Currently getting more parts engraved. The BDL primary so far is the first of the next lot of engraved parts to be completed. Finally got around to putting the 107 pistons and cylinders on. Got a perimeter brake rear wheel coming, same as the rear wheel on their now just with a perimeter brake setup. Scored the tank on the right from Chemical Candy Customs. Pretty stoked about that. Funny thing is I only bought that exact tank for it weeks to seeing the CCC tanks up for sale on Insta. Had the idea of a wild red candy apple flaked tank with some cool line work etc going on. But damn that CCC tank just fit the look I was going for so well. I flipped the rockers in the last pic to get measurements of how much I can stretch the down tubes and back bone, not by much, only a very small stretch. Most won't notice it I think but it'll make all the difference. I put a 1.5" spacer under the front of the tank to give an idea where it'll sit after a subtle stretch in the frame. With air suspension I'll only need the bike 1" higher then in the photo, when I give it air that will give me around 4" of ground clearance at ride height, then I can drop it back down to nearly this height for show. Going to sit the seat into the frame as in the pic (it's just sitting there at the moment) to give it a more raw look, I want the frame to show as much as possible over the whole bike, and I want the seat low and as far back to type fender as possible.

Tim .

Tju cheers mate it has. Wen good, just have nontime dir my own bikes now haha. Can't win. Can't complain either. It has a s&s 5 speed in there already, I just gave sone bits of it off getting engraved at the moment. I'll use shot gun again as no one else as the dampening manually adjustable. I think thats something that's a must with air ride. 

Soapbox I've seen numerous bikes following  those ideas and while it works nicely, I feel it's a bit predictable, or expected? The tank is right up the old school chopper style ally, and so is the metal engraving, so to me they go hand in hand. Like Kiwidave mentioned, it's usually the old shovels and earlier models that you see with this old traditional style engraving. . Everyone's different but for me I like a bit of random against the grain parts thrown in. Sometimes things get to predictable and everything matching. I like a bit more of a garage chop feel in there. But that's just me, I like different and weird shit