Last August my wife kindly donated me a few grand of her redundancy money, not that we could afford it but more to shut me up from keeping on about getting a chopper! |
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I started out on e bay, found my frame, wheels, a sportster tank, bar and risers for sale as a rolling chassis that someone had started then lost interest in. Then I imported the complete drivetrain from Harley in the states (again to save a few quid). Started looking round for all the other bits and pieces, some from my local shop, Sunset Motorcycles in Bexley and quite a lot off of the dreaded eBay!
Started getting it all together again with the guys at my local |
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shop and a lot of help from my new best friend, Benny at Boneshaker Choppers! God what a pain he must of thougt I was, spending no money with him but he was always on hand to give me advice and encouragment, which I really appreciate, believe me there arent many people out there who will do that. |
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I then came up with the idea for the paint and thanks to Alan and Dave at Townley Panel and paint in Dartford, my new bike was born. Just after this I realised that I should of sealed the tank as it started to leak and ruined my paint, but to be honest im not sure I ever was that keen on the small sportster tank! so back onto e bay, bought a new Jessie James Villain tank re painted and mounted and here she is
Not bad for a first attempt I hope you all agree! Im still find |
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-ing things I want to buy every time I go anywhere near a bike shop or computer so must stop that. I reckon in all it cost me about 10 grand to do, which isnt bad for a brand new custom bike, I even managed to get it registered as a Harley!
Thanks for looking, and ride safe.
Neil |
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