A little more progress on the chop/bob updated 2-21-11 RUNNING VIDS!

[Pasta Bobber]

this looks awesome. i love how you left the sticker on the frame... inside joke?

 

Exactly I also just finally finished pulling off the fork reflector everybody gave me crap for. The bike still needs to be painted. we gave it a rattle can job to get rid of the surface rust. I wanna ride it for a couple weeks to work out the bugs and then we'll tear down for final paint.

[Bill in OKC]

  [moto]

I like it!

[scott_araujo]

Looks great.  Maybe leave the headlight chrome.  Every cruiser needs a little chrome.

Also, any chance of cutting off one fork bracket and going to single front disc?  (Like you don't have enough hydraulic problems to sort through already.)  Just think too may make the front look heavier than it should.

And I really like the minimal seat.  Is there just a wee bit of padding under the leather?

Scott

[Pasta Bobber]

Thanks! Yeah the chome headlight is growing on me the more it hangs around, we'll see how it looks when everything else is painted and stuff. I plan on running both rotors up front. I want to ride it pretty hard, and I'm a safety nut ( I know it looks like a death trap) so unless it looks hideous they'll both go on. No padding under the seat, just the leather. It's actually not too bad. My taller friends say it feels like a torture device

[justinrhenry]

very cool bike, but wouldn't you prefer a more comfortable seat?

[Pasta Bobber]

very cool bike, but wouldn't you prefer a more comfortable seat?

The seats actually not that bad, it's got a pretty supportive shape, the rear shock will help too. I don't plan on any touring on this one. The idea behind the bike was to keep everything as minimalist as possible. Huge holiday meals have treated me great, the padding is all on me!

[dutchy73]

are you planning on keeping the wheels? A set of wire spokes might complete the look. Or paint them black.

[Pasta Bobber]

are you planning on keeping the wheels? A set of wire spokes might complete the look. Or paint them black.

Yeah I got a deal on the white wheels, 400 for the pair!! They'll be black when all is said and done. although a few people have comented that they like the white

[ducducgooseme]

looks sweet!  wow, i cant believe i missed this thread.  Love it!! 

[Duck-Stew]

are you planning on keeping the wheels? A set of wire spokes might complete the look. Or paint them black.

OR......

Strip the coating, have the polished and then have your P'coater do just the hoops in red.  They make white-walls in 17" BTW...

Or, if that's not your flavor for wheel colors, then please do something besides just black.  Black wheels are like bellybuttons these days.

[teddy037.2]

I will +1 all the leg-humping once again

 

oh, and:

I also just finally finished pulling off the fork reflector everybody gave me crap for.

thank you

[Popeye the Sailor]

Yeah I got a deal on the white wheels, 400 for the pair!! They'll be black when all is said and done. although a few people have comented that they like the white

Pink is fastest for wheels.

[Pasta Bobber]

Man this thing has been slow going, haven't had a whole lot of time lately. We got the fender finished, pretty happy with it. it's just in primer in the pics. I ditched the pee cup reservoirs, and got some 695 controls, ground the lettering off the caps. For the plate and tail lite I found a cool plate bracket with a 32 ford tail light, we'll probably mount it as far back as I can without the bracket looking weird. the fender will look better when it's painted, but you get the idea.

cheers 

[kopfjäger]

Nice fender, tag bracket and tail light. 

[Mojo S2R]

Looking good!     I really like where this is going except maybe the bars.  I'm guessing you had to go that high because of the size of the tank.