OK, so we have had this poor, neglected Softail sitting in our shop for the past year. It was so ugly that the only time it ever got ridden was when people from out of town came in and didn't have anything else to ride. It even sort of became known as the "Rental" around the office because of its status as the ugly duckling of the fleet. I really started to feel bad for the bike, and figured that something needed to be done to update the look a bit. So I did what any self-respecting bike enthusiast would do: I picked up a copy of Street Chopper and started marking pages with parts I liked on different bikes. After stealing sufficient ideas from bikes in the magazine, it was time to start collecting the parts it would take to transform the "Rental" into something much cooler.
The first call was to Hawg Halters for one of their Mid-Glide frontends with internal steering stops. Then a call to Landmark Manufacturing for a set of their black powdercoated wheels in 18x5.5 and 21x3 inch sizes and a pair of Avon Tires for rolling stock. Performance Machine calipers (6-piston front and 4-piston rear for a 2006 model) and floating rotors from Harley-Davidson in the brake department. An RSD rear fender, struts, and handlebars with grips from Westbury Handcrafted Motorcycles and a Heartland USA license plate mount rounded everything out.
And since it is a true Street Chopper project, we did all the work ourselves in the garage we have attached to the offices-sure, it took a little longer, but we like to get our hands dirty once in a while. So sit back and enjoy the transformation while we all nurse the cuts on our knuckles.
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