Sportster tank surgery pt. 2: creating the "tall boy"

After I finished narrowing and shaping the shell it was time to put it on stilts, I started by mocking it up in cardboard to see exactly how much to add.
1 7/8" more up front and about 1/4" less in the rear seemed to be the ticket so I transferred the template to 18ga and fired up the TIG.
With that hammer welded and sanded back, the next step was to weld in the rad orange acrylic gas cap bung from ACME choppers. Stay tuned, the next step will be building the tunnel and tank bottom and installing the petcock bung

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Just in time for summer I'm making 20 of these shift knobs in either brass or aluminum. They fit any skate wheel (wheel not included) and will work on any manual trans car or jockey shift bike, please specify what thread pattern you need for your application.
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Makin' baby forklifts

It's very rare to see them mate in captivity...

Fender mount

Adjustable floating rear fender mount on the Suzuki 400

Sportster tank surgery pt. 1

Took about 1 7/8" out of it

Stay tuned...

Tomorrow night is the first two wheel Tuesday we've done in a while, we're also anticipating a possible visit from Wayne in his freshly assembled Hamill Toe coupe!

More paint

Paint

Happy memorial day!

Finishing up metal work in the jambs, getting closer to paint