After installing the 124-cubic-inch S&S powerplant, John fit it with a pair of Weber side-draft carburetors and relocated the coil to make space for the new manifold and carbs. After finishing the mock-up stage, John fired the bike up and put some shake-down miles on it before pulling it back apart for paint and chrome. The parts to be painted were shipped off to Rich Thayer at R.J. Customs for a coat of black and sunset orange with airbrushed real fire flames. Rich even panted stuff that nobody will ever see, like the back of the oil bag and the backbone of the frame under the fuel tank, with the same care as the areas that are easily visible, like the top of the fuel tank. All of the flawless chrome plating is the handiwork of Show Quality Metal Finishing.
Steve's bike was finished up just in time for the 2007 Seattle Roadster Show, where it won the Sweepstakes Award, Outstanding Paint, and the Mike Levalle Killer Paint Awards. Not bad, considering that it was a project that Anderson worked on during nights and weekends while still holding down a 9-to-5 job as a mechanic. With the attention to detail that John exhibited on this particular bike, we think that he picked the perfect name for his little shop-on-the-side, O.C.D Motorsports.
John would like to thank Craig and Charlie at Wicked Fabrication, Don at Show Quality Metal Finishing, Rich at R.J. Customs, Pete Bristow, Jamie McFarland from McFarland's Upholstery, Jason Kilmer, and Dan Brouillard. He also wants to thank Steve Washburn for giving him the opportunity to build this amazing piece of machinery.