had been welded to the frame—
some for seemingly no apparent
reason—and welded up any
unnecessary holes to give a fresh
start and thus build exactly
what he wanted. The bike had
come with a pair of wheels that
were smaller than those he had
envisaged, so he swiftly sold those
and got himself a 21-inch front
wheel, and a five and a half inch
wide, 18-inch diameter rim for the
rear. However, in order to get the
DNA Superspoke disc to both bolt
onto the front hub and also enable
the assembly to slide between the
legs of the six inch over standard
length DNA springers while
having the Performance Machine
caliper in perfect alignment, there
was a bit of machining required.
Just like any other custom bike
project, the build was restricted
by a tight budget—despite what
TOM KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE WANTED, SO
HE DIDN’T WASTE ANY TIME OR ANY OF THE
ALREADY-STRETCHED FINANCES IN BUYING
OR MAKING PARTS THAT HE DIDN’T NEED
some folk tell you, people who are
building Harley-engined projects
still have financial constraints—
so Tom sold some of the parts
that had come with the original
rolling chassis in order to be able
to buy the components that he
required. He got lucky with a
secondhand Ultima primary, it
being impressively cheap thanks
to the fact that it had had various
bits chopped off, but he was able
to glue them back on with the help
of his trusty TiG welder.
He was also lucky in managing
to find a set of rather rough, but
very cool, Accutronix forward
controls, for which he machined
up a set of bespoke pegs and tips
that neatly match the equally one-
off bar grips.
Thanks to the fact that Tom
knew exactly what he wanted
for the project, with an imagehttp://www.100-biker.co.uk | issue 250 | 100% Biker | 79