But that's where the trouble started. As Trevor worked on the frame, his lifelong buddy, Ed Baker, stopped by to visit, bringing a dark cloud with him. Ed proclaimed that he'd own this bike one day (despite the fact that he already had one or two of RHC's motorcycles in his garage). He continued to make these little cameos throughout the build, and Trevor kept ignoring him.
A little while after that first visit, Trevor transformed the frame into a rolling chassis with spoked wheels but later used Xtreme Machine Shredder wheels with Avon Venom tires (90/90 up front and a 200 tire out back; enough to fatten up the backside a bit but still give great handling in a deep turn). He used an Exile Sprotor at the rear to keep the pipe-side view nice and clean.
With the sheetmetal, up first was the gas tank, which, according to Trevor, came "not without too much ridicule from everyone who stopped by the shop." They told him, "The tank's too big" or "It has a funny shape." But it was his bike and what he wanted (unless you asked Ed, who loomed over the build like the Grim Reaper on a WB sitcom).
Ed wasn't the only obstacle Trevor faced on this project, though. He knew that with the dropped seat, oil capacity would be an issue, since there wasn't a ton of space for an oil bag. He and his brother Buck solved that problem by pulling out the English wheel and making a rear fender with an integral oil tank. After that was done, a Fat Katz fender was fitted to the front tire, and Trevor started thinking about controls.