There is just something about a Sportster-powered chopper that is very cool. Maybe it is how much more compact the one-piece engine and transmission case is? It definitely makes more room for the ancillary stuff like the battery and oil tank. The more compact drivetrain means the frame can have a much lower seat height making the rider part of the machine instead of just sitting on top of it.
Those are just a couple of reasons that Pat Patterson and his crew at Led Sled Customs decided to specialize on Sportsters and all of the custom parts that make them cool. He and his crew make a full line of parts to turn any run-of-the-mill Sportster into the custom bike that dreams are made of.
The bike that you're looking at on these pages started life as a mild-mannered '03 Sportster that saw its fair share of the highway before Pat got his hands on it. He replaced the stock swingarm frame with a Led Sled rigid frame with 40 degrees of rake and 2 inches of stretch that had already been fit with a Sucker Punch H-Bomb oil tank and one of Led Sled's very own 2-under springer frontends. Next they modified a set of 16-inch wheels to accept a set of Led Sled's perimeter rotors and built a set of custom mounts to hang GMA calipers off the axles to bring the whole thing to a screeching halt. They then fit the top of the bike with a set of V-twin risers, Led Sled handlebars, GMA hand controls, an H-D Sportster tank, and a Led Sled spring seat, rear fender and fender struts.
After they had a complete roller, the crew at Led Sled blew the bike apart and painted the peanut tank and rear fender blue, sprayed the frame metalflake gold, and painted the forks, handlebars, and oil tank black to match the wheels and motor cases. They added some more little tricks to the bike as they put it back together, such as cutting down the cam cover, replacing the factory air cleaner with a Led Sled velocity stack, and building a custom exhaust. It only took the Led Sled crew about 3 months to transform the stock Sportster into the jaw-dropping custom you see here. Now if we could just manage to schedule a photoshoot with Pat when its not raining, maybe we could get a couple cool riding shots to go with all of the killer static shots. What do you say, Pat? Think we can work on building some sort of machine to control the weather next? SC