STARTED  LOOKING FOR A BIKE TO BUILD .  AFTER TIRING TO TALK MY BROTHERS INTO CUTTING UP THEIR BIKES AND GETTING A HELL NO FROM BOTH BIG JOHN AND NORM , AND THEY STARTED LICKING THEIR CHOPS WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT MY VTX 1800 . I MADE A COMMAND DESISION TO FIND A BIKE THAT NO BODY CARE ABOUT .   AFTER  STOPPING AT  BOB'S USED CYCLES IN PHOENIX WE CAME UP WITH A 2001 750cc SHADOW THAT HAD BEEN LAID DOWN BUT NOT HARD . MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE BIKE  THE PIPES PROTECTED THE CASING AND MINUS A FEW SMALL ITEMS THIS WAS A GOOD PROJECT THIS IS WHAT WE STARTED WITH .  WE STRIPPED IT DOWN TO THE BARE FRAME SENT IT TO IDAHO FOR BIG JOHN TO PUT A 7" STRETCH IN THE BACKBONE , 1.25 STRETCH IN THE LEGS AND A 40 DEGREE RAKE .  WHICH TURN OUT BETTER THAN I HAD ANTESAPATED . SOMETIME YOU HAVE TO STRAIGHTEN SOME THING OR  TWICK THIS OR THAT  WITH THIS ALL WE HAD TO DO IS FIGURE OUT HOW IT WENT TOGETHER

THI IS THE PICTURE OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT BIG JOHN PUT INTO IT I KNOW IT SOUNDS SIMPLE BUT WHAT HE CAN DO TO A STOCK FRAME IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING. AND THE WAY HE TALKS ITS CUT THIS WELD THAT GRIND SOME HERE BEND THIS ATTACH IT TO THIS AND POOF YA GOT A FRAME.

AND AFTER AWHILE IT STARTS TO LOOK LIKE SOME THING YOU COULD BE PROUD OF LONG LOW LEAN CUSTOM .  WHEN I PULL THREW TOWN IT DOSE  TURN A FEW HEADS .

wolfies panhead  we took this pile of parts and started building with late 60's in mind .  56" springer from Mondo . custom sissybar , molded  tank ,  up sweep fish tail, harley #1 on top of sissybar , part time building and modification .   34 mnths build time

reworking the tank for molding was important for the style of chopper that was wanted . Wolfe neeeded to do some mods to it .   real old school stuff from an old school rider .

AFTER  ALL THE mods and 34 mnths we think it turned out as a beautiful example of what it means when you say old school .