Robbys Life

I found myself a new little obsession a couple of weeks ago and I’m really excited. I figured I’d put up a picture or two of the before, progress and after with this one. It’s a 1974 Ironhead Sportster, it’s a kickstart only and man can I tell you it makes me feel like a little girl sometimes having to kickstart this bike. Maybe I get winded because I still smoke LOL. Anyways enough about the smoking for now and on to having a new toy. I’ve spent enough time energy and money with old cars over my lifetime to know I’d never get another one without having something else as my daily driver and this is what I came up with as a project.

The things I’ve been thinking about doing to this vary from lowering the rear suspension to completely changing the frame to rigid. It should be a fun project in the mean time. Since I impulsively purchased this bike without knowing much about Harley models (the price was just right) I’ve learned a ridiculous amount about these bikes online. I even drove it over to Bartels Harley Davidson and got a couple of mixed opinions from the mechanics, one told me it was the coolest thing he’d seen in a long time that exact bike being his first bike ever, and the other one told me it needs to be taken out back and shot. That made me laugh pretty hard at the time then completely embarrassed me when i couldn’t get it started out front and it took me about 15 mins and three times as many kicks to figure out I was out of gas. So I’m still up in the air and not sure if anyone has any opinions I’m not looking to make this some big ole chopper since it’s just a Sportster but I would like to turn this into a project to screw around with.

I’ve managed to take up most of my time at the office looking at aftermarket stuff to put on the bike and even found a screaming deal on helmets and other gear at a site (dare I even say the name without feeling like I should be hanging out in West Hollywood on the weekends) leather up

I hope you enjoy seeing the progress and process here on my blog while I’m building this cheesy old 70’s machine into something worth riding without wearing dolphin shorts and a handle bar mustache….. oh yeah and a mullet

Ultimately here’s a link to what I’d like my bike to closely resemble he did a great job of hooking up his 71 sporty.

Technorati Tags: Ironhead, Ironhead Sportster, Harley Davidson, Chopper, Harley Project

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Sorry for being MIA I’ve had a few things to take care of, one being quitting my damn job it’s just taking up too much time for me to actually be unproductive.  I will keep in contact and continue to update when I can.  I have a new project I’ve been working on lately which is really a fun project.  Take a look at the USEF site I have built it’s for the United States Entertainment Force which is a great non profit.  If you get a chance come check out the Hollywood Santa Parade this year they are a major sponsor for the event.

The Company is basically what the USO used to be bringing entertainment to the troops and a major supporter of troops getting back on their feet when they return home.

Anyways to bring you up to speed, of course I’m smoking away, it never ceases to amaze me that smokers are like dope fiends they always welcome you back with open arms.  LOL I guess I’m no different but let’s see since my last few posts I’ve quit and started and quit and started and quit and now I’m smoking away.

Oh yeah and Chantix totally made me feel like a crazy person, not so conducive  to staying sober when you feel like a homicidal maniac.  I think I’ll stick with the gum in my meager attempts to be a non smoker.

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