The bike is my neighbors Harley. They are big into custom bikes. There was another really nice Harley but unfortunately one of the guys totaled it and ended up shattering his leg and in the hospital over a week. Thats the reason I like my huge truck and my car with a roll bar and such.


The quality of the product is very nice and both Blake and Roger have been great to work with so far. Even with my request to use a custom floater from Speedway they didn't flinch and helped me all the way through the process. Hopefully soon I get off my butt and get it all done so I have some seat time.

Cleaned up the plates I'm using to box in the frame and started welding them on. Work's been a bit nuts so I'm way behind schedule. Despite being behind I'm still trying to take it slow and easy to get it all right the first time.

Even while trying to do it right I screwed up a little. I wanted to drill holes in the 1/8 plate so I could also plug weld (think that's what it's called) it to the existing frame so its not just held by the outer welds. I remembered on the lower plate but not the upper. I'm going to carefully drill some holes mostly thru the plate then weld it up. I assume with the correct setting the weld should still penetrate and bond even if I don't drill all the way through the plate.

I think I've also decided to swap out the front brakes to a 13: 6 piston Wilwood setup including a 7/8 master cylinder. Mike @ Wilwood is working with me to get the parts together. It's beyond my original budget but I figure it's best to just get it all done right the first time.

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Oh, and this time I'm open to any feedback about my welds. I did my best to be patient and keep the metal clean but I'm still trying to figure it all out.

How's it coming Steve?

The project is moving along, just slowly due to work. As of today I have the full suspension mocked up. Lots of work was need to get the front x-member in due to the Detroit Speed subframe connectors and the lowered body mount. I had to cut the frames apart in order to get the x-member in. Now I need to add some plate to reattach the frames again but this time the front side will be welded and the rear will use a couple thru bolts. I'll try to get a few more pics but here are a few bad ones I took while working.


Picked a good weekend to focus on it. ACL festival is in Austin this weekend and I can hear the entire show from my place since it's only 1.5 miles away.

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Congrats on the progress! :) Where are you living now? I thought you were up north for some reason. I'm about a mile from Zilker myself and listening to the bass beat through my windows as I type. :)

Thanks, hopefully soon its back on the road and I can join you on a track. was reading your thread and it's great to hear your car is doing so well. I'm over at Lamar and Oltorf area back behind Blacksheep kinda. I just work up north over at 183 and Oak Knoll

Looks good!
I'm anxious to see what you do with the exhaust......H pipe?

Exhaust is something I haven't even thought about yet beyond the fact that my current 3" with x-pipe and full madrel tails is not going to work. I might see if I can move the X more forward and clear and most likely run dumped mufflers for a while. I'm more focused on how to convert the brakes to full manual and swap to the 6 piston 12.88 front brakes. I'm going to need to change the pedal ratio and I want to run new 3/16 brake lines all around. Lots to do to get it back on the road....snow ball is in full effect