It didn't take gamma radiation to mutate this 300-rear-tire Pro Street into a 330-sporting monster, just lots of fabrication by an experienced builder-namely, Mike Powers, owner of Powers Custom Cycles (PCC) in Burbank, California.
Mike has been around bikes since he tooled around on the back of his pappy's ride at age 10. When he was old enough, he graduated to fabricating at his family's East L.A. shop and spent a great deal of time tearing up the dirt on local motocross tracks. With a background like that, it's obvious Mike loves bikes, and he brings that love to the hot rods and various custom motorcycles he builds at his shop. He's spent more than 30 years riding and customizing bikes, so when he decided to take one of his Lady Teazer Pro Streets and upgrade it from its fat 300-rear-tire configuration to a meatier 330, he was definitely up to the task.
He started by stripping one of his Lady Teazer bikes down to the frame so he could modify the bones to fit the new tire. The back portion was cut down the middle, and 2-inch plugs were used to widen the chassis to hold the bigger tire. Then the motor and tranny mounts were relocated so that the powerplant and driveline would sync up perfectly with the new wheel setup. While he was at it, Powers cut 2 inches out of the downtube and lowered the seat height 2 inches as well, since he wanted this bike to really hug the ground. To make it even lower, he took the bike's elongated American Suspension frontend and shaved 12 inches out of the legs to make it 2 inches under.
But the frame wasn't the only piece he needed to change for the new backside. A 330 in a 300-sized rear fender would look awkward, to say the least, so Mike cut the old tire skin straight down the middle and rewelded it with an insert to make it 3 inches wider, then ground it smooth.
After that, he and Angel Rojas molded the frame and sheetmetal to flow together beautifully. With that task accomplished, they zapped it in lime green and black paint with XX graphics.
Mike waited for the paint to cure, then got down to final assembly. The Lady Teazer's original S&S Super Sidewinder was put back into the frame, where it and the Powers/Andrews transmission were fitted to the new mounts. The mill and tranny are connected by a BDL primary; a chain to the Weld rear wheel's sprocket completes the driveline.
With the powerplant back in the bike, Powers added controls and lighting, most of which were his own creations. In fact, the only controls that don't bear his creative signature are the Legends pegs. At the beginning of this article, we compared this bike to a certain green-skinned superhero, and while both have bad attitudes, that's about as much as they have in common. One was the result of an experiment gone wrong, while the other was the child of careful planning by a professional (and it also probably does better on dates).