Picked this beautiful 1200 custom off market place for a screaming deal. Always wanted to build a chopper so figured it was a great starting point.
Found a peanut tank on my local classifieds and decided to try my hand at painting it.
Hit it with the airbrush. Some lines aren’t the best, but that’s okay.
Tank installed with a wire tuck as well.
Up next will be extended damper rods, fork extensions, 10.5” rear shocks, and finish making a sissy bar. Far from done but I love the process.
Picked this beautiful piece up off the forum for $100usd earlier this year. It quickly became my favorite piece of clothing. Although it took me a minute to figure out it was a 99 and not the 293, but the non-oxidized snaps finally clued me in.
Looking forward to many more years of wear on it.
Happy to see this one slowly evolving.
My bike has evolved a lot since I last posted it. Very pleased with how it is coming along.
Vs how it started
One of the better parts about being short is having larger remnants after hemming.
After taking some inspiration from this thread I made a 21oz SBG carry all pouch.
My Honda monkey. It might be little but it sure is fun and always gets lots of looks.
Often life gets too busy and you just need a minute to appreciate how good life is. Took a nice morning ride up one of our many canyons to just breathe and take a moment to appreciate how good life can be.
Still quite possibly one of my favorite things. Not much evolution yet but I still love it.
Just arrived today and I’m so happy with it. Very surprised this wasn’t a very popular piece. Fit is spot on for me as well.
Absolutely still in love with this one. It makes its way onto my back at least three times a week.
Not a fast fader, but it will be around for a very long time.
Now just patiently waiting for a 526SV in SBG
Just received this in the mail from Grailed for a really good deal. This one also has the cord lining in the hard warmer and internal pocket. If it is a dupe, I’d be surprised as this feels quite quality. And comparing it to the ihv-51 it feels quite similar, materials aside.
Often life gets too busy and you just need a minute to appreciate how good life is. Took a nice morning ride up one of our many canyons to just breathe and take a moment to appreciate how good life can be.
Missed out on one of these on Grailed last winter and I have regretted it ever since. I would love another run of this or one of these in SBG.
@WhiskeySandwich No worries, I love talking about this stuff. So yes, they are the factory tubes pushed up. This is the extended damper rod vs the stock one. Also a benefit is the added fork travel provided.
Then i cut the top out spring underneath the damper rod head which gained me an additional inch. I hadnt seen anyone do this either, but i know the racetech kits come with a 1" top out spring so i wasnt too worried.
Due to cutting the lower top out spring i actually had to add an additional 1" spacer on top of the main spring.
Up next I will probably do the racetech valve emulators though to get better performance out of the setup all around.
@WhiskeySandwich Not quite. I used the tracker die extended damper rods with gained me about 3.5" and cut the rebound spring an inch. So i think im around +4.5"ish.
My bike has evolved a lot since I last posted it. Very pleased with how it is coming along.
Vs how it started
Got this guy about a week ago in the mail and love it. I’m curious how much it softens up though. It’s super rigid and wonder if it will ever relax like the 21oz indigo.
Received these in the mail today. This is my first lighter weight iron heart bottoms and I’m thoroughly impressed. Coming from the 21oz sbg these feel so smooth. Definitely think the 14oz is underrated and more people should give it a go.
Depends on the vest type. For the IHV-02 work vest style Pit to pit is most important to me since the shoulder are cut small anyway.
For the type 3 and N1 vest both the shoulder and pit to pit measurements are important to me. First I look at the shoulder size. I also don't like a vest to go past where my shoulder rounds over. Im rather small at 5'2" and 130 lbs so the corresponding chest size typically works out for me, but I also wear the type 3s open most of the time. The N1 is cut with more room and has no problem zipping up with a thick hoodie and shoulder size as described above.
