Chops603
One of THE 150!
I'll start by introducing myself, I am John aka Chops and reside in Salem NH. I first joined the Harley world about 3 years ago with my 883XLC. Recently, I have picked up my first bagger. It's a 2004 Electra Glide FLHTP (retired police bike). I put about 200 miles on it and retired it to my bike lift for dis-assembly.
I have been researching and ordering parts to give it a decent make over. Hope everyone gets something out of the thread, I am part of a few other bike forums. I have helped many, learned from many and enjoy the positive/negative feedback from others experiences. So with all that bullshit said, onto the pics!!! I will start off with showing some pictures of my garage built death trap aka my hardtail sportster built out of my garage by myself, brother and a close friend who knows how to burn metal
Here is how she looked when I picked her up. Yes it did have a seat, I took it off during cleaning it... :witless:
Drove the bike for about 5 miles to retire it to my bike lift... Over the winter, I did some cutting, powder coating, parts purchases and resulted in this:
Although I was somewhat happy with the outcome, it still was not enough. I was looking at other bikes and feeling mine was way under my own personal level of tinkering. So this past winter it went back under the knife for it's second round of a complete makeover. Here is how she sits today, still have a few things to wrap it up. Some hand done graphics/striping, relocate a couple things and install some new parts I have for it.
I have been researching and ordering parts to give it a decent make over. Hope everyone gets something out of the thread, I am part of a few other bike forums. I have helped many, learned from many and enjoy the positive/negative feedback from others experiences. So with all that bullshit said, onto the pics!!! I will start off with showing some pictures of my garage built death trap aka my hardtail sportster built out of my garage by myself, brother and a close friend who knows how to burn metal
Here is how she looked when I picked her up. Yes it did have a seat, I took it off during cleaning it... :witless:
Drove the bike for about 5 miles to retire it to my bike lift... Over the winter, I did some cutting, powder coating, parts purchases and resulted in this:
Although I was somewhat happy with the outcome, it still was not enough. I was looking at other bikes and feeling mine was way under my own personal level of tinkering. So this past winter it went back under the knife for it's second round of a complete makeover. Here is how she sits today, still have a few things to wrap it up. Some hand done graphics/striping, relocate a couple things and install some new parts I have for it.
