American Iron Magazine – August 2019

AIMag.comIssue #379 / American Iron / 59

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build our bikes without paint and then
ride them to see if everything is okay
and then take it all apart to send it to the
painter, chrome, or powdercoater.”
In this case, Sjaak sent the pieces to
Patrick Customworks. What Patrick
came up with—those orange blocks
of ripples, sporadic lines, and leaf-like
images broken up with stark streaks
of blue—is based off a photo that Jan
brought in.
Once Sjaak got the orange and
blue pieces back, he rebuilt the bike
to how you see it now. But he still had
one more thing to do. “We ride at least
150 miles on every bike a second time
to check if everything is okay before it
goes to the customer,” he says.
The ride must have gone well be-
cause Jan has been riding it ever since.
It’s also pretty great that Jan got to
have his bike customized by L&L since
he has “always been crazy about L&L
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his favorite shop build him a bike. Or
maybe we should say that Jan got to
have his favorite shop build him what is
now undoubtedly his favorite bike. $,0

Chassis

Frame 2013 single downtube

Rake 33 degrees

Front forks H-D Sportster 39mm

Front wheel 21" powdercoated

Rear wheel 16" powdercoated

Front tire Speedmaster 21"

Rear tire Avon MK2 16"

Rear fender L&L Choppers ribbed

Accessories

Headlight Beats

Taillight Cone

Oil tank L&L Choppers oval ribbed

stainless steel

Risers Flatside 2"

Seat L&L Choppers Karin

Hand controls KustomTech

Levers KustomTech

Owner Jan de Coninck, Belgium

Builder L&L Choppers

Year/model 2015 H-D Ironhead Roadster

Time to build Two years

Chromer Galvano

Polisher L&L Choppers

Powdercoater Gijzen

Painter Patrick Customworks

Colors Blue and orange

Powerplant

Engine 1971 H-D Ironhead

Builder L&L Choppers

Connecting rods L&L Choppers

Air cleaner Goodson ribbed

Exhaust L&L Choppers

Ignition Points

Wires Bobber

Primary drive Chain

Tech Sheet