Briz's Twincam chop

Been meaning to build a bike of my own to keep for awhile. Bought a new twincam 'A' engine back in 2002. Took it over to Boz engineering to be taken out to 1550, and to have some headwork done.

I planned for this bike to have a fat tyre from the start, and as time went by, available fatties got bigger & bigger! settled on the Avon 330 x 17; not a fan of large diameter rims, I like a bit of sidewall.

As my favourite frame of all the ones I make is the FXR softail, I set about making a chrome-moly version with enough room to get the tyre in. It's made of 1.375" dia with a 2" top tube. I wanted to hide away all the wiring & hydraulics as far as possible so provision for this was built in.

Gearbox is a twin-cam Electra-glide shell with  6-speed RSD internals. Since the swingarm was so wide, and I was rescuing a broken gearbox shell, I modified it so the swingarm pivot part of the shell is much wider & beefier than stock.

Front end is a complete one-off with 50mm stanchions. Lower sliders were fabricated from ally tube & solid bar. About 8" over 'stock'.

Wheels came from CV2 customs in the states. They supply 'billet blanks' I had them machine the spoke pattern, and made up my own hubs.

The rear fender gives the bike much of its character. I used tail light lenses from a 1960 Chrysler. There's about 3 weeks work in that fender - had to cut it apart & redo it 3 times before it looked right!

Exhaust fishtails were made to mimic the shape of the fins.

Gastank is a narrowed Harley deuce tank with a large hole under the dash to contain some electrics which exit from the toptube thru a hole under the dash. Dash itself is a much modified cats eye piece. Speedo is digital.

The fork yokes were another epic; they are both hollow and the top one is drilled to channel both brake & clutch hydraulics down thru the head spindle. You dont see the brake line until it comes out from the bottom yoke, and the clutch line until it comes out from the bottom frame cradle tube. The electrics are channeled unseen from the frame to the headlight & the...

Handlebars! these are from Custom Cycle Controls. And are very nicely made. Everything is internal and works well. Big bucks, but I figured it'd take me weeks to make something that wouldn't be as good in the end anyway. Check these guys out. http://www.customcyclecontrols.com We can get this stuff in  for you. Very nice quality gear.

Lots more details. Will continue this later.