No longer a project

[Guest]

Finally, Other than some more gold plating it's together, it's dialed in and it needs nothing more.

I give you, the "Tin Can"

[spyug]

Yikes, that's scary looking. Nice but scary. No front brake!!!!!!!!!!

Tell me its just for show right?

Good work none the less.

Cheers,
Spyug

[Scudder]

Awesome looking bike! Great work!

Scudder

[Zim]

Yikes, that's scary looking. Nice but scary. No front brake!!!!!!!!!! Tell me its just for show right?

Originally a 1200, now 1345. 9 1/2:1 Wiseco's Stroker rods & wheels, Crane Fireball cam, Barnett clutch. It ain't a GS (at least not a 1000 or up), but will keep up with most modern Harleys. No front brake = Regulation chopper.

[sedelen]

That's a mighty fine looking chopper!

[Zim]

Thanks. I haven't loved a bike like this since I bought my Katana offa the showroom floor in '82.

[6pkrunner]

Beautiful Panhead! Congrats. Aftermarket wishbone frame?

[Zim]

Beautiful Panhead! Congrats. Aftermarket wishbone frame?

Nope, the original Wishbone frame.

[6pkrunner]

Nope, the original Wishbone frame.

Wow - the gooseneck area looks real clean.
And no one would be upset with more pictures.

[bbjumper]

Cool lookin but how the h**l do ya stop it?

[Zim]

Wow - the gooseneck area looks real clean.
And no one would be upset with more pictures.

I thought you'd never ask.

[rphillips]

I got to ask this question. How could someone who loved & baught a "82" Katana off the showroom get connected with something like that. I understand there's people who like either of them, but don't see anything about a Katana that would catch the eye of someone riding something like that, nor can I see what a Katana nut would see in that bike. I don't have a problem with it, just wondering what or where the connection would be. Just sayin

[Zim]

When I was a kid I seen that bike in the showroom and my knees went weak. I hadda be the one out front, I was the one you didn't pass...Ever. That bike insured I was the fastest kid on the block, for many years. I bought it when I was twenty. In '96 when I was thirty-four and got my third DWI and a ten year loss of license. The bike went into the garage for ten years. In that time (actually that day, April 3rd, 1996) I quit drinking, got ten years older and calmed down somewhat. In '06 when I got my license back I rolled my old pal outta the garage and started riding again. Went to NH bike week like I had every year since '88. About a fifteen hundred mile week. By the time I got back, I felt like an old guy on a young guys bike. I always liked Harleys and they're even a part of the reason I started to ride in the first place. When I was little I'd see guys from my local outlaw MC rippin' down the road on loud bikes and thought "yeah, that's me someday"
But by the time I was old enough to ride speed was my first priority. When I was seventeen my first legally registered bike was an H-2.
I still like to wheelie, but I ain't gotta go a hundred and fifty no more.

[rphillips]

I knew there was an explination. Congrats on the April 3, 1996. H-2 to that bike even harder to believe than Katana.

[6pkrunner]

Still got the mousetrap! Very nice, very nice indeed! A rigid Pan or Knuck is a thing of beauty. Use it daily in the good weather?