Steve Washburn is a pretty lucky guy to have a friend like John Anderson. John had already owned a couple of bikes and had just started putting together a Big Bear Chopper for himself when he the suggestion that Steve hop on the internet and check out their selection of rolling chassis. Steve took John's advice, checked out their website, fell in love with the Big Bear Choppers' Devil's Advocate chassis, and put in his order. The part of the story that is missing up to this point is that in this particular group of friends John is the mechanic/fabricator, so Steve made arrangements to have the rolling chassis delivered to John's place. Is the picture of what is going on here getting clearer for you yet?
John, being the stellar friend that he is, put his own Big Bear project to the side so he could get Steve's bike on the road so that he and his buddy could go riding together. But instead of just putting the bike together as quickly as he could in an attempt to get his friend up on two wheels, John started tinkering. He even enlisted the help of Craig Wick and Charlie Marquardt of Wicked Fabrication to help out.
Together they recessed the fuel tank mounts and enclosed the tunnel, recessed the dash into the fuel tank, and installed a Dakota Digital speedo. They also hand-built a 2-into-1 exhaust, flush-mounted a LED taillight in the rear fender, recessed the license plate behind a custom license plate frame, built a seat pocket into the rear fender, and skirted the oil bag.
Then John cut a custom front fender from a blank he got from Drag Specialties, bent up some polished stainless fuel lines, relocated the voltage regulator to a spot behind the tranny, and cleaned up the bars with an internal throttle, internal wiring, and internal hydraulic lines.