Anatomy of a Performance Bike Build Part 1

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• Here it is in most of it's glory at the start.
  Like I usually do, I never snapped a before
  picture. I mocked it up with most of the original
  parts for this photo. How about that sissy bar?
  Big enough to carry a golf bag! Spoke wheels?
  They have to weigh close to 500 pounds! I will
  replace them with light stuff.
• Way too much chrome! I will try to have none when
  done.

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• That chrome dash weighs about 6 pounds, I have
  new style master cylinder, switches and headlight.

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• Say goodbye to that ugly rear fender. Cheap
  aftermarket stuff has no place on this bike. A
  Dakota Digital speedo/tach unit will replace the
  stock one and will be mounted on the gas tank
  dash.

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• Way too busy up here. This will all be gone.

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• None of this stuff will be re-used. Chrome is too
  heavy and I don't like it. Forward controls might
  look cool but they don't work well when you like
  to go around corners fast.

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• Since I am updating to a twin cam, I am also
  going to use the new style starter. All of this
  can go.

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• In order to adapt the twin cam motor to the FXR
  trans, I made this adapter plate. This plate is
  available for Softails but not rubber mounted
  bikes. I made it out of 7075 aluminium and did
  all the designing and machine work here at
  Illinois H-D.

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• I chose to make this out of billet aluminium
  which allowed me to use the newer (larger)
  bearings and tie it into the motor plate to add
  rigidity.

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• All of the machining has been done on a manual
  Bridgeport milling machine. No CNC machines here.

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