Hey guys, Just thought I would introduce myself briefly before I start putting up a few threads and contacting guys selling basket cases!

I'm 25 and live in brissy, I've been riding since I can remember and have recently finished building my first bike! Which just passed engineering the other week! It's a 72 650 bobber with full front and rear end conversion. I'll attach a photo below!

I know its not a harley and being a small little metric I'm looking forward to playing with some bikes with a little more CC's behind them!

I'll post up a thread today chasing some old rollers and hopefully we'll be in luck!

Cheers, John

 

Welcome John , good project . That front end will be through a corner 2 hrs before the rigid rear !!

Haha, man she is fairly long !! But suprisingly good to ride! I'm looking at rephasing the motor some day to get a little extra power!!

You wouldnt happen to know anyone selling a shoelhead would you?!?!

 

Cheers

Check For Sale section . Put a post in Parts Wanted , and contact Chopaweeza .

Sorry mate see you have point 2 covered . Try Chopa .

 Welcome John,  good job & great project. I like it. It doesn't matter what bike it is, as long as you enjoy riding it.  All the best with finding your next project. Welcome to the site once again.

G'day John and welcome mate, not a bad lookin' build you have done there.....

Thanks for the comments guys, I've always wanted to build a harley so i've got my sights set on this next build!

Cheers for the advice and ill get onto Chopaweeza shortly!

25? your off to a bloody good start with that,

very nice bike!

Awesome bike for your first, hell most blokes cant get it right at 45yrs.
Well done dude, look forward to plenty more in the future.

 Welcome aboard John enjoy the ride, nice work mate

Gidday John ... nice work for your first effort that's for sure ... how did you go getting it passed for engineering and rego ... any issues prospective future Brisbane bike builders should know , like maybe you know some one in the Transport dept. , Lol ... seriously nice job though , what id the front end off and what frame did you use ... and the seat suspension looks trick how does it feel .

Tim .

Hey Tim, thanks for the questions and firstly sorry for the late reply, I got the email whilst I was out and forgot to follow it up sooner.

The bike passed engineering just a few weeks ago and was complied as an ICV. It wasnt a drama as I did my research first (this is the biggest thing!!) as to what direction I wanted the bike to go in and I spoke with numerous Engineers which are on the Approved persons list which QLD Transport will email out to you if you request it. Thing to note there is only like 2 max 3 engineers available in the wider Brisbane/Logan area which will actually do motorbikes. Thank fully I got in contact with a guy named Clinton Harry who is a gun and I have nothing but praise for his work, he is not only easy to get a long with and happy to answer the 101 questions you will have on a weekly basis, but is the only engineer willing to offer his services for a reasonable price. I say this because the other main guy in brissy quoted me some 3500 plus for the process (and its important to note he outsourced the break testing and noise testing to other providers). Where as I came im considerably lower then that with Clint. I can pass on his details if required but you can always google his name and engineering and youll get him quick smart.

As for frame I had my frame made for me in the states by one of the bike building shops over there, it was made from an original xs frame which the shop procured for me for 250 bucks and chopped and stretched with a fair few other bits including exhaust,batt box, forward controls etc etc. From there I had it air freighted to aus for about 3to 4 hundred I think.

All and all ive had a pretty smooth process when it comes to the build, My only advice is speak to an engineer first, and if your dead keen on doing it, set a date to meet with the engineer and look at your donor bike and talk shop or show them what you have to date and put down 100 bucks or so to come off the final price as a retainer, otherwise you wont be their priority as I was told 9 out of 10 guys that start the projects dont finish them!!

Also its work checking out if what you want to do requires a pre approval letter from QLD transport so you can get your surrogate vin issued etc etc!!

Always happy to share my experience and hope to answer any further questions that you guys might have!

Cheers

Thanks heaps John ... some real quality info there ... will definitely look up Clinton Harry for the correct way to go ahead ... if you do any mods or any other projects don't forget to post some more pics ... we are a bunch of old pervs when it comes to cool bike builds ... well I better speak for myself on that one , Lol .

Tim .

Mate always happy to help. To be honest when I started the process of my build trying to get accurate info to go off was like trying to get blood from a stone!!

Everyone had their own interpretation of the requirements
Etc etc. it went as far as I had one engineering shop actually tell me I would never have a frame approved that wasn't welded in such a way that only their shop could weld with. This meant I was up for paying their huge prices to get them to weld my frame, funny thing is they wernt even close to being down with qld transport as an approved engineer etc etc. so pay close attention to what you're told and take people's opinions as just that, an opinion!!!

I've already started looking for my next project but I think it will end up being another metric as supposed to the old Harley's!! Maybe when I'm a bit more cashed up ill be able to build a one off Harley with one of them Evo engines I keep reading about, I've seen allot of different write ups about the older motors being unreliable etc etc !

Cheers again!

to the forums John.

Gidday John ... you may not have been back online since I sent you a PM ... was just curious if you had a number for that Clinton Harry , thanks mate ... Tim .

Man thats got plenty of stop with those 4 piston brakes up front

She stops like nothing else!! When we went through the engineering process the bike pulled up in only have the required distance for nearly every test!!

As for his details!

Harry's performanace engineering
0438 738 454

He works out of Geebung, however usually just dose call outs!

Thanks for that John . . . Nothing like some good brakes hey .. just had a 6 piston PM Calliper fitted to a 13" Rotor on my Softail .. pulls up quite nicely now compared to original .