Wow I'm blown away I'll try to replicate a similar style nighter.

Beautiful bike. A lot of thought and vision went in to this build. You did a excellent job. Take care and ride safe my friend...

Excellent job man! I love the idea of flipping the head light upside down.

congratulations from france! very nice work. this nightster is absolutely amazing

Thanks man. I had the help of a first rate mechanic/machinist/welder/fabricator named Ozzie Sittner, the owner of Variant Fabrication in Amsterdam, NY. I did a lot of the work myself but chopping the frame, the speedo in the tank, the bars and internal wiring, that was all Oz.

Thanks JP. That was conceived and created by Ozzie Sittner, owner of Variant Fabrication in Amsterdam, NY. It is one of my favorite aspects of the bike.

Thanks George. I'm still lovin it myself. Going through withdrawls not being able to ride this time of year. All I can do is go to the shop and stare at it. :(

Wow outstanding man. That is the best looking sportster I've seen. Shit man, that's not a rebuild, that's a full on re-modeled 883. THAT IS BAD-ASS. That is sic.

one brutal piece of art!amazing work mate!

Cleanest Sporty I've seen. And I've seen bunches. Be safe and enjoy.

Beautiful and very cool custom Nightster! I'm a big fan of zombies (My license plate on my old bike is ZOMB KLR). I'm actually picking up an '08 Nightster this Tuesday, and was gonna zombie it out. Well done. Love all the custom work you've done. :) The speedo in the gas tank is amazing.

Thanks Den. That's exactly what I was going for...the old school stripped down look with a modern feel. It's such a great ride.

omg..that's a master piece!...i wish i could customize my nightster like that. great job!

Really clean, fantastic. Love the attention to detail.

Im not the biggest harley fan, but I am a fan of amazing work like this, looks great!

Thanks man. The ECM is bolted to the end of the rear fender right behind the oil tank. I got rid of the plastic splash guard that was attached to the forward end of the fender and we bolted the ECM there. Rerouted the ECM connector under the oil tank and the ECM is right there.

Ya, the orange/black paint is my favorite paint scheme and I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Thanks!

Thanks man. The state requires a speedo and putting it in the tank was really a good solution for keeping the lines of the bike clean.

Beautiful, great video, Thanks from Lismore NSW Australia

It is low, and I really like it. The front of the seat is mounted to the original seat/fuel tank mounting point on the frame with a bracket bolted to the bottom of the seat. The rear is supported by two hard rubber furniture tips/feet that are bolted to the two studs under the rear of the seat that rest on the frame. It's all in the HD forum thread

The Blackout is great. Good performance, great sound and zero problems with it. Didn't tune the bike at all. I have ViED's from nightrider installed to richen the fuel mixture and it runs great. If you don't change the AC I think you can run the blackout exhaust without a problem. If you change both the exhaust and the AC you'll at least want the XiED or ViED to richen the fuel mixture. A lot of people run tuners but I find my bike runs great the way it is. Good luck.

Bravo.... love it... I'm shopping now for my first Harley... don't I wish they all came this way... sweet!

Great build! That tank to the coolest tank I've ever seen good job brother

Robert, I purchased a wide glide kit from Motorway Engineering in New Hampshire along with their adaptor kit for a 16" wheel. Bought a 16x3" wheel off of ebay, new bearings, new tire. That's pretty much all there is to it, aside from some minor machining to get the axle and spacers to fit. Used the stock forks.

Very nice. Just got a 2012 nightster. Been looking for some ideas and yours is by the coolest one.

Holy shit wow cleanest sweetest bike I've ever seen nice job

Honestly probably the sexiest motorcycle i have ever seen. Ever.

That's a gorgeous ride!😎👍

Extremely well thought out. PERFECT.

Thanks Gaz. The V&H Blackout 2into1 has a really deep rumble that I think sounds great. Very happy with it.

WOW!!!! very well done!! i totally dig on how you integrated the idiot lights into the bars and your buttons into the clamps! pretty freakin slick man! this is the only bike i've seen it done on! sorry, i might have to steal your idea! I LIKE IT THAT MUCH! i don't know what else i could possibly say...moving the coil looked good, the ignition as well... your bike is an 11 out of 10 man! the only thing i'd change is the exhaust and paint scheme. i'd go black and green (my favorite colors) and V&H staggered short shots (i just really dig that particular set of pipes). rock on man. ride safe and enjoy the hell out of that sweet ride.

the best ive seen so far! amazing details

Thanks Kyle. The new lower triple clamp is drilled to mount the headlight so it was an easy solution to flip the stock housing and attach it.

Beautiful bike mate, amazingly well done!

That is a nice and clean Nightster! Enjoy

My son in law took the original rear gas tank mount, cut off and discarded when we remounted the tank, and used it to create a seat mount that bolts onto the old tank mounting point just in front of the seat behind the tank. Then I used some rubber furniture leg tips bolted to the rear of the seat as supports that sit directly on the frame. Very solid set up and pretty comfortable. If you scan through the HD Forum thread referenced above you'll find a detailed description of how we did it.

I love it, tis the best work on a nightster seen so far. I am putting the wide glide and blackout on my iron too. Correct me if I am wrong, this is something I spotted, your front tire looks like it's fitted the wrong way around. The cuts should push the water away from the center of the tire...imo the way it is fitted kinda causes the water on the street to flow towards the center of the tire and you don't want that. The rear one is fitted correctly

I didn't even know that an internal throttle was a thing! now I want one!

Exactly. I've been out a couple of times so far this year for short rides. The cold/cool weather hung on quite a while up here but it seems to be warming up now. I'll be shooting some more videos soon...

Thanks lokeey. I apreciate that. If you haven't seen it yet you can find a pretty complete write up on what we did to it on the HD forum website. Search for "Nightster Winter Makeover". Ozzie Sitner of Variant Fabrication did most of the heavy fabrication work between October 2011 and July 2012.

Wow just when you think you’ve seen it all! Lol this bike is amazing!

Only $3k? No way! What kind of hookups you got? That's a clean as hell bike. I really dig the internal wiring and wide glide front.

Amazing work dude. Love it. Really nicely done.

I used billet aluminum knurled grips from Speed Dealer Customs and they work great with the bar end signals. I also installed an internal throttle inside the right grip and a bar end mirror between the grip and the signal on the left, so we had to ditch the standard Oberon mounting process and craft a totally new mount on each side. The standard collets that come with the signals for mounting inside the bar ends should work fine for yours.

Hi man, thanks. No, the wide glide triple clamps simply replaced the stock narrow glide. We chopped the frame to add the rake. I got the triple clamps from Motorway Engineering/Vulcan in New Hampshire. Google them. They make raked fork cups that might give you enough rake without chopping. I think it's 3 degrees. Good luck with it.

Well thats 1 mod I wouldn't mind getting done, internal wiring cleans up the look of the bike so much.

Wow! Fantastic job sir, She's an absolute beyute!!!

Nothing like a black Sportster. You done good! What? no burnout? Hehehe

Thanks evil. That was all it was, give or take a hundred. I didn't itemize down to the penny but I outline the whole nine month fabrication process and what I purchased on the HD forum. The link is in the description above.

Thanks Boston. As for value, I don't know man. From a monetary perspective it's only worth what someone is willing to pay (if I wanted to sell it, which I don't). Maybe there's someone out there willing to pay $20k for it, or maybe I couldn't find a buyer at $10k (which is about what I have into it). Who knows? Doesn't really matter. I built if for me, with no plan or intention to sell it. The value for me is having a bike I really love to ride. In that respect it's priceless :)

Thanks very much kern. I think we pushed it to the limit with the license plate but so far no problems. :)

What a beautiful bike! I hope one day to own a harley!

Thanks Scott. It's the 6.2" LED flexible array with run-brake-turn signals all in one. I got it from Chrome Glow.

It is al older video, but.. I freaking looovee this build... personal I would chose for an beefier Z bar or BMX style handlebar. But, that is just taste... This handlebar you got there sit also perfect... good job!!

Ya, there are several different internal throttle kits available on line. Just google "internal throttle" and you'll find a lot of them. I'm not sure where Ozzie got the buttons we used, but do a google search on "micro switches for motorcycles" and you'll find a lot of places to order any kind of switch you want.

Good job man, it's a beast, and purrs like one too!

Hell of a job man, that is awesome!

Respekt on your work from Germany Bro !

nice ride there buddy... loving the paint scheme.. and the zombie-apocalypse on the tank... nice touch. one quick question... when you put on the wide glide triple trees..did that give you a rake extension without chopping the frame up..or did you have to chop the frame to get the extended rake? i want to put the wide glide front end on my fxdb for the rake alone but really dont want to get into chopping the frame.

I love it ,very nicely done.

Thanks ergon2228 I just read you winter makeover on the HD forum. Did some things I would like to do to mine. Very clean!

I assume any standard size grip would be fine to use. The sigs attach to the inside of the bars, not to the grips themselves,but you'll have to drill out the end of the grips to run the wires through. I used billet aluminum knurled grips from Speed Dealer Customs. I like them but they're not for everyone. Rubber grips will work fine. Make sure whatever bars you get are drilled for internal wiring. Good luck!

The chopped cam cover looks so great!. It's a shame it doesn't get mentioned though

Wow! Amazing mods! Must have cost a fortune for all those custom parts. Very sexy.

The wide glide triple clamps came from Motorway Engineering (Vulcan works.net) in New Hampshire. The make them in both black and chrome for most Sportster models.

Really nice bike! Very inspiring mods.

Thanks! I plan on doing some more videos of it in the future but I'm too busy riding it right now. :)

Great job man, looks sweet!!!

When you chopped the rear fender did it have the taillight cut tout in the back? I picked up a sportster with a mudguard "fender" and I'm looking to stick a stock fender back on, but I would like to cut off the taillight hole. Looking at a used 92 fender for my 12.

Wicked bike mate...Great attention to detail.im looking at getting my 1st harley next year.Hopeing to get a 1200 like yours.

Where by chance did you get your triples? All I seem to be able to find is chrome which isn't really my style.

Thanks Joseph. I love the wide glide on a sportster...

Thanks jolt. That's the way I feel about it. And it's a blast to ride. :)

no cables, no wires, so cleannnnn. I have a 6 inch too long clutch cable on my 01 sporty (aka tha workhorse) looks like a fricken elephant truck hangin off the left side.

where did you get those controls at? did the same guys make them that made the bars for you? sik ride brotha. that front end is primo

Thank you. Good luck with the new (to you) Nightster. :)

Nicely freaking done bro!!!

Gorgeous!! Incredible job!