building gun metal bobbah

it requires time+money+passion on building a bike either from a rolling chassis, donor bike or a kit.

i'm drivin back and forth to a local screw shop (to suy in manila) several times when building each bikes, each build are different so the bolts & nuts type, length, thread sizes are all different, same thing on the wirings, sockets and switches. not to mention applying  blu loctite/anti seize on each and every screws and soldering, shrink wrapped all the electrical components!  it's not that hard if you love what you are doing but it's really hard compared to assembling a bed bought from sm department stores.

usually i'm using stainless for the bolts & nuts but for the fork end i will use black high tensile bolts, custom machined copper spacers, stainless washers & acorn nuts.

all stainless bolts and acorn nuts for the shifter to protect my foot from scratching specially here in manila shorts and flip flops always in fashion.

tried the low rider bicycle saddle, yeah fits perfect!

installing the low/short fuck-off riser and i painted the bars black thought it will look more aggressive

my custom horizontal licence plate, also painted black.

just installed my custom kick pedal and painted clutch cover.

parts for my new gun metal bobbah

here's some of the parts i'm gonna use for my next build

 fab this small peanut tank's brackets and it will be mounted frisco style and elevated the gas cap with a slash cut for more custom look, plan to canned spray it but decided to let the pro painters paint it so i went to my friend at areneta q.c. for the gun metal gray paint and i will leave it plain\simple co'z want to show the shape of the tank instead of covering it with grafix or airbrush.

here's the headlight, i will mount it (reverse) under the center clamp with a stainless acorn nuts & longer bolts.

i bought this low rider bicycle seat in quiapo manila, and fab a stainless bracket to fit the frame.

bought this fuck-off 7/8" short risers from throwback around $80+shipping+tax+postal fee and it's the shortest i found that will fit perfectly.

here's my stainless dropped jers z-bars, custom narrowed center base to fit the triple tree's and perfect for the short fuck-off riser that i ordered.

i bought this black grips and throttle housing from a motocycle shop nearby (manila), i guess it will flow nicely with my bars and risers.

here's my custom shift knob and kick pedal, ohhh! i waited this for a few months, first i bought a solid black iron steel from (alonzo manila), i draw my design from a scratch paper and machined it to my specs (took whole week of  machining for these!), then waited another week for the chromer  but when it's done i'm not satisfied so i re-chrome it and waited again! but i love the result so gonna make more someday and make it my signature shifter and kick pedal hahaha.

that's it for now coz some of the parts still on the PPP (plate,paint,powder) 

i will try to post the pics of my build step-by-step, i'm exited! are you? i hope! so stay tuned!

pics of my extended forks w/ clip-ons

my client don't like loud pipes so requested to change the exhaust, anyway he's the boss, here's the full pics.

exhaust installed

one of my custom exhaust!

stainless springer nuts

here's my springer legs with stainless acorn nuts and grade8 bolts.

custom switch

some parts of the bobbers are custom made and each bike are also wired differently and i always used heavier guage automotive wires with shrinkable wrapped and routed the wires as clean as possible. 

for this one it has custom tig welded switch housing on the handlebar & wires are routed internally.

custom springer with clip-ons

here's my custom extended springer front end with clip-on handlebars.

before delivery pics

just sold this newly built bobber, took these pictures before the new owner came! it installed with my v-bar.

jers v-bar

here's my custom riserless jers v-bar

fabricated from all stainless steel with stainless bolts and acorn nuts.

perfect fit saddle bag

here's my perfect fit heavy duty genuine leather lockable saddle bag ( it was custom made in quiapo, manila with my specs )