This bike started life as a basket case a friend and I bought back in 1994. Together we assembled that pile of parts into a semi respectable chopper that was cobbled together with what we had laying around our garages. It turned out to actually to be not too bad of a bike. The bike didn't last long under our roof since we did what we always do with our project bikes and sold it off to fund another build.
Fast forward 15 years and I received a phone call from a friend of a friend saying the bike has been sitting outside for five years and is now up for sale. I made some calls and with some sweet-talking I scored a good deal on the now seized up and rusted out chopper from my past.
Once I got the bike home I got busy tearing it down once again. First was to figure out what to keep. That ended up being just the motor and frame and the rest was offed to friends and Internet buyers.
I've always had a thing for "Frisco" style bikes and had never done one so that's what I set out to do. After the tank was mounted high in true Frisco fashion, I made the tail section that bolts to the frame. The rear fender is a trailer job that was cut and sectioned to fit the tire a little tighter. Being a big fan of S&S carbs I dug one out of my parts pile and modified an old strainer air cleaner to fit the S&S E. Once that was done, to further the Frisco look, I welded up 2-into-1 high pipes out of some H-D bagger exhaust for a little extra power and good looks.
The frontend was one that was lying around the shop and I have always liked the look of a wide glide with a sporty tank, but getting it to fit was a little more of a project. I went with a traditional 21 in the front and the 16 rear both with diamond cut spokes. The brakes and rotors were some cheap-ass swap meet specials of unknown origins.
The pegs where spun up in house on our lathe and the oil tank was made from a piece of 6-inch aluminum pipe cut to match the pegs. The battery box was made to house the small computer battery and to incorporate the rear master cylinder, which is also housed inside.
Since I got such a good deal on the bike to begin with I decided to go all out on the paint and chrome. All the parts that I could afford to have chromed were sent to Spacecoast plating and all the aluminum was polished up by hand. I called French Kiss Kustoms for the paint and specified a classic late '60s candy flake paint job. As always they hit the nail on the head with a killer job.
When I got the paint and plating back, I put her together and have been riding the shit out of the bike ever since. I love this thing.